4,820 exhibitors are expected at the world's leading international trade fair in its field, Automechanika Frankfurt next week. This is a 160 increase on 2014.

The event will take place from 13 to 17 September and cover an area of 305,000 square metres, occupying the entire Exhibition Centre. Exhibitors will come 76 different countries.

Detlef Braun, President and CEO of Messe Frankfurt, says show is a barometer for the aftermarket sector, “The top position of the motor-vehicle industry and the motor-vehicle retail trade is reflected in a new record for levels of participation in Automechanika in Frankfurt.”

The major topics covered by this year's show include concepts of mobility and modes of transport in the future and the corresponding services and workshop solutions, together with the Innovation Awards and initial and further training. Detlef Braun says, “Many of our customers, who work in the field of motor-vehicle parts, the retail trade and the workshop industry, are here to get to grips with new products and new areas of business. Here in Frankfurt, over the next few days, the whole world will be presenting its solutions and innovations in response to the increased networking and digitalisation of vehicles.”

The Frankfurt Festhalle will become a 'laboratory of the future' at Automechanika Frankfurt. Visitors to the trade fair can expect a pyrotechnic display of innovation and pioneering ideas for both individual mobility and freight transport, in both private cars and commercial vehicles. The companies come from the components industry, the workshop equipment sector, software development, vehicle manufacture and the development and marketing of accessories, as well as from the energy business and the transport and logistics trades. Key areas of focus in the exhibition include e-mobility, telematic systems and solutions for internal and external networking of vehicles, with also apps and software solutions for vehicle networking, for intelligent traffic control and applications for effective fleet management.