Editor’s comment for October 2019

As always, there was tons of walking at EMO Hannover this year. 28 miles covered over the four days which is actually about 14 miles less than EMO Hannover 2017.

But that pretty much summed up the show for me – quality over quantity. Had some really good meetings with customers but many were quite lengthy discussions meaning I saw less people. But that’s absolutely fine.

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