Our presence at the world's leading trade fair is very important for us and our members. As the voice of the value chain, we can meet a highly focussed, qualified specialist audience with exhibitors from all areas of the value chain and their innovative solutions,’ says WAB Managing Director Markus Nölke, explaining the motivation for the WAB presence.
A number of foreign delegations, e.g. from India, Canada, Scotland and Spain, have announced their visit.
The WAB offers an extensive programme as part of the trade fair. On 25 September from 11:30 to 12:30 on the Offshore Stage in Hall B5, a forum will be held on the topic:
The Factory of the Future for Wind Turbine Production - A game changer for Europe? Representatives from Siemens Gamesa and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM will report on this topic. Broetje-Automation GmbH will be presenting the ‘Snowflake Project’ on this topic at the trade fair stand. This is a large mobile platform that houses an industrial robot for the flexible attachment of turbine components. Together with PLARAD Maschinenfabrik Wagner GmbH and the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University, a highly flexible assembly system has been developed that enables higher production rates and improves the reliability and quality of the fastening process.
Also on 25 September, the WAB invites to a networking evening under the motto ‘The North invites you’. Together with the network partners Energieküste, Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg Clusteragentur GmbH (EEHH), IHK Cottbus, Netzwerkagentur Erneuerbare Energien Schleswig-Holstein (EE.SH), Stiftung Offshore Windenergie, The Blue and the WindEnergy Network e.V. The meeting point will be Hall B5 Offshore Stage from 17:30.
A forum on the topic of ‘Ports/logistics for offshore wind’ has been organised by the WAB for 26 September from 13:15 to 14:00. The potential of wind energy for seaports in Germany will be discussed at the forum. Representatives from Deutsche WindGuard GmbH, bremenports GmbH & Co KG, Rhenus Port Consulting GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH, Seaports of Niedersachsen and the Rostock Region Office for Spatial Planning and Regional Planning will provide impetus and contribute to the discussion. The forum will also take place in Hall B5 on the Offshore Stage.
On 26 September at 17:30, a women's round table will be offered at the WAB joint stand.
Interested parties are welcome to attend all events. Registration is not required. Further information can be found at www.wab.net.
According to Messe Hamburg, more than 1,500 exhibiting companies from 40 countries will be presenting the entire wind energy value chain on 75,000 square metres spread over 10 halls. The organisers are expecting around 40,000 visitors from Germany and abroad over the four days of the fair.
Meet the exhibitors at the joint WAB stand:
BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung mbH
BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG
bremenports GmbH & Co. KG
Broetje-Automation GmbH, Rastede
comanos GmbH, Bremen
EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH
FIELAX GmbH, Bremerhaven
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research IFAM, Bremen
GreenGate AG, Windeck
in-innovative navigation GmbH, Kornwestheim
Joulmine GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen
Marescape GmbH, Drochtersen
MML Solutions GmbH, Wesel
WAB e.V., Bremerhaven
About WAB e.V.:
The WAB is the nationwide contact for the offshore wind industry, the onshore network in the north-west and promotes the production of green hydrogen from wind power. Around 250 smaller and larger companies and institutes from all areas of the wind industry, the maritime industry, the emerging hydrogen economy and research belong to the association. We represent around 160,000 professionals through our members. As the voice of the value chain, the Wind Industry and Hydrogen Association WAB e.V. is committed to climate protection with ‘green’ energy as electrons and molecules.
Press contact:
Markus Nölke, Managing Director WAB e.V.
M: +49 160 944 215 50