Chillventa 2008, the International Trade Fair for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Heat Pumps, celebrated a brilliant premiere from 15-17 October 2008. Almost 30,000 trade visitors from all over the world were interested in the products and services offered by the 804 exhibitors from 43 countries (the figures for exhibitors and visitors are checked and certified by the Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics - FKM, Berlin).

 

“It is absolutely exceptional for a newly announced exhibition to be more or less catapulted from nought to a hundred within slightly less than two years. This is only possible if the industry closely identifies itself with a new exhibition,” says a delighted Walter Hufnagel, Member of the Management Board of NürnbergMesse. The basic tenor of the exhibitors and visitors at Chillventa was a high level of satisfaction: “What many dedicated organizations and individual figures wanted has now been created, namely a high-quality exhibition in their field that reflects their ideas and concepts to a large extent,” says a pleased Gabriele Hannwacker, Exhibition Director of Chillventa.  Industrial heat pumps, which in Nürnberg were covered for the first time at an exhibition, got off to an outstanding start, and the comprehensive supporting programme that started the day before the exhibition was also successful: some 600 international participants attended the symposia and forums.

 

The more than 800 exhibitors and the many forums and events have clearly shown that the substantial improvements in energy efficiency of HVACR can be achieved without affecting the operation or performance of the systems. Mainly responsible for efficiency improvements are the latest energy-saving plant components, the increasingly employed energy and heat recovery, and control systems that optimize the operation of ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning plants and continually adapt them to the actual requirement. Heat pumps – including devices switchable to cooling mode – will make a considerable future contribution to achieving the environmental protection targets stipulated in many laws and regulations on energy-saving heating and air conditioning of buildings. The easily installed and comparatively low-cost heat pumps that use outside air as heat source are regarded as having especially good market prospects. According to the organizer’s press release, the next Chillventa takes place in Nürnberg from 13-15 October 2010.