Koelnmesse

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Koelnmesse GmbH posted preliminary sales of approximately €450 million and consolidated net income of approximately €60 million for fiscal year 2025, confirming a strong financial performance for the German trade fair operator. The company hosted around 2.5 million visitors from 214 countries and 43,600 exhibiting companies from 120 nations, while staging 38 events abroad during the year. These results reflect growing commercial traction from Koelnmesse's internationalisation strategy, which has been accelerating through branded satellite events and market-entry launches across the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - The EISENWARENMESSE - International Hardware Fair completed its 2026 Cologne edition from March 3 to 6, with around 2,450 exhibitors from across the world presenting products across tools, fastening technology, fittings, fixings, and home improvement categories. Organizer Koelnmesse has confirmed the next Cologne edition for March 7 to 10, 2028, with exhibitor applications already open. The 2026 programme introduced new interactive formats alongside established knowledge-transfer platforms, reflecting the organizer's effort to deepen commercial engagement for both trade buyers and exhibiting brands.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - March 04, 2026 - EISENWARENMESSE - International Hardware Fair Cologne 2026 positions itself as a global sourcing and business initiation platform as it opens March 04, 2026, bringing together around 2,500 registered companies from 53 countries and an 86 percent foreign share. The show runs for four days and is staged Tuesday to Friday for the first time in 2026, a change designed to align with international business practices early in the year. Beyond product showcase across tools, industrial supply, fixing and fastening technology/fittings, and home improvement, the event program emphasizes practical formats, curated content on artificial intelligence, procurement-focused sessions, and digital commerce topics. For industry and procurement leaders, the operational value lies in concentrated supplier discovery, structured knowledge transfer, and high-density B2B networking in one place.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 31, 2026 - Koelnmesse will rename ProSweets Cologne to ISM Manufacturing starting in 2027, positioning the supplier and production-side trade fair more tightly under the ISM brand family. The move consolidates ISM, the new ISM Ingredients format launching in 2026, and the future ISM Manufacturing into a single, unified architecture intended to represent the full sweets and snacks value chain in Cologne. For exhibitors and trade visitors, the rebranding is framed around clearer orientation, more efficient planning, and stronger networking across raw materials, production technology, packaging, and finished product stakeholders.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 31, 2026 - ISM 2026 is positioning itself as a central business platform for the global sweets and snacks industry by bringing together manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers from across international markets at the beginning of February in Cologne. Taking place from February 1 to 4, 2026, the event is designed to support deal-making, partnership development, and long-term market orientation in a sector facing shifting consumer expectations and growing innovation pressure. By forming an expanded trade fair alliance with ProSweets Cologne and the newly launched ISM Ingredients, the event covers the entire value chain, from raw materials and processing to finished products and retail execution.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 31, 2026 - From February 1 to 4, 2026, ISM Ingredients brings ingredient suppliers and sweet and snack manufacturers together in Cologne to highlight how functional, plant-based, and nutritionally enhanced formulations are reshaping product strategies across the confectionery and snack industry. As a new B2B platform hosted alongside ISM and ProSweets Cologne, the event gathers around 80 exhibitors from 27 countries and reflects a sharp increase in demand for ingredients that support reformulation, health positioning, and multisensory product experiences. For manufacturers, the show underscores how ingredient choices are becoming a decisive factor for differentiation, regulatory alignment, and long-term market relevance.