WindEnergy 2014: Hamburg CEO welcomes 1,300 exhibitors

GERMANY: President and CEO of Hamburg Messe, Bernd Aufderheide, has hailed the 1,300 exhibitors that will be showing their wares at the WindEnergy Hamburg trade show, which starts today.

He said that companies from more than 30 countries, from both onshore and offshore industry sectors, are exhibiting.

"This is a tech show, this is an innovation show, so the visitors will see all the lastest developments, not only from the wind industry but also from the maritime industry, who are important for the offshore industry," he said.