analytica 2014: More Highlights, More Exhibitors

Driven by innovations like the industry itself, analytica (Germany) will feature a new attraction when it opens in April 2014: For the first time ever, there will be a special show on occupational health and safety in the laboratory. Successful concepts such as the Live Labs and the renowned analytica Conference will also be continued.

While everyone waited with great anticipation for the innovative addition to last year’s trade fair, i.e. the Live Labs, the new topic on the 2014 program of events is occupational health and safety. Susanne Grödl, Exhibition Director for analytica, explains: “Whether in research or industry, the safety of laboratory employees is extremely important. Until now, none of the world’s trade fairs for analysis and laboratory technology featured a special show on the topic.” But the 2014 fair will cover it in live demonstrations that are part of the Live Labs. With some 3,000 visitors, they were the highlight of last year’s fair. In 2014, the Live Labs will be located in Halls B1, B2 and A3 again and will focus on topics such as food and water analysis, plastics analysis and the life sciences.

At this point, 580 companies have registered for the fair (compared to 553 exhibitors in 2011), and nearly two-thirds of the space in the five halls is occupied. Those companies include industry leaders such as Agilent, Analytik Jena, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, Bruker, Büchi, Carl Zeiss, Eppendorf, GE Healthcare, Horiba, Julabo, Metrohm, Perkin Elmer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Shimadzu and VWR International. As in the past, the share of international companies has also seen another increase – this time by 22 percent.