After an enforced break owing to Covid, the epic Automechanika show returns to its spiritual home of Frankfurt in September. CVW looks at what’s on offer.
It’s hard to imagine the scale of Automechanika, staged at Messe Frankfurt over September 13th to 17th, yet it may help to think of it in football pitches. The show covers around 200,000m2 which, in soccer terms, is just over 28 stadium size pitches. Having such an enormous space covering eight halls of the giant venue is just as well, as the show needs to accommodate around 5000 exhibitors and potentially over 130,000 visitors.
When you chew on numbers like that, there’s no doubting that Automechanika is the automotive aftermarket event of the year. No other trade fair covers the entire ‘value chain’ of the automotive aftermarket like Automechanika, making it an international Who’s Who of the industry in focused areas like diagnostics and repair; parts and components; electronics and connectivity; body and paint; accessories and customization, and workshop management.
In terms of highlights, with nearly 5000 exhibitors, it would be nigh impossible to cover them in a magazine with ten times the pages for this one, but we’ve had a trawl through the list and pulled out some names you might recognise if you’re travelling out there to have a look. While most of the stands are being hosted by European or parent group companies, those below with headquarters in the UK are listed in bold.
Exhibitor – Hall(s) – Stand(s)
Alco Filters – 3.1 – E41
Arnott Air Suspension – 4 – E70
Autogem Invicta – 3.1 – G91
Banner – 4.1 – D51
BG Products – 9.1 – C05
Borg Automotive – 3 – G51
Clarios/ Varta – 4.1 – E10
Corteco – 6 – B40
Dinex – 6 – B19
Dometic – 9 – C35
Draper Tools – 8 – F51
Ecco Safety Group – 4.1 – E40
Ecobat – 4.1 – E27
Exide Technologies – 4.1 – D47
Ferdinand Bilstein – 6 – B06
Fil Filter – 1.1 – D01
Frig Air – 3 – F85
Fuchs Lubricants – 9 – D62
Gates Industrial Europe – 4 – D37
Granville Oil & Chemicals – 9.1 – D71
GS Yuasa – 4.1 – F31
GYS – 11 – D02
Haldex – 6 – B49
Hankook – 4.1 – E51
Haweka – 8 – D37
HaynesPro – 9.1 – F32
Hella – 9 – A80 & A88
Hofmann Megaplan – 8 – H66
Indasa Abrasives – 11.1 – A55
Kärcher – 8 & 12 – B28 & A51
Knorr-Bremse – 3 – E91
Liqui Moly – 9 – C06
Lumag – 6.1 – D71
MAHA – 8 – C04 C06 C07
MEI Brakes – 3.1 – G81
Meyle – 4 – D41
Merlin Diesel Systems – 1.1 – D06
Nissens Automotive – 3 – D91
NTN-SNR – 4 – D11
Osram – 4.1 – 15
Pichler Tools – 8 – J96
Pico Technology – 8 – E50
Pneumatic Components – 8 – H52
Premier Diagnostics – 9 – E36
Primalec – 8 – F96
Robert Bosch – 9 – A05 A06 A15 A16 B01 C20
Samoa – 8 – E41
SATA – 11.1 – C03
Schaeffler – FOR.0 – A02
Snap-on – 8 – A96
Stertil – 8 – C70
Texa – 8 – E96
The Tool Connection – 8 – F29
Universal Components – 4.2 – D15
ZF – FOR.1 – A01
