ISH North America show organizer Messe Frankfurt held a press conference to talk about the upcoming ISH Frankfurt, which will open in Germany March 6-10 of next year. Iris Jeglitza-Moshage, Messe Frankfurt vice president of technical fairs, spoke about the show, which is held at the world's third-largest fairgrounds. ISH Frankfurt will encompass most of the grounds. At the 2005 show there were roughly 2, 350 exhibitors from 57 countries, and nearly 200,000 visitors from 114 countries (about 80,000 from the trades).
Thirteen exhibitors from the United States were on hand in 2005 (three Canadian companies), down from the 18 in 2003. Almost 2,000 visitors from North America also were there; about 1,500 in 2003.