Five months before Chillventa 2008, 603 companies and organizations have registered for a net display area of 29.609 m² (as at 15 May 2008), including some country pavilions from Great Britain, the USA, Spain, Turkey and China. NürnbergMesse expects 800 exhibitors and some 25,000 trade visitors from all over the world.

The supporting programme is organized and designed by the associations and organizations of this sector. It starts on October 14th with the continuation of the successful International Heat Pump Symposium launched under the leadership of DKV (German Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Society) in September 2007. The noted ASERCOM + EPEE Symposium (Association of European Refrigeration Compressor and Controls Manufacturers + European Partnership for Energy and Environment) takes place on the afternoon, parallel to the Symposium on Absorption Refrigeration held by ILK Dresden (Institute of Air Handling and Refrigeration Technology). After this, kεkk (Centre of Excellence for Energy Efficiency in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning) invites visitors to a panel discussion. On October 15th the VDMA (Air Handling Technology Association, VDMA) session offers interested visitors information about the latest developments in energy-efficient fans. Other highlights are the supporting events for the target group of users and operators of refrigeration plants for use in the food trade, reveals the organizer’s press release.

The Institute of Building Air Conditioning (FGK) devotes the second day of the exhibition completely to the reduction of CO2 in air conditioning systems, energy recovery, and system optimization through the use of VRV/VRF systems. The event is rounded off with the developments and efficiency criteria of chillers. There is also an opportunity to obtain information about “Natural Ventilation” on this day by attending a short course organized by ASHRAE. Also on October 16^th there is a series of presentations offered by the industry initiative eurammon under the title of “Refrigeration Applications with Natural Refrigerants”. Finally, on Friday an event organized jointly by DKV and the VDMA Refrigerated Cabinets Group will deal in detail with the state of the art, energy conservation possibilities, refrigeration chain logistics and testing plants to the F-Gas Regulation.