ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

The German professional cleaning exhibition CMS, which took place in Berlin last month, attracted 15,500 visitors from 60 countries. This compares to 14,300 professionals from 50 countries at the last event in 2009.

Raimund Hosch, chief executive officer of Messe Berlin commented: "With its wide range of innovations the industry showed itself to be well equipped to meet the challenges of the market. Unquestionably factors such as sustainability, under ecological and social aspects, as well as good design are becoming increasingly important, more so than gaining a competitive advantage.

"The presence of senior executives and a repeated increase in trade visitor numbers showed that CMS is unbeatable in terms of the meeting opportunities it offers, and as such it is an industry must."

The next exhibition will take place from September 24-27 2013.

www.cms-berlin.com