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2015 was by far the most successful year in the
company
’
s history to date. Sales by the consolidated
companies stands at around EUR 321.2 million,
which is more than EUR 17 million higher than
forecast. Sales thus exceed the previously high mark
from 2013 by more than EUR 40 million. Compared
with four years prior, average net sales were approx.
19% higher, increasing from around EUR 223
million between 2008 and 2011 to EUR 265 million
between 2012 and 2015. The trend in result is just
as impressive. Koelnmesse concludes 2015 with
EUR 36.7 million in profit. This is EUR 16 million
above target and more than twice as high as the
maximum mark of 2013. The dominant drivers
behind these results are the outstanding trend in
own and guest events in the trade fair location of
Cologne, as well as the long-term effects of
cost-cutting programmes.
The 76 trade fairs and exhibitions held worldwide in
2015 featured more than 42,600 exhibiting compa-
nies from 123 countries and around 2.2 million
visitors from 205 countries. Added to this are some
150,000 participants in congresses held outside of the
trade fairs and organised by KölnKongress GmbH.
A. Trend of business of the Koelnmesse consolidated companies
02. Trend of business and situation of the Koelnmesse consolidated companies
There were 29 own and 25 guest events held in
Cologne, along with 22 trade fairs held abroad. 2015
witnessed premieres for ANUFOOD Eurasia, in
Istanbul, Turkey; and for UrbanTec Brasil, held in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Andina-Pack, in Bogotá, Colombia,
and the children
’
s fashion fair FIT 0/16, in São Paulo,
Brazil, were held for the first time as part of the
Koelnmesse portfolio.
For Koelnmesse, much of its own programme in
2015 outperformed the exhibition industry average
by all three major measures of success. Significant
growth in the numbers of exhibitors compared to
the previous event were reported by aquanale,
Kind+ Jugend, Anuga FoodTec and LivingKitchen
®
,
among others. Strong growth in the ranks of visitors
over the previous event was reported by ISM,
interzum, IDS and dmexco. In terms of exhibitor
space, there was significant growth by gamescom,
interzum, h+h cologne and dmexco, among others.
Overall, the ranks of exhibitors for guest events in
Cologne assisted by Koelnmesse Ausstellungen GmbH
were again higher year-over-year.