Trade fair construction systems in aluminium

The history of trade fairs in Germany began in 1947 at the instigation of the British military government. The "Export Fair 1947" was initiated in Hanover to kick-start the German post-war economy in the occupied zone. It attracted more than 700,000 visitors and was a great success. Strangely enough, even though it was held in the production buildings of the Associated Light Metal Works, the actual construction of the fair was clearly a matter for woodworkers at this time.

The number of fair events increased all the time. The ever shorter erection and dismantling times as well as increasing demands on flexibility, design and an economic construction made a more efficient method of trade construction necessary. Wood was therefore replaced by aluminium, a material which provides ideal conditions thanks to its light weight, stability, non-flammability and corrosion resistance.

The aluminium systems which were developed were based on different basic profiles which can be put together as modules in different formations. They can be used as connection elements for partition walls, as supports for further profiles or as cross-beams for assembly.

Two examples: the SYMA system with a square profile of 30x30 mm and the OCTANORM system with an eight-groove profile.


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