Penza, 3 April 2012. PenzaNews. The delegation of the Penza region headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister, the minister of investment development and business of the region Vladimir Volkov will take part in the international industrial forum “Hannover Messe – 2012” which will take place in German Hanover on April 23-27.

“Representatives of the Penza region can study in details world inventions and innovations, exchange experience, increase qualification,” reported the press service of the regional government.

Besides, carrying out business meetings with leading producers and suppliers of an industrial output for attraction investments, new partnership and beneficial cooperation is planned.

The Hannover Messe (English: Hanover Fair) is the world's biggest industrial fair. It is held on the Hanover fairground in Hanover, Germany. Typically, there are about 6,000 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors.

The Hannover Messe started in 1947 in an undamaged factory building in Laatzen, south of Hanover, by an arrangement of the British military government in order to boost the economic advancement of post-war Germany. The first fair was colloquially known as Fischbrötchenmesse (fish bun fair) due to the exemptions in food rationing for the fair at this time. It proved hugely successful and was hence repeated on a yearly basis, contributing largely to the success of the Hanover fairground in replacing the then-East German city of Leipzig as the new major fair city for West Germany.