Messe Frankfurt India Trade Fair has acquired the Automotive Engineering Show, India's only trade fair focused on technologies for automotive manufacturing. Messe Frankfurt India acquired the show from Focussed Event Management Pvt Ltd. Expected to complement Messe Frankfurt India's ACMA Automechanika biennial automotive aftermarket show held at Delhi, the Automotive Engineering Show is scheduled to be held between May 29 and May 31, 2014, at the Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre, (Chinchwad) Pune. With the focus on bringing the Automotive Engineering Show on par with international events in the same sector and present it as a perfect trade platform for companies looking at reaching out to both vehicle and auto-component manufacturers within a strictly business-to-business environment, Messe Frankfurt India is expected to ensure that the fair receives greater international participation in the wake of an estimation by experts that the domestic automotive is poised for a strong long term growth. Since its debut, the Automotive Engineering Show has maintained its focus on automotive plant processes and technologies. With the last edition in 2013 attracting 120 participants and more than 5,600 industry visitors from OEMs as well as tier-one to tier-three suppliers, the show continues to be a well-recognised platform for the automotive sector.