Facts about the exhibition grounds in Wolfsburg's Allerpark

The construction of the six exhibition halls for the International Suppliers Fair (IZB) at Allerpark Wolfsburg has been underway since 2 September 2024. Around 830 companies from the automotive supplier industry from 33 nations will be presenting their products and services here from 22 to 24 October 2024. Here you will find facts and figures about the exhibition centre and the exhibitors.

(from left) Marcus Köster, Technical Director of the IZB at Messe Wolfsburg, and Josef Schulze Sutthoff, Head of IZB at Wolfsburg AG, present the IZB 2024 exhibition grounds in Wolfsburg's Allerpark.

(from left) Josef Schulze Sutthoff, Head of IZB at Wolfsburg AG, and Marcus Köster, Technical Director of IZB at Messe Wolfsburg, on the balcony of the trade fair office at the IZB 2024 exhibition grounds in Wolfsburg's Allerpark.

Trade fair construction

  • Time for set-up and dismantling: 2.9. to 22.11.2024
  • Up to 120 helpers
  • approx. 120 articulated lorries (up to 40 tonnes each) transport the material for the set-up
  • Logistics service provider: Schenker Deutschland AG

Cables laid

  • Around 10 kilometres of power lines
  • Around 6 kilometres of water and sewage pipes
  • Around 3 kilometres of data cables

Exhibition halls & exhibition areas

  • 6 halls with a total area of around 38,000 square metres
  • Largest hall ever built for an IZB (Hall 3): 7,525 square metres of space, ridge height of 12 metres
  • 400 square metres of outdoor exhibition space between Halls 4 & 5

Personnel - Security & Traffic

  • 215 people ensure security at and around the IZB, from admission control to traffic control and night watch.

Sustainability

  • The hall is lit exclusively with LED lamps
  • over 50 per cent of the floor coverings (approx. 20,000 square metres) are recycled and returned to the cycle in the form of granulate
  • Almost half of the exhibition stands and all public areas (entrances, information counters, meeting rooms) consist of so-called system exhibition stand construction, i.e. the stand construction materials can be reused to a high degree

Who is exhibiting?

  • Around 830 exhibitors from 33 nations
  • More than 40 per cent exhibitors from abroad ("largest" nations: Italy - 59, Spain - 39, Turkey - 35, South Korea - 32)
  • Almost 60 per cent German exhibitors from all federal states (federal states with the most exhibitors: North Rhine-Westphalia - 139, Baden-Württemberg - 82, Bavaria - 81, Lower Saxony - 61 (including 17 from Wolfsburg)
  • Volkswagen Group exhibits at four Volkswagen Group Hubs - on the topics:
    • Hall 1: "Interior & Exterior"
    • Hall 3: "Electronics & Connectivity"
    • Hall 5: "Powertrain & Battery"
    • Hall 6: "Metal, Body & Chassis"
  • Exhibitors have registered 16 world premieres in advance (all registered innovations at www.izb-online.com/innovationen2024)

Contact person

  • IZB organiser Wolfsburg AG: Josef Schulze Sutthoff, Head of IZB
  • IZB trade fair partner MW Messe Wolfsburg: Marcus Köster, Technical Director of the IZB

Text and photos are available at: www.wolfsburg-ag.com/presse
Wolfsburg AG | Communication
Anke Hummitzsch
Phone: 01520.1661107
E-mail: anke.hummitzsch@wolfsburg-ag.com


Photo credits:

Wolfsburg AG

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