Compamed 2019: Everything you need to know
Compamed is a trade show which focuses on improving team play between suppliers and manufacturers. Our editor, Laura Hughes, lists all of the key information you need to know ahead of this must attend event.
Date
18th – 21st November 2019
Time
10:00 – 18:00
Location
Halls 8a and 8b in the Fair ground, Düsseldorf
Exhibitors
There is anticipated to be over 750 exhibitors from 40 countries. Exhibitors will include Bemis Healthcare Packaging, Boddingtons Plastics, Eldon James, Enterprise Ireland, Junkosha, Key Plastics, OraSure Technologies, Porex Technologies, Raumedic, Rose Plastic Medical Packaging, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, SteriPac, Stratasys and many more.
Visitors
The event attracts a large range of visitors. These include heads of research and development departments, production managers, engineers and technicians for research and development, technicians for production departments, technical procurement managers, medical technology exhibitors of Medica, packaging specialists, process engineers, design engineers and qualification and validation specialists. Compamed expects visitors from 62 countries in the world.
Key topics
Compamed runs parallel to Medica, which is planning to provide attendees with a chance to experience tomorrow’s healthcare market live. Compamed hopes to build on previous years where the event has become a global hotspot for complex high-tech solutions in both microtechnology and nanotechnology.
The show will also aim to cover topics such as the manufacturing of components and finished products, manufacturing equipment, services, OEM equipment, electrical components, microtechnology, materials, adhesives, software and IT.
Forums
There will be two forums at Compamed
1. The forum for developers and suppliers sponsored by DeviceMed
- Key topics: Additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, regulatory affairs and medical innovations
- Location: Hall 8b G40
2. The high-tech forum sponsored by IVAM
- Key topics: New materials, production techniques, nanotechnology and microsystems technology
- Location: Hall 8a G40
There will be multiple presentations from industry experts taking place within each forum on every day of the event. The full timetable including speakers and topics is available on the event website.
Keeping up to date
An app is available for the show. The app contains information to help you during the event, such as an interactive site map and hall plan, as well as a database of all of the exhibitors and product details. The app will also keep you up to date by providing information on trade fair and exhibitor news. The app is available in both English and German and is free of charge to download from the App Store or Google play.
You can also follow the event’s multiple social media platforms to stay informed. The platforms are as follows:
Registration and tickets
Tickets are still available for the event and are cheaper to purchase in advance online. Reduced ticket prices are available in some cases such as for students and pensioners.
Top tip
Your pre-purchased entrance ticket is also valid for free local transport to and from the Düsseldorf exhibition centre on the day of your visit, provided you remain within the area covered by VRR (2nd class, zone D). More information is available on your entrance ticket and on the website.