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Record Chillventa attendance confirmed

Chillventa-2014GERMANY: Audited figures released today confirm that Chillventa 2014 set new records for number of exhibitors and visitors.

The refrigeration and air conditioning exhibition in Nuremberg in October attracted 30,585 visitors – a rise of 7.5 % over the 2012 event. As previously recorded, the 984 exhibitors – 70 more than two years ago – was also a record.

The now audited figures reveal that 56 % of the visitors and 67 % of the exhibitors came from outside of Germany. Visitors came from over 110 countries throughout the world.

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