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A second area of focus for the future programme at
Koelnmesse concerns further expansion of interna-
tional business. In 2015, Koelnmesse significantly
expanded its commitment, particularly in South
America. In 2015, it successfully marketed the
congress fair UrbanTec Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.With
the takeover of the Brazilian trade fair organiser
Interfeiras Eventos Ltda. by the Brazilian subsidiary of
Koelnmesse, Koelnmesse Organização de Feiras Ltda.,
the children’s fashion fair FIT 0/16, in São Paulo, is
now part of the trade fair portfolio. From 2016 Pueri
Expo is planned as a new fair for the children’s
outfitting sector. Together with ANUTEC Brazil, the
food-technology fair already carried out in 2014 in
Curitiba, Koelnmesse is the organiser of four trade
fairs in Brazil. In addition, the partnership concluded
in October 2014 with Colombian exhibition company
Corferias is bearing fruit: Together, in 2016 the
companies will organise the International Food Fair
Alimentec in Bogotá, Colombia, and in 2017 Andina-
Pack, the fair for packaging technology.
With a worldwide network of representative offices in
more than 100 countries, the very high rate of partici-
pation of foreign exhibitors and visitors in leading
trade fairs in Cologne and some 25 foreign trade fairs,
a number of them leading industry platforms in their
respective regions, Koelnmesse is wellpositioned
internationally. As a result of trade fair cycles, foreign
business in 2015 was weaker than in 2014, with sales
before consolidation of EUR 22.5 million (previous
year: EUR 25.7 million).
On average, there were a total of 720 employees
employed with the Koelnmesse consolidated
companies in 2015 (previous year: 685). Of these,
564 (previous year: 550) were on the payrolls of
Koelnmesse GmbH, 16 (previous year: 14) at
Koelnmesse Ausstellungen GmbH and 140
(previous year: 121) with the foreign subsidiaries
of Koelnmesse GmbH
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Workforce figures at all subsidiaries including the respective ExecutiveVice Presidents