Ag machinery exhibition EIMA is going to be held again in Bologna, Italy, this coming November. The show gets off to a flying start, with demand for exhibition space already exceeding the venue’s capacity.
“Technical and economic-political content design the new agriculture”, says show director Simona Rapastella. That’s why the theme of this years’ show is “Design the Agricultural Future”.
In just two months since registrations opened EIMA International has seen a remarkable surge in bookings, The international show is scheduled for 10 to 14 November. The Event Management Office of FederUnacoma, the Italian Federation of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers, which organizes the exhibition – will now have to fine-tune the allocation of exhibition space to accommodate the requests that continue to arrive, working on the layout of the stands for an event that promises to match the “top” results of the previous edition held in November 2024, when 1,750 companies took part and visitor numbers exceeded 350,000 from 150 countries.
This year’s edition upholds the exhibition’s customary format, which offers 14 specialized sectors and seven thematic Showcases (“Energy”, “Components”, “Idrotech”, “Digital” and “Green”, joined by the new “EIMA Extend” and “EIMA Campus”), and confirms the outdoor dynamic demonstrations in the EIMA Energy areas, Tractor of the Year, Garden E-motion, Contoterzista Driver Trophy, as well as REAL, the arena dedicated to robots and highly automated machines.
“The exhibition retains its distinctive features,” explains Simona Rapastella, “but it is constantly evolving in terms of content, spatial organization and services.”
“This year we will give greater prominence to the EIMA Extend Salon, reserved for institutions, professional organizations and all players in the supply chain,” Rapastella said, “and we will have the new Hall 35 available, there will be a new organization of the outdoor demonstration areas and enhanced welcome services.”
The Bologna exhibition will focus on technological innovation, with the Technical Innovations competition, whose awards ceremony will take place on 1 October at Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna, 40 days before the opening of the exhibition.
The program of conferences and meetings with around 150 events planned, covers technical topics as well as political issues and economic and geopolitical scenarios that influence the development of agriculture and mechanization.
“This will make it possible to focus on sector-related issues and policies on an international scale,” added Rapastella, “and this is a highly qualifying aspect for an exhibition that sees a constant increase in the number of foreign operators, that welcomes official ICE delegations from more than 80 countries, and that hosts internationally recognized bodies such as the Club of Bologna.”
“The task of agricultural mechanization is to enable those productivity and sustainability strategies that are now vital for the planet’s future,” Simona Rapastella concludes. “And EIMA’s mission is to help outline the guidelines for agricultural development, as expressed in the theme chosen for this edition: “Design the Agricultural Future.”
