![[Translate to English:] Eröffnung der Messe FAF 2024: Sechs Personen schneiden gemeinsam ein pinkes Band vor einem Messe-Backdrop mit Logos.](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/9/csm_eroeffnung-faf-2024-banddurchschnitt-messe_7a19fdda7c.webp "[Translate to English:] Eröffnung FAF 2024 - Banddurchschnitt auf der Messe")
From 23 to 26 April, the creative finishing trades are meeting in Cologne at Europe's leading trade fair for facade design and interior design: 305 exhibitors from 24 countries and an occupied exhibition area of more than 16,700 square metres made trade fair organiser GHM and the two supporting associations Bundesverband Farbe Gestaltung Bautenschutz (Federal Association for Paint, Design and Building Protection) and Bundesverband Ausbau und Fassade (Federal Chairman of the Federal Association for Interior and Facade Finishing) robustly optimistic for the further course of the trade fair even before the start of the fair.
Before the official opening with a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony, short speeches were held by Hans Peter Wollseifer, deputy chairman of the supervisory board of GHM, Guido Müller, president of the Federal Association for Paint, Design and Building Protection, and Oliver Heib, chairman of the Federal Association for Interior and Facade Finishing.
his was followed by a tour across the trade fair. (see next press memo)