fairtrade chronicle 1991 – 2017

agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa 2017 closes on a positive note

DLG and fairtrade enter into strategic partnership for fairtrade’s agro events of their agrofood shows in Africa

iran telecom innovations 2017 opened by the Minister of ICT and his deputies – 40,000 visitors discussed business with 200+ exhibitors from 16 countries

Biggest ever iran agrofood with 1,405 exhibitors from 39 countries and 40,000+ visitors featuring iran food + bev tec, iran food + hospitality and iran agro and - for the first time - iran food ingredients

Successful launch within iran food + bev tec: Special Showcase Bakery, Pastry & Foodservice with 64 exhibitors of 13 countries

Very successful 21st elcomUkraine with rising visitor and exhibitor numbers, 256 exhibitors - up 27%

Start of marketing cooperation between iba and iran food + bev tec

Biggest ever agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria – Visitor numbers up 15% to 1,958. Exhibitor numbers up 28% to 110 from 20 countries

Marketing cooperation signed between Messe München’s drinktec and fairtrade’s food + bev tec events

Launch of agrofood plastpack Ethiopia 2017 in Addis Ababa with the participation of 2,615 visitors from 33 countries and 60 exhibitors from 14 countries

Celebrating 25 years of cooperation with Palar Samaneh, Tehran

Celebrating 25 years fairtrade 1991 – 2016

Messe Düsseldorf enters as an equal partner with fairtrade into cooperation for plast & printpack alger

iran telecom innovations: a record number of 225 exhibitors (+32%) from 23 countries showcased a broad picture of the Iranian ICT market and discussed business with more than 40,000 professional visitors 

Biggest ever iran food + bev tec, iran food + hospitality and iran agro with 1,443 exhibitors from 49 countries and 40,000+ visitors

Very successful agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria – Visitor numbers up 26% to 1,704 and 86 exhibitors from 21 countries

Celebrating 20 years elcomUkraine with 190 exhibitors and 7,080 visitors

41% more visitors at extremely successful plast & printpack alger with 166 exhibitors from 16 countries and 4,360 visitors

Launch of AfricaBuild Lagos 2016 in Nigeria in cooperation with ITE with the participation of 91 exhibitors from 16 countries and 1,223 visitors

Launch agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria with the participation of 91 exhibitors from 26 countries and 1,349 visitors

Start cooperation with ITE on AfricaBuild Lagos 2016

Biggest ever iran food + bev tec, iran food + hospitality and iran agro with 947 exhibitors from 22 countries and 30,000+ visitors

Vienna agreement between Iran and world powers of 14 July 2015

To mark the new era of Doing Business in Iran and to take account of the technological developments in the past 15 years, iran telecom has been renamed in iran telecom innovations and a new logo was introduced

Record number of visitors at iran telecom innovations 2015 with 40,000+

Re-launch of www.fairtrade-messe.de in responsive design

15 years iran telecom, with 32,000+  industry professionals discussing business with more than 200 exhibitors from 17 countries

Very successful plast & printpack alger with 161 exhibitors from 24 countries and 3,083 visitors

Start cooperation with AHK Nigeria and Nigerian-German Business Association for agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria

Launch of the fairtrade interactive Industry Portals “energy and electro”, “plast print pack” and “agrofood”.
Exhibitors and visitors can connect before, during and after the event. The entry is activated all year round, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Benefits: Detailed profile of company and products; B2B: Possibility to make appointments for the event; Maximum exposure to targeted buyers; Continuous visibility of products and services. Exhibitors are contacted by our editorial team to help create the listing so that customers can easily locate their services through the powerful search engine.

20 years iran agro, iran food + bev tec and iran food + hospitality, with 32,200  industry professionals discussing business with 766 exhibitors from 17 countries

10 years daughter company “Eurl fairtrade expo” in Algiers

15 years iran telecom in Tehran

Launch agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa in Accra, Ghana

Start cooperation with AHK Accra on WACEE 2013 in Accra, Ghana

Launch of the fairtrade interactive Industry Portal for electro, automation & energy; for plast & printpack alger; for iran agro, iran food + bev tec and iran food & hospitality; for elec expo & EneR Event.

20 years cooperation with Palar Samaneh in Tehran

Start cooperation with Pegasus on iftech food + bev tec and Plasti & Pack in Karachi, Pakistan     
       
Start cooperation with Siberia Expo and Euroindex on elcomRossija in Novosibirsk, Russia

Start cooperation with Duale Hochschule (University of Cooperative Education) Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim to train students with degree Bachelor of Arts - Department of Business Administration - Exhibition, Convention and Event Management (duration 3 years; earlier Diplom-Betriebswirt/in BA).

Eurl fairtrade expo Algeria’s management system gets ISO 9001:2008 certified  

Launch of the first fairtrade interactive Industry Portal for elec expo.
Exhibitors and visitors can connect before, during and after the event. The entry is activated all year round, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Benefits: Detailed profile of company and products; B2B: Possibility to make appointments for the event; Maximum exposure to targeted buyers; Continuous visibility of products and services. Exhibitors are contacted by our editorial team to help create the listing so that customers can easily locate their services through the powerful search engine.

20 years fairtrade

15 years elcomUkraine in Kiev

elec expo & EneR Event in Casablanca, Morocco, start cooperation with Fenelec and Forum7

Launch plast alger in Algiers, Algeria

15 years of cooperation with Euroindex in Kiev

fairtrade becomes member of ufi- The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry

fairtrade Germany’s management system gets ISO 9001 : 2008 certified    

plast expo, alitec and printpack expo maroc in Casablanca, Morocco. Start cooperation with FMP and Forum7

Start cooperation with Forum 7 on Salon Santé in Casablanca, Morocco

10 years cooperation with Forum7 in Casablanca

10 years iran telecom in Tehran

Launch printpack alger in Algiers, Algeria

Launch electro, automation & energy in Algiers, Algeria

Start of cooperation with Safex, Algiers on SIAC in Algiers, Algeria

Integrate new event Djaz.IT alongside with alger telecomp in Algiers, Algeria

Beginning of the training of students with degree Bachelor of Arts - Department of Business Administration - Exhibition, Convention and Event Management (duration 3 years; earlier Diplom-Betriebswirt/in BA) in cooperation with the Duale Hochschule (University of Cooperative Education) Baden-Württemberg in Ravensburg. With practical training at fairtrade and with the study at the University of Cooperative Education, students combine practical and academic training in the best possible way.

Launch of Finance Tec in Algiers, Algeria

Diversification of iran agrofood into iran agro, iran food + bev tec, iran food + hospitality

Launch Telecom Arabiya in Manama, Bahrain

Start cooperation with the Algerian ministry of Public Works and with IMAG, Munich on SITP

Established “Eurl fairtrade expo” as 100% daughter company in Algiers, Algeria

Established fairtrade Branch Office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as platform for Middle East  activities

Launch alger energy in Algiers, Algeria

10 years cooperation with Palar Samaneh in Tehran

Start supporting SOS VILLAGE D’ENFANTS  in Algiers and Casablanca

10 years fairtrade

Launch alger telecomp in Algiers, Algeria

Launch iran telecomp in Tehran, Iran

Launch Telecomp Maroc in Casablanca, Morocco

Launch Cairo agrofood in Cairo, Egypt

Start cooperation with Forum7 in Casablanca

Established fairtrade Office in Heliopolis, Cairo - Egypt for activities in North Africa 

Established fairtrade Tashkent office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Launch elcomUkraine in Kiev, Ukraine

Launch Cairo Telecomp in Cairo, Egypt

Launch Caucasia agrofood and  elcom Caucasia in Tblissi, Georgia 

Launch Central Asia Shoe + Textile in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Launch elcom Asia and Central Asia agrofood in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Launch elcom Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia

Launch elcom Ural and Ural agrofood in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Launch of Baltic Agrofood in Riga, Latvia

Launch Vietnam agrofood in Saigon

Start cooperation with Euroindex, Kiev

Start building up a powerful network of agencies and partnerships throughout the world

Launch agro Asia & elcom Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Launch iran agrofood in Tehran, Iran

Launch electroBalt in Vilnius, Lithuania

Established fairtrade Vilnius office as a fairtrade daughter company in Vilnius, Lithuania

Launch first fairtrade shows Baltic Info & Baltic Shoe + Textile in Vilnius, Lithuania

Start cooperation with Palar Samaneh, Tehran

Martin März establishes fairtrade in Heidelberg, Germany