8 Romanian companies go to CeBIT

Romania will be represented by eight Romanian IT &C companies at the 2004 edition of the CeBIT Hanover exposition. This year’s spring edition was attended by nine Romanian companies. CeBIT Hanover 2004 will be held throughout March 18-24 and the German organiser, the Deutsche Messe Group, estimates the number of companies participating in it to amount to 6,000-6,500. More that 700 of them will be Taiwanese. Eastern Europe will be represented by 253 companies instead of the 290 at the 2003 edition. The next CeBIT will focus on networking and communications and target both consumers and top players on the market, small and medium-sized companies or start-ups. The data Deutsche Messe has about the registrants for CeBIT Hanover 2004 at the moment show the exposition will take up 300,000 sqm. A stand can be rented for 158 euros/sqm. A company needs several tens of thousands of dollars to participate in this event. The investment is very much up to the amount of space a company wants for its stand. CeBIT is the most important IT&C fair held every year in Europe. ZF