Every year the number of fairs and exhibitions at home and abroad is increasing. By no means is this only an expression of the countries' and cities' "prestige thinking". Exhibition and fair policies are playing an important part for the improvement of market transparency, easier establishing of...

Parallel to the economic growth and the increase of the living standards in the Eastern bloc the import requirements of its member countries are rising, too. For this reason all Western industrial nations make increasing efforts to establish themselves in these markets with good future prospects...

At the beginning of February the Hamburg shipyard, Blohm & Voss, introduced the public to a new technical concept which may mean a revolution in shipbuilding: the “Pioneer”-multi-carrier. This design is composed of prefabricated elements. It is based on the mechanical assembly technique and...