Water show aims to make a bigger splash for the long term

Messe München Singapore and IFAT ink 10-year partnership with Singapore International Water Week to promote water tech.

Water Week is a leading trade fair and pioneer in the field of water.
Water Week is a leading trade fair and pioneer in the field of water.

German exhibition centre Messe München’s subsidiary in Singapore, trade fair services provider MMI Asia, and the Public Utilities Board of Singapore, have announced a long-term collaboration to organise and host Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), a platform and event aimed at the global water industry.

The 10-year partnership signals Messe München’s ambition to further establish itself internationally as a leading platform for innovation technologies. Messe München said that the search for technological solutions related to water is one of the key drivers in the development of environmental technologies, with SIWW providing one of the most important platforms in Southeast Asia. 

Messe München also hosts IFAT, a leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. It has several editions and takes place in locations across China, India and Germany.

Co-CEOs of Messe München, Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer and Stefan Rummel said: “This cooperation is another major component in the global IFAT network, which is now also represented in the increasingly important region of Southeast Asia. Singapore is the gateway to the Southeast Asian region and a fantastic addition to our four IFAT trade fairs in China, such as IE expo China. We are convinced that there will be considerable synergy effects here for the Asian region, but also that the entire IFAT network as a whole will benefit from this in the short and medium term.”

MMI Asia will be responsible for the two main elements of the new platform, the Water Expo and a series of high-level conferences, forums and seminars that make up SIWW. 

Messe München added that this partnership will take the regional meeting place for water professionals to a new level and add unprecedented value to the industry in Southeast Asia.