Peter Kazander, Managing Director of Euroexpo Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, retired on 30 June at the age of 67. He continues to oversee LogiMAT China and remains Managing Director of LEG.
At the age of 67, Peter Kazander, Managing Director of Euroexpo Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, will be retiring in the middle of the year.
In 2003, the native Dutchman joined Euroexpo, a company of the HUSS Group, as event manager. Within 20 years, under his aegis, the LogiMAT From a small trade fair on Stuttgart's Killesberg to the world's most important international intralogistics trade fair. In the meantime, the Trade fair Every year, all ten halls at the new Stuttgart Exhibition Centre are filled with exhibitors from the field of in-house logistics, attracting visitors from all over the world. Over 60,000 trade visitors from all over the world who want to keep up to date with the latest products, trends and solutions relating to material flow in warehousing and production and who want to do business.
Kazander has been Managing Director of Euroexpo since 2015 and additionally Managing Director of the subsidiary Logistics Exhibitions GmbH (LEG) since 2013 in order to organise the foreign trade fairs of the LogiMAT in China and Thailand.
"Together with his team, he has LogiMAT has made Kazander a champion of intralogistics trade fairs worldwide and an indispensable part of the logistics industry's calendar," says Christoph Huss, Managing Partner of Euroexpo, paying tribute to the outgoing trade fair boss. Thanks to Kazander's commitment to the Development of the digital event platform LogiMAT.digitally have the LogiMAT Survived the critical corona years even without an in-person trade fair. "He was always willing to break new ground," Huss recalls of their collaboration.
"The basis of our success has always been good teamwork in the turbulent trade fair business. With this small, but highly motivated and committed team, we have achieved the LogiMAT can achieve a lot that will connect us forever."
Peter Kazander
The continuity of success is ensured. With the LogiMAT 2023, the most successful trade fair since its inception, Kazander handed over his last tasks to Michael Ruchtywho has already served as event manager for the LogiMAT in Stuttgart. "I have learnt a lot from Peter Kazander over the last few years. Now it's time for me to LogiMAT in Stuttgart on my own and fill his shoes well," comments Ruchty on the retirement of his predecessor.
Kazander stays Managing Director of LEG looks after the LogiMAT China and is responsible for the success of the second LogiMAT | Intelligent Warehouse trade fair in Bangkok, Thailand.
