From November 5 – 8, 2019, A+A – the Leading International Trade Fair for Safety, Security and Health at Work – held concurrently with the 36th International Congress for Occupational Safety and Health - will provide a comprehensive overview of the sector and its future in the digital age. Several new features have been added for this years’ event including the enhanced A+A Highlight Route, the “kommmitmensch Film & Media Festival of A+A 2019” and the international A+A START-UP ZONE. The new multi-functional Hall 1 will also be used for the first time, in particular for exhibitors from the PPE segment. With this new hall configuration A+A 2019 will be larger than ever before. For the first time, over 2,000 exhibitors from 63 nations will take part in ten halls at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Following the successful debut at A+A 2017, this year will see not one but two Highlight Routes, inviting visitors to a guided tour of the trade fair. With the slogan “Digitalization of Safety and Security” the first A+A Highlight Route will take visitors to 18 high-caliber contacts in halls 1, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10. Representing Germany will be 3M Deutschland GmbH, ABS Safety GmbH, AST GmbH, Denios AG, Dräger Safety AG, Düperthal Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Magdeburg-Stendal University with its VRsafe Project, innogy SE, Linde Material Handling GmbH, Lunative Laboratories GmbH, MSA Deutschland GmbH, Scaffeye GbR, scs shoe commerce GmbH, uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH and Quentic GmbH. The Route will also stop at Cosanta BV from the Netherlands, Sioen N.V. from Belgium and Lakeland Industries Europe Ltd. from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On show will be smart solutions for personal protection such as interactive workwear, digital assembly and maintenance documentation for fall protection, connected gas detection technologies, Apps for managing dangerous substances and VR training applications.