Bavaria's two host cities for trade fairs and exhibitions, i.e. Munich and Nürnberg, are joining the Bavarian State Ministry for the Economy, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology in a joint initiative known as "Bayern Plus", a trade-fair starter package designed to help start-ups and other companies get a foothold in the marketplace.
 
The initiative addresses companies that are based in Bavaria and exhibiting at trade fairs and exhibitions for the first time ever or that have not participated in a specific trade fair the last five years. "Bayern Plus" is an extensive starter package that offers participating exhibitors a number of advantages. They include a joint ad in the catalog, personal consulting prior to and during the fair and their own turnkey stand.
 
Norbert Bargmann, Managing Director at Munich International Trade Fairs, did everything he could to ensure that MAINTAIN 2008, the International Trade Fair for Industrial Maintenance, was one of the first trade fairs to offer this starter package: "We want to give new companies and first-time exhibitors in the maintenance industry an opportunity to participate in a trade fair that brings leading international manufacturers and their customers together at a joint platform."
 
A total of seven companies will introduce themselves to a highly qualified audience of trade visitors as part of the "Bayern Plus" starter initiative at MAINTAIN 2008, which takes place at the M,O,C, in Munich from October 14 -16, 2008.
 
B&P Kraftwerksanlagen GmbH decided to take advantage of the "Bayern Plus" starter package to participate in MAINTAIN 2008. B&P Kraftwerksanlagen GmbH specializes in CAD software for plant engineering and power-plant technology. It develops and markets technical software for power plants and process-engineering plants. Thanks to its CAD know-how, it fills the niche between plant operators and manufacturers of operating software. According to Christa Bergmann, Managing Director of B&P Kraftwerksanlagen GmbH, "Given these conditions, the decision to participate in MAINTAIN 2008 was an easy one because the package ensures optimum conditions for first-time exhibitors."
 
Gerhard Marschner, Managing Director of ESL Elektronik GmbH, is also a first-time exhibitor at MAINTAIN 2008: "We have been supplying customers in a variety of sectors with reliable measuring and control technology since 1990. An important aspect of that is the service and repair of the solutions that we sell. Driven by customer inquiries, we have continued to further develop our ability to do so and are now in a position to offer repair and maintenance services in other branches of industry. Our primary objective is to keep expensive measuring and control technology running smoothly and to help operators of production facilities avoid having to invest in expensive new technology. We hope that MAINTAIN 2008 will help us to make new contacts in various branches of industry."
 
The activities of ETL Verfahrenstechnik GmbH focus on separation techniques and the treatment of liquids in particular. Besides a variety of complete systems for separating oil and water, it manufactures filters made of stainless steel mesh and metal fiber fleeces for ultra and micro-filtration. "Participating in MAINTAIN is an important step for the company and a chance to make new contacts and strengthen existing ones," explains Erich Lang, Managing Director of ETL Verfahrenstechnik GmbH.
 
Intergraph is the world's leading supplier of integrated engineering solutions for the process industry, power-plant construction and the shipbuilding industry. "MAINTAIN 2008 is the perfect place for us to present our software solutions for the maintenance sector to industry decision-makers," explains Barbara Dörges, Marketing Manager at Intergraph (Deutschland) GmbH.
 
"mobileX sells mobile IT solutions for field service and sales teams. We decided to participate in MAINTAIN because our products offer a great deal of utility, especially for the maintenance industry," says Julia Mayer, Marketing Manager at mobileX AG.
 
"ProPack AG has been manufacturing seals and packaging in Germany for 20 years. Users don't always need or want expensive, complicated sealing systems. Our newly developed plants and machines are an important foundation that allows us to put the latest findings from trials and practice to use. We will introduce ourselves and this first-hand manufacturing know-how for the first time ever at MAINTAIN," explains Siegfried Kindermann, Sales Director at ProPack Dichtungen und Packungen AG.
 
"veoTEC GmbH sells MAINSPECTOR®, a complete solution for computer-aided maintenance. We also offer professional services in all areas of software development. We support our customers during all phases of their projects, covering everything from architectural consulting to implementation and commissioning," explains Gerlinde Bystrich, Marketing Manager at veoTEC GmbH.
 
 
Additional information: www.maintain-europe.com
 
 
About MAINTAIN 2008
When it celebrated its premiere in 2005, MAINTAIN, the international trade fair for industrial maintenance at the M,O,C, Event Centre (October 14 – 16, 2008) was an immediate success. It is a marketplace for momentum, strategies and service concepts in industrial maintenance and informs experts and decision-makers in the manufacturing and processing sectors about modern solutions for the inspection, repair and maintenance of industrial plants and machinery. The fair focuses on industrial maintenance as a factor of business success and is rounded out by forums and an up-to-date Internet platform.
 
About the M,O,C, Event Center
The M,O,C, is Munich International Trade Fairs’ successful event center. It features showrooms, exhibition halls and conference rooms on a total of 30,000 square meters of space. The competent and professional M,O,C, team satisfies any special exhibition requests that exhibitors may have. Approximately 200 events, from conferences and conventions to specialty events for select groups of trade representatives and large-scale exhibitions for the general public are held at the M,O,C, every year.

About Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI, Munich Fairs International Group) is one of the world´s leading trade-fair companies. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from around 180 countries take part in the events in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, the Middle East and in South America. With five subsidiaries abroad and 75 foreign representatives, looking after 97 countries, MMI has a truly global network.
  
 
Contact Project Management
Bettina Albrecht
Phone: (+49 89) 323 53 163, Fax: (+49 89) 3235 119
Email: bettina.albrecht@messe-muenchen.de, Internet: www.maintain-europe.com
 
Contact for journalists:
Sonja Kreitmeier, Project Communication
Phone (+49 89) 949 20714, Fax: (+49 89) 949 97 20714
Email: sonja.kreitmeier@messe-muenchen.de, Internet: www.maintain-europe.com