Automechanika Frankfurt 2008

Automechanika also the leading trade fair for 'Service Station & Car Wash' from 2008 Southwest Outdoor Area at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre the future meeting place of the international service-station and car-wash sectors

Anyone wanting to show service-station and car-wash equipment and accessories needs space. In the future, the Automechanika, the lea-ding international trade fair for the automobile aftermarket, will also be the international meeting place for the international service-station and car-wash sectors. Recently added, the Southwest Outdoor Area at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre represents the ideal place where exhibitors from the service-station and car-wash business can make presentations from 16 to 21 September 2008. The outdoor area is in the immediate vicinity of the future West Main Entrance and Hall 10 with service-station products. Trade visitors who want to gather information about ideas and new products in the fields of filling stations and car washes will be able to get to the outdoor area and Hall 10 easily by foot, or by shuttle bus from the Rebstock Car Park.

The Federal Association of Service Station and Vehicle Washing Plants  (Bundesverband Tankstelle und Gewerbliche Autowäsche Deutschland e.V. – BTG) welcomes this upgrade for the product group. "Service Station & Car Wash is an important step towards making the Automechanika even more interesting for our sectors. Important are attractive offers for exhibitors and visitors to put the spotlight on this trade fair for both the automobile sector as a whole and the service-station and car-wash sectors", says Sigrid Pook, General Manager of BTG.

Summarising, Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt, says, "Anyone aiming to be successful in the automobile business must achieve an increase in efficiency, use the latest, environmentally-friendly technology, work together with professional suppliers and ensure the right marketing measures are taken. In this connection, we want to provide our exhibitors and visitors with the best possible international business platform."

Several of the leading names of the car-wash sector have already announced their participation. Thus, the exhibitors will include WashTec Cleaning Technology GmbH, Otto Christ AG, Holz Autowaschtechnik GmbH, Alfred Kärcher Vertriebs-GmbH and Istobal S.A..

The 'Service Station & Car Wash' section covers the entire range of pro-ducts for filling stations and car washes: from filling and car-wash plants, via cleaning and care products, to specialist services, such as car clea-ning, water treatment, waste disposal, etc. Other product groups include spare parts, shop facilities especially for car washes, monitoring systems and billing systems.

You will find more information on the internet at: www.automechanika.messefrankfurt.com