Continuing on an outstanding level, the international leading trade fair in the audio industry is in the spotlight and has been on target for success for 36 years now. It’s still about three months before the HIGH END fair opens its gates. But already the international leading trade fair for quality consumer electronics is completely booked out.
The demand from companies for exhibition opportunities is still high. This year?s HIGH END, which will take place at MOC Munich from 18 to 21 May 2017, underscores again quite impressively its status as the world?s leading trade fair for premium consumer electronics and as innovation platform for the industry.

Reservation of the entire exhibition area

For the coming event of year in 2017, a total of 29,000 square meters of exhibition space have been reserved for the HIGH END. At present, all 138 closed space units with a size ranging from 49 to 440 square meters in the upper atriums and all four exhibition halls of the MOC have been assigned.

Stable level of exhibitor participation

More than 500 exhibitors are expected this year again. The HIGH END is getting an impressively positive response at this juncture.
“We are very pleased at the number of registrations. It shows how important our fair is, particularly as an international meeting place for industry and trade specialists. It?s an ideal opportunity to make valuable contacts and talk to expert colleagues,” says Kurt Hecker, chairman of the HIGH END SOCIETY.

No other trade fair offers such an extensive portfolio for state-of-the-art music playback

“We are particularly pleased we can showcase to visitors this year such exhibitors – in addition to our regular exhibitors – who are represented at the HIGH END for the first time”, explains Stefan Dreischärf, Director of the HIGH END trade fair. “This shows that the HIGH END holds ready an attractive program not only for visitors but, owing to its clear focus on topics, is also a very good spot indeed for all companies worldwide in the audio industry”, says Stefan Dreischärf.

The fact that the fair covers the complete range of high-quality consumer electronics in its entire breadth and depth means that more and more well-known companies have opted to use the fair to present their products and services to a high-profile audience. There is no other fair in the world that has such an extensive portfolio of equipment, services and innovations for cutting-edge music playback as the HIGH END in Munich does.

Numerous high-profile visitors from all over the world are expected

Expected on the four days of the fair are a total of over 20,000 visitors, of whom approx. 13,000 are prospective end consumers. 7,000 high-profile opinion-makers from the specialist trade the world over visit the fair looking for information on the latest news and trends from the areas of analog technology, digital technology and electronics, High End in motor vehicles, speakers, headphone developments, mobile products, leading-edge flat TV screens, sales of sound recording media and loads of accessories.

For specialist trade fair visitors from all over the world, the HIGH END has become a date marked well in advance on the calendar. Decision-makers from all retail channels use the world?s largest audio trade fair for gathering information comprehensively on everything under the sun in terms of consumer electronics.

Read more news and coverage of High End 2017 and previous years.