Associations

Messe Friedrichshafen is member of following associations and organizations of the international fair economy

• AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry 
• MNC - AUMA Trade Fair Benefit Check
  
• IDFA - Pool of German Trade Fair Organizations and Exhibition Cities 

AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry

AUMA, the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry, informs exhibitors and visitors about dates, product ranges, exhibitor and visitor figures for German and foreign events. As a complement to this, it publishes specialist brochures for the preparation and staging of trade fair participations. Those interested can access extensive literature on the topic of trade fairs and exhibitions at the German Trade Fair Industry Information Centre.

Further information on the Homepage: www.auma.de

AUMA's members are

•  the central associations of German business (industry, trade, skilled trades etc.)
• trade associations of the exhibiting and visiting industries who are interested in trade fairs as well as
• the German trade fair and exhibition organizers plus the companies organizing foreign trade fair participations

AUMA Trade Fair Benefit Check

New instrument for calculating trade fair efficiency. You can calculate the cost-benefit of your trade fair participations.

Further information on the Homepage: www.auma.de/mnc/mnc.html

IDFA - Pool of German Trade Fair Organizations and Exhibition Cities

Founded in 1952, the IDFA companies are linked by the common aim of exchanging experience, particularly in the respect of providing the best possible services for exhibitors and visitors alike. Close cooperative links exist between the IDFA and the AUMA, the FKM and the World Union of International Trade Fairs UFI.
The ten members of the IDFA (Dortmund, Essen, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Offenbach, Pirmasens, Saarbrücken and Stuttgart) organise a total of approximately 230 specialist trade fairs and exhibitions. IDFA - trade fair know-how for industry and commerce.

Further information on the Homepage: www.idfa.de