2006

The "new Koelnmesse" is officially opened on January 16, 2006, the first day of imm cologne - The International Furniture Fair. It has taken just 16 months to construct the new, ultramodern trade fair halls, including a new Congress Center and entrance area. The entire site has been modernized and restructured. Offering 284,000 m� of gross exhibition space, it remains the fourth-largest trade fair venue in the world. Its 11 halls are arranged in a single, compact area. The construction work on the exhibition grounds will be concluded in the summer of 2006 after the new Entrance South, which directly connects the halls with the ICE railroad station K�ln Messe/Deutz, is finished.