(May 14, 2004) It was the best Analytica of all time. Held from May 11 – 14 2004, at Munich’s trade fair center, the event attracted 1,120 exhibitors. Up 5% from 2002’s 1040—also a record for the trade fair—this number joined with the all-time high share of non-German companies (one third!) attending in reiterating Analytica’s position of being the premiere event for analytic and analysis-based devices, systems and services.

That Analytica is the leading event in the world in its sector was also endorsed by 85% (2002: 81%) of the fair’s visitors, who numbered 30,000 (2002: 34,000). According to 91% (2002: 85%) of the persons polled, the fair is the place to do business with the most important companies in their fields.

Also detailing the fair’s standing was the strong attendance by renowned scientists and entrepreneurs of the accompanying Analytica Conference and its more than one hundred lectures and presentations. The Conference established itself as a main-stage showcase for innovations and implementations in the field of analytic technologies and biological studies.

Also showing the event’s pull is the large number—250—of first-time exhibitors. Among them are some of the most famous corporations in Germany—including software giant SAP, Bayer Industry Services and Akzo Nobel—and abroad. “We were especially pleased by SAP’s participation. It shows what good customers for SAP’s products the life sciences and chemical sectors have become,” stated Klaus Dittrich, managing director Messe München International.

Also prominent among the newcomers were such leading biotechs as IMG, Biozym Diagnostik, Chemogenix, GenPharmTox Biotech and euroderm, and such important centers of research as the universities of Potsdam and Bonn, and the Caesar Institute.

Analytica’s success stems from its policy of creating features needed and wanted by the analytics industry, Dittrich states. He cites by way of an example the Analytica Forum, which serves as a platform for the transfer of technologies among industry professionals. Also mentioned were the Job Day, which brought together employers and their potential employees, and the International Partnering Conference, at which Europe’s high-tech regions got to pitch their areas and forge interregional alliances.

For further information
Ellen Richter-Maierhofer
Tel.: (+49-89) 949 206 50,
Fax: (+49-89) 949 206 59
E-Mail: richter-maierhofer@messe-muenchen.de

About Analytica
Staged every two years, Analytica is the world’s leading platform for the devices, systems and services used in analysis and in analysis-based industries. The next Analytica, the 20th installment, will be held from April 25 – 28, 2006 in Munich’s trade fair center.

Analytica forms part of family of events. Its members include AnalyticaChina (2004), Analytica-Anacon India and BioAnalytica (alternates with Analytica in Munich).

For further information:
www.analytica-world.com

About MMI
Messe Munich International’s 40 trade fairs in Munich serve the capital goods, consumer products and technology sectors. These events are attended by 30,000 exhibitors (from more than 90 countries) and more than two million visitors (from more than 180 countries). In addition, MMI also stages trade fairs in Asia, North America and South America. Facilitating this worldwide reach is MMI’s globe-spanning grid of non-German subsidiaries (five) and offices (75).

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