New location for the world’s leading trade fair for elevators: The interlift will be held in Nuremberg from 2025 onwards

The interlift is the leading trade fair for elevators and brings together over 500 exhibitors in 2023 to present their innovations and products to guests from all over the world. Around 18,000 visitors from home and abroad are expected on the four days of the trade fair. The joy of reunion is great, for many experts, associations and companies the interlift is the only industry trade fair they will visit this year. The Association for Lift Technology VFA-Interlift, as the professional partner of the trade fair, and the interlift organiser AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen made the decision for the new location together, in consultation with the trade fair advisory board.
"This decision was not easy for us. Augsburg has been a committed and competent partner of the interlift since 1991. With the move to Nuremberg we are setting the course for the further development of the interlift, which is not given at the current location. We are already looking forward to welcoming the lift world 2025 in Nuremberg, with the proven concept but new potential," says Achim Hütter, Chairman of VFA-Interlift e.V.

Nuremberg becomes the new home of the interlift
Messe Nürnberg is one of the TOP 15 in the world and offers an ideal infrastructure for exhibitors and visitors. The interlift 2025 is located in Halls 1 to 5 and is connected to the two large entrance areas and congress centres NCC Ost and NCC Mitte, which with numerous rooms and halls offer a wide range of possibilities for lectures, meetings and supporting events.
The Mayor of Nuremberg, Marcus König, is pleased that the interlift will be held in Nuremberg in future: "This is a strengthening of Nuremberg as an exhibition location. With the interlift, a leading world trade fair is coming to us that fits well into the portfolio and the business location. NürnbergMesse is an important economic factor for the city and the region."
The Exhibition Centre Nuremberg is very easy to reach by car and by train or via the international airport. The Exhibition Centre can be reached from Nuremberg airport in 25 minutes by underground and from the main railway station in just eight minutes. The wide range of hotels in the city of Nuremberg and in the well-connected surrounding area ensures that there are sufficient hotel beds available even at trade fair times.

Augsburg as a good and long-standing home of the trade fair
For more than 30 years Augsburg offered the interlift a perfect environment and set the course for the steady development of the event. With its infrastructure, the Augsburg Trade Fair Centre contributed to the fact that the interlift was able to develop into the world’s leading trade fair and that exhibitors were also able to show their elaborate presentations and innovations from the lift industry there. The trade fair location Augsburg and the Free State of Bavaria have always promoted the development of international trade fairs, which is why it was a matter of concern for both the VFA-Interlift and the organising company AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH that the interlift should remain in Bavaria.
AFAG Managing Directors Henning and Thilo Könicke see good opportunities for the future development of the interlift in Nuremberg: "The interlift has grown up in Augsburg. Both the Augsburg Trade Fair Centre and the city and district of Augsburg have provided the interlift with a good home for many years and welcomed guests from all over the world with open arms. The industry has felt very much at home here, yet the move has now become necessary in order to meet increased demands. It is important for us that the interlift retains its home in Bavaria, also in order to continue to ensure proximity for the numerous southern European exhibitors and visitors."

New location, well-established team
The proven interlift team at the trade fair organiser AFAG and the VFA-Interlift e.V. as the professional partner are looking forward to welcoming lift experts from all over the world to Nuremberg.