CeMAT 2016 for digitization and automation
- World’s leading trade fair for intralogistics expected to attract more than 1,000 exhibitors from every corner of the globe
- Lead theme: Smart Supply Chain Solutions
- Intralogistics sector primed for three-percent growth this year
The lead theme for CeMAT 2016 is Smart Supply Chain Solutions. In other words, the foremost trade show for
Another highlight of the new showcase will be the Logistics IT and Automation Forum. There, IT experts and users will discuss a wide range of topics, including the role of the cloud in logistics, mobile solutions, interfaces and integration, intelligent tracking and tracing, network planning/supply chain design, big data in logistics, WMS, image processing in logistics, and virtualization.
“I am certain that CeMAT will promote greater awareness of the latest advances in intralogistics and the potential they hold. IT plays a key role as the interface that ties everything together. Thanks to all-encompassing software, each and every operational unit is fully integrated. This makes CeMAT an absolute must – not only for heads of production or executive managers, but also for IT experts. CeMAT provides a comprehensive look at today’s market and gives everyone the chance to discover the building blocks for tomorrow’s factories and logistic chains,” explained Dr. Christoph Beumer, Chairman of the CeMAT Executive Committee and Chairman and CEO of BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG in Beckum, Germany.
Over 1,000 companies from around the world will exhibit at this year’s CeMAT. Around half will come from outside Germany. The most important exhibiting nations, apart from Germany, are Belgium, China, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Turkey.
Move & Lift and Store & Load
The biggest showcases at CeMAT are Move & Lift and Store & Load. Move & Lift is dedicated to innovations in materials handling and lifting technology, including industrial trucks, cranes and hoisting equipment, access platforms, continuous handling systems and port handling equipment. As well as presenting these sorts of machines and equipment, the showcase will explore ways in which they can be intelligently integrated into automated supply chains.
Store & Load puts the spotlight on automated warehousing solutions. It features exhibits of rack systems, factory equipment, pallets, containers, loading and unloading equipment, and complete warehousing and loading systems. Gruchow: “Visitors of the upcoming CeMAT will discover a range of semi- and fully automated solutions to maximize the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their warehouse materials handling, loading, packaging and distribution operations.”
Cranes and Lifting Equipment Pavilion
Like other core areas of the logistics industry, the cranes and lifting equipment sector faces major challenges from the growing trend towards digital integration and Industry 4.0. In recognition of this, the sector will have its own dedicated exhibition area at the upcoming show: the Cranes and Lifting Equipment Pavilion in Hall 27. CeMAT ranks among the world’s most important trade fairs for cranes and lifting equipment. The exhibits will range from simple load handling attachments to turnkey automatic cranes.
Platformers World@CeMAT
Lifting and access systems are core intralogistics technologies and therefore rightfully rank among the big highlights on display on the open-air site at the upcoming CeMAT show.
The Platformers World@CeMAT showcase will feature access platforms, mast climbers, telescopic forklifts, ladder hoists, mini crawler cranes, industrial cranes and more from a wide range of manufacturers.
Manage & Service
The Manage & Service showcase brings together internal and external logistics. It is staged in partnership with the “transport logistic” trade show and features exhibits by logistics services and planning and consulting firms. Digitalization is revolutionizing entire value chains and opening up new opportunities both for providers of internal logistics technology and for providers of external transport logistics services. The future success of these sorts of companies hinges on the efficiency and capabilities of their logistics centers. Big data is a case in point. Big data means that complete and up-to-the-minute information on vehicles, orders and consignments can be accessed anywhere, anytime, making logistics processes much simpler to manage and control.
Pick & Pack
The packaging technology lineup at CeMAT 2016 will be bigger and better than ever, thanks to a partnership between Deutsche Messe and easyfairs GmbH that will see easyfair’s “Empack” and “Label&Print” shows co-staged with Deutsche Messe’s Pick & Pack showcase.
Among this year’s exhibits will be the very latest packaging plant and machinery, as well as state-of-the art transport packaging solutions, packaging materials and packaging media.
CeMAT
Deutsche Messe stages CeMAT events in the world’s most important markets, providing the intralogistics industry with superb platforms where it can present its products and innovations to buyers in the respective countries and regions. All CeMAT events are offshoots of the biennial CeMAT in Hannover, Germany, which is the world’s leading trade fair for intralogistics and supply chain management (next show: 31 May to 3 June 2016). CeMAT covers all sectors of the intralogistics industry, from innovative, energy-saving forklifts and industrial trucks and complex, fully automated conveyor systems to sophisticated rack and warehousing systems and the latest in control systems and logistics IT. Cranes, lifting equipment, aerial work platforms, Auto-ID systems, robotic logistics, and packaging technology for intralogistics round out the program.
From its headquarters in Hannover, Germany, Deutsche Messe AG plans and stages leading capital goods trade fairs around the globe. The company ranks among the five biggest tradeshow organizers in Germany, with projected revenue of 335 million euros in 2015.
The company’s event portfolio includes such world-leading events as CeBIT (digital business), HANNOVER MESSE (industrial technology), BIOTECHNICA/LABVOLUTION (biotechnology and lab technology), CeMAT (intralogistics and supply chain management), didacta (education), DOMOTEX (carpets and floor coverings), INTERSCHUTZ (fire prevention, disaster relief, rescue, safety and security), and LIGNA (woodworking, wood processing, forestry).
With approx. 1,200 employees and a network of 66 representatives, subsidiaries and branch offices, Deutsche Messe is present in more than 100 countries worldwide.
