f-cell at the Stuttgart trade fair 2022 – conference and trade fair expands portfolio, politics and business emphasize importance.
Technologies, applications, markets: Messe Stuttgart is expanding its product portfolio in the field of trade fairs and conferences with f-cell. On 4 and 5 October 2022, the participants will learn everything about the state of research and can discover concrete application examples from practice.
Roland Bleinroth, Managing Director of Messe Stuttgart.
For all those who focus on a secure energy supply, industrial applications in production processes and clean mobility, f-cell is an indispensable industry meeting place from which impulses emanate from all over the world.
The leading event, which has been established over more than 20 years, brings together developers, manufacturing companies, experts from research centres and users in search of concrete solutions, as well as representatives from politics, business and society.
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Bleinroth emphasizes: “The need for an internationally leading platform such as f-cell is increasing, because developments in the H2BZ sector (hydrogen and fuel cell sector) are progressing rapidly and the current investment behaviour of government agencies and companies is fuelling this. We would therefore like to continue and further develop the success story of f-cell.”
The team of the previous organiser Peter Sauber Agentur therefore also moved to Messe Stuttgart on 1 October 2021. The bundling of expertise in the areas of internationality, network and trade fair/congress know-how and, last but not least, the modern exhibition grounds in the heart of Europe are intended to take f-cell to the next level as Europe’s leading trade fair for hydrogen and fuel cells.
Politicians underline the importance of hydrogen and fuel cells
Thekla Walker, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy in Baden-Württemberg, confirms:
Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are indispensable for a climate-friendly energy world.
“Only with them can we decarbonize the economy and drastically reduce harmful CO2 emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.” At the same time, the Minister emphasizes that it is crucial, especially for Baden-Württemberg as an industrial and innovation location, that the companies based here are world leaders.
This not only secures prosperity and jobs, but also contributes to the export of hydrogen and fuel technologies and to advancing climate protection worldwide. Walker adds: “Messe Stuttgart plays a major role in this with f-cell. It provides the necessary platform for companies, research and politics to network with each other in the best possible way.”
The energy carrier hydrogen offers a real future opportunity not only for climate protection, but also for the economy in Baden-Württemberg.
Franz Loogen, Managing Director of the state agency e-mobil BW:
e-mobil BW has been driving the topics of fuel cells and hydrogen technology forward for more than ten years, including in the Fuel Cell BW cluster.
“With the H2BW platform, the activities continue to take shape.” According to Loogen, the opportunities of industrial production, even for medium-sized companies, extend over a variety of trades and materials.
This makes it all the more important that Messe Stuttgart, with f-cell, represents the importance of Baden-Württemberg as a research and production location in hydrogen technology for national and international guests in a new setting. “e-mobil BW will provide Messe Stuttgart with technical support in the future,” Loogen continues.
Dr. Walter Rogg, Managing Director of Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH (WRS):
For more than 20 years, f-cell has been one of the most important industry get-togethers on the subject of fuel cells and – increasingly in the future – on the topic of the hydrogen economy in Europe and beyond.
For the WRS, it is crucial to place the Stuttgart region and the state of Baden-Württemberg internationally on the “fuel cell map” with this event. The move to Messe Stuttgart is therefore a logical step. “Just as the hydrogen economy and fuel cells are emerging from the niche and are finally being introduced broadly into the market, f-cell will enter the big stage from 2022 and thus follow the development of this young industry as a whole,” says Dr. Rogg happily.
Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff, Managing Director of NOW GmbH, adds:
f-cell is an integral part of the calendar of every player dealing with hydrogen and fuel cell technology.
“Messe Stuttgart offers a modern exhibition centre and bundles expertise in the areas of internationality, network and event know-how.”
The feedback from the companies exhibiting so far is also very positive and confirms the decision.
Maike Heyn-Schares, Head of Marketing & Communication, Project SOFC, Bosch:
We value f-cell as a trade fair to demonstrate our technological expertise in the field of fuel cells and to enter into an exchange with stakeholders.
“The move to Messe Stuttgart offers the opportunity to enlarge the event and thus create a platform for more international exhibitors and visitors.”
Dr. Karsten McGovern, Managing Director, LEA LandesEnergieAgentur Hessen:
The future with green hydrogen, how the Hessians want to advance the hydrogen economy, will be shown by companies from our region at our f-cell joint stand.
“f-cell offers us the ideal platform for this and we are already looking forward to being part of it.”
Kim Eisfeld, Lead Marketing & Communication, cellcentric:
f-cell is very important to us as one of the most important trade fairs.
“Here we welcome an international audience for networking, knowledge transfer and recruiting. For us, the relocation of f-cell to Messe Stuttgart is the logical further development of the trade fair concept in terms of reach, internationality, but also better logistical accessibility. We are already looking forward to the date in October 2022.”
Fabian Kapp, Managing Director, Graebener:
There is a lot of movement in the market for hydrogen and fuel cells at the moment and there is a spirit of optimism.
“f-cell offers an optimal platform to get an overview of the current market situation and to establish valuable customer contacts. We welcome f-cell’s move to the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre and expect an expansion of the exhibition spectrum and a stronger international orientation.”
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