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I meetings _ IDS Meisinger GmbH. "More international customer contacts visited our stand this year than in 2013. Visitors from Latin America were particularly well represented,butalsofromAsia."Wewereabletoes- tablish countless new contacts at IDS and also met up with our existing customers." Martin Dürrstein, Chairman of Dürr Dental AG, was also extremely satisfied:"Thetradefairwentverywellforus,itwas fantastic.Wereceivedahighnumberofparticularly qualified trade visitors. We are totally satisfied with thefair,becausewewereabletowelcomemanynew customers from Asia, Arabia, Latin America and South Africa." Christian Scheu, Executive Director of Scheu- Dental GmbH also praised the further increased in- ternationality of IDS: "In comparison to 2013, we were able to further increase the number of visitors at our stand, in particular visitors from abroad. The Asiatic region, for instance China and Korea, were especially well represented, but we also registered an increase in the number of customers from Southern Europe." As well as the high frequency of visitors at his stand, Axel Klarmeyer, Executive Di- rector of BEGO, also reported, "that the customers were well informed and that they showed great in- terest in new technologies." Walter Petersohn, Vice President Sales of Sirona Dental Systems, was also pleased "about the vast numbers of international visitors, the buying inter- est and as always about the large number of at- tending German dentists and dental technicians." Michael Tuber, Executive Director of A. Titan also awarded IDS 2015 top marks. "This is the seventh timewehaveexhibitedatIDSandwehaveoptimally achieved the goal we set ourselves, namely further expanding our international sales network. The tradefairoffersustheperfectplatformformeeting up with our existing customers from all over the world, but at the same time, we were able to estab- lish many new customer contacts. This is why the International Dental Show is an absolute must for every American manufacturer from the dental in- dustry." IDS 2015 was also a success for Andrew Parker, CEO of Mydent International: "We met up with our international customers here in Cologne and were additionally able to make over 100 interesting new contacts to dental dealers. No other event in the world has such international appeal." _Satisfied visitors all round The visitor survey revealed that over 75 per cent of the respondents were (very) satisfied with IDS. The fair's comprehensive spectrum of products and new products ensured that 81 per cent of visitors ratedtheproductrangeasbeing(very)good.74per cent of the exhibitors were (very) satisfied in terms of reaching the goals they had set themselves for the fair. Overall, 95 per cent of the visitors questioned would recommend visiting IDS to business partners and 77 per cent also intend to visit IDS 2017. The International Dental Show (IDS) takes place in Cologne every two years and is organised by the GFDI Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Dental-Indus- triembH,thecommercialenterpriseoftheAssocia- tion of German Dental Manufacturers (VDDI) and is staged by Koelnmesse GmbH, Cologne. The next IDS—the 37th International Dental Show —is scheduled to take place from 21 to 25 March 2017._ www.ids-cologne.de 54 I CAD/CAM 2_2015