The 165 exhibiting companies from 16 countries came to Stuttgart to show off intelligent and impressive technical solutions for industrial parts and surface cleaning. The three days of parts2clean made it clear that there is a demand for such solutions, in spite of the currently challenging market conditions: after all, the trade visitors from 44 countries, more than 3,200 in number, had brought just the right tasks and projects with them to the show.
“Compared to the 2023 event, the 21st edition of the Leading Trade Fair for Industrial Parts and Surface Cleaning not only chalked up a growing number of exhibiting companies and a net exhibition area of 4,600 square meters, but also a small increase in visitor numbers,” reports Ramtin Randjbar-Moshtaghin, Project Director at Deutsche Messe AG. The share of visitors from outside Germany was around 25%.
The nations most represented after Germany were Switzerland, Austria, Türkiye, and the Netherlands. “For us as the organizer of parts2clean, however, the bare facts and figures are less important than whether the exhibiting companies were satisfied,” adds the Project Director. And this year’s event also scored highly in this respect, as Samuel Wolf, Managing Director of cleaning system manufacturer vapic GmbH, confirms: “By the end of the second day of the trade fair, we had already established more contacts than during the entire 2023 show.
The visitors came to the trade fair with specific tasks and projects. In some cases, they had even brought along drawings of the parts to be cleaned, so that we could get straight down to developing solutions. The very high number of new contacts – around 80% – is also pleasing.”
p2c.EXPERTFORUM – knowledge is in even greater demand than ever before
The bilingual p2c.EXPERTFORUM, open to attendees at the trade fair free of charge, has always been one of the magnets attracting visitors to the leading international trade fair. “Demand for expertise in industrial parts and surface cleaning has never been higher thanduring this year,” reports Ramtin Randjbar-Moshtaghin.
“The presentations by experts from the scientific, research, and industrial communities were offered with simultaneous interpreting (German<>English) and generated a total footfall of 3,060from trade fair visitors aiming to establish or deepen their knowledge of parts cleaning.”
The record attendance shows that there is a great need for information ranging from the basics of classic parts cleaning to ultra-fine cleaning and high-purity applications. “And the p2c.EXPERTFORUM offers companies a training and education resource for their employees that is unparalleled in terms of value for money,” adds Juliane Schulze.
Presentation of the 4th FiT2clean award
The presentation of the 4th FiT2clean award proved to be a highlight of the last day of the trade fair. This year, BO-INNO GmbH won the Innovation Award of the Industrial Parts Cleaning Association (FiT) with a smart data tracker that records and stores key process parameters in real time. Nägele Mechanik GmbH and SAFECHEM Europe GmbH took second and third places, respectively.
The next parts2clean will take place from October 5 to 7, 2027 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center.
