Trade professionals and exhibitors are unanimous in their verdict: HANNOVER MESSE 2011 was a major success!- Attendance up: 228,476 visitors from 90 countries- Highly international: some 50,300 visitors from abroad.- 93% trade professionals among all visitors- 5.7 million business contacts generated in five compact days- Participation by some 6,500 companies from 65 countriesAll this underscores HANNOVER MESSE’s key role in helping you get your share of new markets, general valuable new leads and do real business in the most efficient way possible.