19th Autopromotec in Bologna – Good and Bad got close

From May 23rd to 27th, 2001, the 19th Autopromotec took place in Bologna’s exhibition center, where nearly everybody could have met who is traditionally engaged with some kind of vehicle care and repair. 924 exhibitors (7 percent more than in 1999) from more than 30 countries were presenting their products on the whole site of more than 90,000 square meters, divided into 12 exhibition halls and an outdoor area. Again, the complete service sector concerning the car was represented there: Garage alignment suppliers, remoulders with their material and equipment suppliers, garagists, manufacturers of wheels and vehicle parts, and last but not least, tyre industry as well as wholesaler and special trade organisations and companies.

Visitors had been as international as the exhibitors – the organisers did expect more than 80,000 car repair specialists from more than 100 different countries. Although in the end there had been some 3,000 more, but without visiting every hall equally. And again, those halls got the visitors’ main interest where garage alignment suppliers, i.

e. the manufacturers of balancing machines, alignment gauges, hydraulic ramps or even complete test lane automates had their stands. However, there had been considerably less visitors in hall 23, where “remoulding technology” was concentrated.