LogiMAT 2024: Once Again a Trade Fair of Superlatives

The LogiMAT 2024 once again closes its doors with further increases in visitor numbers, exhibitor count, exhibition space, and product premieres. With a share of around 35 percent of international exhibitors, this year every third exhibitor came to Stuttgart from abroad. After three successful trade fair days, LogiMAT 2024, the international trade fair for intralogistics solutions and process management, ends with increases and peak values in all relevant trade fair metrics.

(Munich/Stuttgart) A total of 67,420 trade visitors (+ 8.1%) attended the Stuttgart exhibition grounds. 1,610 exhibitors (+ 6%) presented the latest solutions and product developments, including more than 120 innovative product premieres. Additionally, the net exhibition space was increased by another 2,000 square meters to over 67,000 square meters. In total, 101,649 people (trade visitors, exhibitors, media representatives) were present at the exhibition grounds over the three trade fair days. “Thus, LogiMAT continues its success story,” says trade fair director Michael Ruchty from the Munich trade fair organizer EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbH. “Once again this year, we have shown that with creativity, even under the given space constraints, further areas can be developed and innovative innovations can be integrated. This makes LogiMAT a highly attractive and globally unique platform for exhibitors and trade audiences time and again.”

Exhibitors from 40 Countries

The ten exhibition halls of the Stuttgart exhibition grounds were fully booked well in advance. On the available 125,000 square meters of gross exhibition space, leading product manufacturers, system developers, integrators, and service providers from 40 countries presented their latest developments and solutions for efficient processes in intralogistics. About 150 companies were represented at LogiMAT for the first time. With a share of 35 percent, this year every third exhibitor came from abroad – 86 of them from overseas, China, North America, and Australia. “LogiMAT in Stuttgart has earned an international reputation as the most significant presentation platform and trade fair for the intralogistics industry and is considered the world’s leading intralogistics trade fair,” emphasizes trade fair director Ruchty. “Exhibitors from both domestic and foreign appreciate the Stuttgart location in the center of Europe with direct access to the exhibition grounds from the airport, road, and soon also rail long-distance transport.”

Trade Audience Dominates

The same applies to the trade audience, which dominated the visitor flow with a share of 98.8 percent. The figures regarding the current trade fair activities were determined and documented by the independent Basel market research institute Wissler & Partner. According to them, 41 percent of the trade audience had a travel distance of more than 300 kilometers. One in four trade visitors came from abroad to Stuttgart – more than half of them from Asia, Africa, and America.

Broken down by industry, 52 percent of trade visitors belong to the industry, while 16 percent are attributed to wholesale and retail. The majority of the trade audience (57%) were decision-makers on-site to get an overview of the current solution offerings for intralogistics and to compare the offers directly. 38 percent of visitors had concrete investment plans in tow. About 24 percent of trade visitors awarded contracts at the trade fair or will place orders immediately after the fair.

“The excellent results of LogiMAT 2024 and the successfully expanded supporting program once again underscore LogiMAT’s reputation as a trade fair with added value as well as a leading presentation, information, and communication platform for the intralogistics industry,” explains trade fair director Ruchty the high interest from exhibitors and trade visitors. “LogiMAT provides intralogistics professionals worldwide with positive impulses for future-proof investments at the current state of technology.”

The Next LogiMAT Dates

The next LogiMAT is the “LogiMAT China,” which will take place from May 8 to 10, 2024, in Shenzhen. From October 16 to 18, 2024, the “LogiMAT Southeast Asia” will open its doors in Bangkok, and from February 13 to 15, 2025, the LogiMAT India will be held in Mumbai. The upcoming LogiMAT in Stuttgart will take place from March 11 to 13, 2025.

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