Trade Fairs
Top rankings for AFAG trade fairs
Whether it's a highly specialised world-leading trade fair, international congress or regional consumer fair — we design and stage successful marketplaces.
The ‘interlift’ - the world's leading trade fair for the lift industry and the ‘iENA - International Trade Fair Ideas-Inventions-New Products’ are the world's leading industry trade fairs and with HOGA Nuremberg , we occupy a leading position in the German trade fair hospitality market. Other trade & congress fairs include DCONex (MCC Münster), a congress trade fair on the topic of pollutant management, and ‘The Elevator Show’ in Dubai, which had its successful premiere in September 2024.
A new addition to AFAG's B2B trade fair portfolio is eltec - Trade Fair for Electrical and Energy Technology (Messe Nürnberg), which AFAG successfully organised for the first time in 2023. The next eltec will take place from 25-22 May 2025.
The industry platform with congress, Stone+tec (Messe Nürnberg), was successfully taken over by AFAG in 2022 and a new area was added in 2024: the design trade fair for tiles and technology, the Tile+tec trade fair (parallel to Stone+tec, Messe Nürnberg).
On 1 July 2022, AFAG took over the Munich trade fair organiser NETCOMM and will continue to run the NETCOMM trade fairs, which include the Munich Security Expo, the Munich Personnel Fair and the Sales Marketing Forum . All three trade fairs will take place at the MOC in Munich. From September 2025, the SicherheitsExpo will also take place in Berlin .
The Freizeit Messe and Consumenta, which is one of Germany's leading consumer fairs, are both held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center.
Our programme also includes special interest fairs:
THE VILLAGE whisk(e)y fair in Nuremberg has developed into one of the largest and most important whisk(e)y fairs in Europe since it was founded in 2013. It is an annual meeting point for the scene and an event for whisk(e)y connoisseurs and explorers. The Gin & Friends Exhibition Nuremberg is a lifestyle event that brings the different variations of gin + tonic and other spirits to life. Heimtier Messe Nürnberg presents offers, information and a show all about animal friends such as dogs and cats.
In 2023, the music trade fair was held for the first time at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, which has been held annually under a new name since 2024: akustika Nuremberg. The trade fair focuses on the diversity and quality of musical instrument making and is aimed at musicians, from beginners to professionals.
Since the end of February 2023, AFAG has taken over the Stuttgart-based trade fair organiser RETRO Messen. The portfolio of RETRO Messen GmbH includes the trade fairs RETRO CLASSICS® Stuttgart, RETRO CLASSICS BAVARIA® in Nuremberg and EuroMotor® in Stuttgart, which will continue to take place at the familiar locations.
Car & Style Nuremberg, which is affiliated to Consumenta, appeals to tuning and sound fans as well as all technology enthusiasts.
We stage fascinating events and exclusive theme parks with high attention value and supra-regional impact for our partners, clients and for our own trade fairs.
