UP TO DATE
With human worplace
safety in mind
all issues concerning health and
safety at work, focusing on three
major thematic areas: Personal
Protection, Occupational Safety
and Health at the Workplace.”
A+A is the most important event in the world
dedicated to safety and health protection at work,
where a lot of the major players in the industry
are going to exhibit their newest products.
We talked with Ms Birgit Horn,director of the A+A
about the upcoming fair, it’s evolution and her
plans for the future.
Birgit Horn,
Director of A+A – Global
Head Occupational Health
The A+A exhibition looks
back on an over 50-year his-
tory. It was originally planned
for the exhibition to focus on
health and medicine in the
workplace. And what does A+A
represent today?
Traditionally, the trade fairs
held by Messe D sseldorf stand
out with their high attendance
from specialists from many
parts of the world creating the
ideal platform for forging new
business contacts and strength-
ening existent ones. What will
surprise the guests and partici-
pants at A+A 2017?
Birgit Horn: “It seems once
again that nine halls of the
D sseldorf exhibition centre
will be occupied at A+A 2017 –
beating its own record covering
70,000 m 2 of occupied exhibition
space. Exhibitors in Personal
Protective Equipment, includ-
ing Corporate Fashion, will be
feature in Halls 3, 4, 5, 7.0, 9, 10
and also in Hall 11. Must-sees
for visitors include the new
Highlight Route through our
halls which focuses on “The Fu-
ture of Work”. Here, exhibitors
will present important trends
and product highlights, fea-
turing themes like “Wearable
Technologies”, “Digitalisation
of Work” and “Digital Applica-
tions and Solutions”. Also the
redesigned A+A Fashion Show in
Hall 11 will surprise our guests
being both lively and appealing,
showing the diversity and fash-
ionable character of contempo-
rary workwear and PPE. High-
quality design and safety have
long ceased to be incompatible,
a development which is clear-
ly borne out by smart solutions
and new materials. Everyone
both the trade fair and congress
as soon as they arose. So today,
A+A is not only the world’s big-
gest leading trade fair in its seg-
ment. It is the world’s most im-
portant professional event on
Birgit Horn: “A lot has hap-
pened since the very first A+A,
then called Trade Fair for Indus-
trial Safety and Occupational
Healthcare. Ever since it started
in 1954 A+A has always helped
to raise global awareness for
industrial safety and health in
the workplace – together with
the International Congress for
Occupational Safety and Occu-
pational Medicine, which is the
most important congress for
safety and health at work. New
developments have always fea-
tured in the range of topics at
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