Harting KGaA is extremely pleased with the course of this year's Hannover Messe and with the results achieved. "Hannover was a tremendously successful event for us," remarked Dietmar Harting, President/Partner of the Technology Group. A new record was set for the number of visitors to the main stand, which was expanded by around 50% to over 1,600 m?. The number of foreign visitors was extremely high, standing at over 30% and including many Russian delegations and customers and interested parties from China. Russia was the partner country of this year's trade fair held in the state capital of Lower Saxony. The trade fair was opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The main attraction at the two-story Harting stand in Hall 11 was an Auto ID demo-system which was operated live. The system simulated an intelligent production system of the future in which the products provide the information on their further processing and downstream handling. The scenario covered the entire value-creation chain including order intake, production and delivery to the customer. HARTING is a full-range supplier of these individual solutions and a trailblazer in integrated industry in which physical products and information technology converge.

Philipp R?sler, Federal Minister of Economics, who was received by Dietmar and Margrit Harting on the second day of the trade fair, showed a strong interest in the highly impressive demonstration. Other very welcome guests included Bernd Strauch, the mayor of Hannover, Christian D?rr, the president of the FDP faction in Lower Saxony's state parliament, Dr. Wolfram von Fritsch, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Messe AG, Dr. Jochen K?ckler, Executive Board member of Deutsche Messe AG and Oliver Frese, Divisional Director at Deutsche Messe AG.

In addition to its main stand, Harting also presented its innovations at the Mobil Tec and Wind Energy exhibitions and maintained an over 200 m? stand at the TectoYou initiative for young people. Around 500 school pupils and students accepted Harting's invitation to Hannover enabling them to discover the fascinating world of technology and the career opportunities and prospects it holds in store. Education Minister Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka visited the Harting stand at TectoYou on the first day of the trade fair and apprentices explained the "plug game" to her.