and Deutsche Messe form Strategic European Alliance

Under the motto "Efficiency - Innovation - Sustainability", the next Hannover Messe - 19 to 23 April 2010 in Hannover, Germany - will showcase innovations, new developments and technologies, alongside new materials from the world of industry.

With its clear orientation towards energy, mobility and automation, as well as industrial subcontracting, Hannover Messe will again embrace the salient trends affecting every branch of industry. Joint awareness that today’s industrial marketplace is not only ever changing, but also one where
innovations are developed at an extremely rapid pace is what brought the EPTDA and Deutsche Messe together. The EPTDA is the largest organisation of distributors and manufacturers of power transmission and motion control products in Europe. The association represents nearly 200 leading companies within the industry and brings together the decision making executives on one common platform.

  The EPTDA is committed to providing its members with networking, development and value-added business platforms fostering further growth.
The association recognizes the advantages Hannover Messe offers its members in bringing both innovations and developments to a fast-paced, global audience. Featuring nine leading international trade fairs and 1,000 themed specialized presentations and forums, Hannover Messe is the leading yearly event for business and industry and the most important platform for technical innovations.

At Hannover Messe, the EPTDA will profit from a full spectrum of international initiatives offered within the Global Business & Markets platform. Global Business & Markets is a decided foreign trade platform within Hannover Messe, offering an ideal atmosphere for establishing and nurturing international business contacts. High-ranking economic delegations come to the Global Business & Markets hall with the explicit intention of visiting industrial professionals. Furthermore, by means of an extensive matchmaking platform EPTDA members will have the opportunity to make new, high-level business contacts, find suitable joint-venture partners and interact with fellow professionals at an international level.

“Forming such alliances as with the EPTDA is what the Hannover Messe is all about. Hannover Messe offers a truly unique platform for industrial professionals to conduct trade at an international level. We welcome the EPTDA to Hannover and look forward to further intensifying our alliance over the coming years. A great deal of synergies between our two entities has already been identified and we look forward to bringing these advantages to both EPTDA members and Hannover Messe participants,” commented Marco Siebert, Director of International Relations at Deutsche Messe.

  “EPTDA and PTDA (our American sister organization) members have been partnering with Hannover Messe for many years now.

This European strategic alliance is thus a natural evolution of our continued partnership and support to each other. It will help EPTDA to create more valuable and tangible benefits for its members and better streamline the efforts of EPTDA and Hannover Messe to advance the power transmission and motion control industry worldwide.” said Hans Hanegreefs, Executive Vice President, EPTDA

  About the Hannover Messe:
Hannover Messe is the world's leading showcase for industrial technology is staged annually in Hannover, Germany. The next Hannover Messe will be held from 19 to 23 April 2010, with Italy to be featured as its official  Partner Country. In 2010 the spotlight will be on industrial automation, energy, technology, industrial subcontracting and cutting-edge technologies.
Hannover Messe is the ideal place to obtain the latest industrial know-how. Established sixty years ago, Hannover Messe today ranks as the leading international showplace for industrial technologies, materials and product ideas.

For additional information please visit: www.hannovermesse.de

  About the European Power Transmission Distributors Association
EPTDA is the leading association for the industrial distribution channel in Europe, setting the highest commercial, environmental, social and ethical standards. Its mission is to advance distribution and strengthen members to be successful, profitable and competitive in a changing market environment. EPTDA takes great pride in its values which focus on being a premier community for qualified members through open dialogue and mutual respect; acting with integrity, honesty and fairness; and ensuring continuous growth and learning. EPTDA currently has a membership of nearly 200 leading companies across 25 countries worldwide representing over 22 Billion Euros in annual revenues.