PaintExpo, the leading trade fair for industrial coating technology that should have been held in April, has been officially postponed later on this year. ipcm will keep following the published editorial calendar and distribution programs.
On account of the latest developments of the COVID-19 sanitary emergency and after having evaluated the "Risk Assessment and Recommendations for Action for Large-Scale Events" published by the German Federal Ministry of Health, FairFair GmbH has decided to postpone PaintExpo 2020.
The fair, that should have been held in April, will be rescheduled later on this year. Organizers have promised to let visitors and exhibitors know the new date as soon as possible.
In a press release to all exhibitors and parties involved, Jürgen Haußmann, Managing Director of FairFair GmbH, the organizer of PaintExpo, also specified the following:
- All exhibitor registrations will be rebooked for the new date of the fair; all contract and booth confirmations will remain valid.
- Payments made to the organizer will be credited to the alternative date.
- Any technical services already booked, such as booth construction packages, power connections, etc., are still valid.
- Applications for booth construction permits, drill holes, the use of gases, booth parties, etc. will be fully adjusted to the new date and do not have to be re-submitted.
- Any pre-ordered advertising services, such as guest ticket vouchers, online banners and visitor flyers, will be reprinted by us in the near future and sent out again in accordance with the orders we have received. You can also place further orders in PaintExpo online ordering system.
- The printing of the catalogue has been stopped; organizers will send you new blueprints for correction should your address or other details have changed by then.
ipcm magazines editorial calendar and distribution
In relation to the distribution of our magazines, we want to reassure our partners and readers that the distribution programs will not change: we will follow the fairs on calendar based on their possible rescheduling and the focus of the magazines will remain the one specified in the media guides.