MEDICA- The weather vane in the global medical device market
MEDICA is a world-renowned comprehensive medical exhibition, recognized as the world's largest hospital and medical equipment exhibition, and ranks first in the world's medical trade exhibition with its irreplaceable scale and influence. MEDICA is held annually in Dusseldorf, Germany, displaying a variety of products and services in the entire field from outpatient treatment to inpatient treatment, including all conventional categories of medical equipment supplies, medical communication information technology, medical furniture and equipment, medical site construction technology, medical equipment management, etc.
MEDICA's target audience is all medical professionals, hospital doctors, hospital management, hospital technicians, general practitioners, medical laboratory personnel, nurses, paramedics, interns, physiotherapists and other medical practitioners from all over the world. The MEDICA exhibition has thus established a good image in the medical industry around the world. The exhibition is held annually in Dusseldorf, Germany, at the same time as the German Pharmaceutical Raw Materials and Medical Devices Exhibition (Compamed).
The successful conclusion of the year 2022 in Dusseldorf of MEDICA and COMPAMED, two of the world's leading exhibition and communication platforms for the medical technology industry, presented the audience with a large number of medical innovation results and a number of supporting events covering a wide range of topics, once again highlighting their international status.
The MEDICA and COMPAMED websites combined with the live events of the exhibition have added a series of online services, enabling exhibitors and visitors to discuss innovative medical products and medical technologies both online and offline, and can watch all expert forums through live streaming; Visitors can also connect with exhibitors through matchmaking tools. More than 400 seminars, lectures, discussions and demonstrations were also held during the conference.
81,000 visitors from all over the world (75% international share) seized the opportunity to meet face-to-face with more than 5,000 + MEDICA and COMPAMED exhibitors from more than 70 countries. Breaking through the obstacles of the epidemic, 700 Chinese enterprises participated in the MEDICA exhibition, with an exhibition area of nearly 10,000 square meters. Chinese enterprises brought various innovative products to the world, showing the cutting-edge technology and strength of Chinese medical enterprises.
Dusseldorf Exhibition Center
Messe Dusseldorf is a leading international exhibition organizer, providing exhibition-related services to exhibitors and visitors; The exhibition covers the fields of material technology, automation technology, packaging processing, print media and communications, medicine and health, trade services, fashion, leisure, health and makeup, and other types of exhibitions. The exhibition centre is located in the city of Stokum, close to the Rhine River, next to the Nordstadt Park. It is quickly accessible from the motorway, airport, river train station and the city centre. In addition to city trains, there are metro 78 and 79 and bus 722 that reach the three exhibition stations. The surrounding hotels offer around 60,000 beds, while the city centre is easy for shopping and window shopping.
Since the 1950s, Messe Dusseldorf has organized trade fairs on health issues. In the early 1970s, MEDICA was born, attracting the participation of many professionals such as general practitioners.
Since 1992, MEDICA has been held in conjunction with COMPAMED. COMPAMED, the professional trade show for suppliers and medical manufacturing, is today the leader of its kind, with more than 700 exhibiting companies.
Between 1999 and 2000, the Deutsche Krankenhaustag(German Hospital Day) and the medical organizations INTERHOSPITAL and Interfab merged into MEDICA and gave it a further boost.
In 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic has affected the way countries around the world hold trade fairs, and MEDICA has held a purely online exhibition for the first time. Drawing on more than 100 web session forums created by 45,000 participants worldwide, more than 1,500 companies brought about 18,300 new products.
2022MEDICA and COMPAMED brought together 5223 exhibitors from 70 countries, showing a variety of medical innovative products for modern outpatient and clinical care, the four-day exhibition attracted 81,000 professional visitors, and the proportion of international trade visitors was as high as 75%, three-quarters of which came from overseas.
