In its 81st year, the world’s largest trade fair of its kind has met a record: 1,660 exhibitors from 65 countries are represented this year at the annual event. The Green Week, however, is not just about displaying culinary delights from all over the world; the bioeconomy has also found a firm foothold at the international exhibition. Once again visitors will be convinced at how biobased raw materials are becoming increasingly more common in our daily lives at the specialist trade fair within the Green week for bioeconomy – nature.tec in Hall 4.2. An exhibition put on by the Bioeconomy Council and the “renewable office” has already attracted a large number of visitors.

Whether its exotic crustaceans, kerosene mangos from Sierra Leone, Moroccan saffron or Bavarian beer (the German beer-purity law turns 500 years old this year), the International Green Week is a paradise of all culinary delights and now in its 81st year truly deserves its reputation as the world’s largest gourmet-exhibition. In addition to sensations for discerning taste buds, the Green Week is also the world’s largest trade fair for agriculture, nutrition and horticulture, and is likely to pull in around 400,000 visitors again this year. Organisers of the fair are the German National Farmers’ Union and the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE).

Bioeconomy’s special exhibition

Participating for the ninth time is the special bioeconomy exhibition nature.tec held within the framework of the International Green Week. In Hall 4.2, the focus is on the efficient and renewable use of biobased raw materials. Organised by the Agency of Renewable Resources (FNR), the National Farmers’ Union and the Federation of Bioenergy, many companies and research institutes will present biobased products from agriculture and forestry for the textile, building and automobile industries. From the cultivation of suitable power and industrial plants, raw material extraction and processing, through to electricity, heat and fuel production – all levels of the production chain are represented at the specialised bioeconomy trade show.

Building with wood

Wood as a natural raw material has been regarded as a versatile building material for a long time. But it is increasingly experiencing competition. Natural insulating materials made from flax or hemp, flooring made from linoleum, sisal or cork, natural paints and plaster with binding agents from linseed oil or pigments from plant dyes, offer a wide variety of building materials for interior and exterior designs. With its travelling exhibition BAUnatour, homeowners are demonstrated the highest structural standards of renewable materials. From inside the mobile exhibition van, independent experts share information about the benefits and properties of natural building materials.

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