Productronica attracted 38,000 visitors from nearly 80 countries for its 40th anniversary show including an increased presence from Asia/Pacific. Three test and measurement companies brought debut-making products to Bavaria. Pico Technology debuted the PicoSource PG900 Series pulse generators. These are high-speed, low-cost instruments for use in single-ended and differential pulsed measurement applications.

The international exhibition and conference for the printed electronics industry, LOPEC, will again take place in Munich next April. The two day exhibition (April 6–7) and three day conference (April 5–7) will give visitors and delegates a chance to learn about all the latest developments in this increasingly important technology sector.

Key personnel from the printed electronics industry are coming together at productronica and will be giving technical presentations in Hall B3 on November 11. Real products and demonstrations of printed electronics technology will be presented on the LOPEC and OE-A exhibition stand - B3.141.

Angela Marten has been appointed as the new Exhibition Director of electronica, the International Trade Fair for Electronic Components, Systems and Applications, since 7th September, 2015. She succeeds Anke Odouli, who is on parental leave. As Exhibition Group Director, Nicole Schmitt is still responsible for Messe München's global network of electronics fairs.

electronica India and productronica India 2015 ended on a high note with 15,435 visitors and 352 exhibitors, representing 634 companies, showcasing their products, solutions and services at the trade fairs from 9th to 11th September, 2015 at Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi. Both exhibitors and visitors were extremely satisfied with the results of the trade fairs.

After two successful fairs in 2014 that witnessed 13,609 trade visitors overall, the 16th iteration of India’s trade fair pair, dealing with electronic components and electronics manufacturing, will be hosted at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 9th to 11th September, 2015. electronica India and productronica India are platforms to showcase innovations and provide networking opportunities for the electronics community.

As leading events, productronica China and electronica China 2015 have come to a successful conclusion at the Shanghai New International ExpoCentre, on 19th March, 2015. A total of 1,006 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions showcased ground breaking technologies and a wide array of advanced machines, technologies and materials in-line with the tremendous demand for electronics manufacturing.

With innovations and advanced technologies, electronica China 2015 and productronica China ended successfully at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, on March 19, 2015. The three-day trade fair covered 57,500 square meters of exhibition space. A total of 1,006 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions gathered to showcase their latest technologies and services. 55,365 visitors participated at this year’s show.

LOPEC, which ended on Thursday 5th March, saw a 10% increase in attendance and was hailed by its organisers as a complete success. Over 2,300 visitors from 42 countries attended the three day event at the Internationales Congress Center München. Several applications in the automotive, smart packaging and wearables sectors clearly demonstrated how advanced the use of printed electronics already is.

The 7th iteration of LOPEC, the International Exhibition and Conference for Printed Electronics, will open its gates at the Messe München trade fair center from 3rd to 5th March, where companies and research organisations from around the world will demonstrate that printed electronic components are making their way into a number of different sectors.

Thousands of electronic elements printed onto film or paper in a few hours will be one of the features at the LOPEC 2015 exhibition and conference in Munich (March 3-5, 2015). A Demo Line at the event will show how it's done. During the fair, a complete production line will produce examples of printed electronics "to go".

Printed electronics is opening unimagined technical and design possibilities in many sectors of industry, such as flexible solar cells, interactive medication packaging and curved displays in automobile cockpits. At the beginning of March 2015, specialists from around the world will meet at LOPEC in Munich to present developments and discuss latest trends.

Next year's Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention (LOPEC) has been scheduled to take place at the beginning of March 2015 in Munich, Germany. Organisers of the event, Messe München and the Organic and Printed Electronics Association (OE-A), expect the number of exhibitors and visitors to continue to increase, as it has year on year.