EUROMOLD 2009



Terms & Conditions

1. ORGANIZER AND EXHIBITION GROUNDS
(1) The Organizer (hereinafter referred to as the Organizer) is DEMAT Direct Exposition Managing and Trading GmbH P.O. Box 110 611 60041 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Telephone: +49 / (0) 69 / 274 003 – 0 Fax: +49 / (0) 69 / 274 003 – 40 E-Mail: euromold@demat.com Homepage:www.euromold.com
(2) The Organizer is authorized to transfer all rights and duties to a third party.
(3) The exhibition will be carried out on the trade fair ground of Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH & Co. KG, hereinafter referred to as the trade fair ground.

2. EXHIBITION
“EuroMold 2009“ World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development (hereinafter always referred to as the Exhibition)

3. EXHIBITION THEME / OFFER
(1) World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development. The exhibition motto is: “From the idea to the processing and the final application, from design to prototyping to series production”. Simultaneous engineering.
(2) Exhibitors are: tool manufacturers (plastics, metal, glass etc.), pattern makers, model builders, prototype producers, industrial designers, application developers, engineering offices, raw material suppliers, processors, standards manufacturers, hot runner manufacturers, tooling auxiliaries suppliers, machine tool manufacturers, auxiliary equipment, machinery and finishing services suppliers, service providers for treatment and follow-up treatment, suppliers of generative manufacturing technologies (rapid prototyping, stereo-lithography, etc.), suppliers of CAD / CAE / CAM / CIM technologies, computer hardware and software companies, testing equipment manufacturers, university institutes, official institutions, ISO 9000 certification offices, associations, European institutions, publishers and all suppliers of new technologies for the toolmaking and moldmaking industry, for design and application development. Other companies will be admitted by the Organizer to exhibit at the event, provided that the products to be exhibited constitute an essential completion of the scope of the trade fair.

4. EXHIBITS
(1) Objects and services may only be exhibited if these conform to the exhibition theme / offer or alternatively were approved in writing by the Organizer in the admission.
(2) Non-authorized exhibits may be removed by the Organizer at the expense of the Exhibitor.
(3) If non-authorized exhibits and services are repeatedly offered by an exhibitor, the Organizer has the right to close the stand. The same applies to objects that due to their appearance, smell, noise or whose obvious defectiveness must be considered as unsuitable.
(4) During the exhibition, the stand must include the registered and admitted exhibits; within this period, it is not permitted to remove exhibits from the stand or exchange these for other kinds of trade fair samples. During the opening hours, exhibited objects may not be obscured.
(5) The production of articles at the trade fair stand is permitted only with the special permission of the Organizer. For the demonstration of machines, devices and plants, further special regulations must be observed. Due to the special regulations, reference is made to the Technical Guidelines.

5. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE, EXHIBITION TIMES, POSTPONEMENT AND BRINGING FORWARD OF THE DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION AND CANCELLATION OF THE EXHIBITION
(1) The duration of the exhibition is as indicated in the application form. Duration of the trade fair: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 to Saturday, 5 December 2009. During this period, unless stipulated otherwise in an individual case, the exhibition is open for visitors daily from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., apart from Saturday from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and for exhibitors on workdays from 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m., apart from Saturday from 8.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Outside of these hours, it is not permitted to stay on the trade fair ground.
(2) Set days before the start or after the end of the exhibition will be made available to the exhibitor for stand construction and dismantling. These will be notified to the exhibitor with the service manual. Construction and dismantling work outside of the period is only permitted in exceptional cases and only free of charge with the prior written consent of the Organizer. The Organizer reserves the right to make a short-term change to the construction and dismantling times, if it has a significant interest in such measures owing to particular circumstances; a claim for damages will not exist, insofar as this is permitted by law.
(3) If it has a significant interest in such measures, in case of urgent reasons through no fault of its own or in case of force majeure, the Organizer is authorized to postpone, transfer, shorten or to extend the exhibition. In such justified exceptional situations, the exhibitors neither have a right of withdrawal nor of claim for compensation. If the exhibition does not take place because of the above mentioned reasons or not at the times forseen – consequently, through no fault of the Organizer – the Organizer may demand up to 25% of the rental area fee from the exhibitor as a general compensation for costs. The Organizer may ask for larger amounts only if the exhibitor has ordered special services with additional costs. Should the event be interrupted, once opened, by force majeure or other urgent reasons as e. g. under the influence of a third party, demonstrations, acts of violence, disturbances, damages resulting from war, fire, water or ecological damage, the Organizer is not obliged to reimburse rents or parts of them. The Organizer is authorized to cancel or change the exhibition without the acceptance of any claim for compensation. In case the exhibition must be completely canceled, previously paid stand rents minus the costs of preparation (min. 25%) will be reimbursed excluding any claim for compensation. The Organizer reserves the right to furnish documentary proof of higher costs.
(4) Should the event, be interrupted, once opened, by occurrences beyond the Organizer’s authority of disposal, the right of withdrawal or claim for damages will be excluded. The same shall apply if the Organizer is compelled as a consequence of force majeure or another circumstance to close or vacate one or several exhibition areas or even the entire exhibition area temporarily or for a longer period. This also includes restrictions of use in the stand area regulated by contract and accordingly the points of access to this area, which arise through reorganization or structural alteration measures or through official regulations and conditions; the Organizer will in each of these cases – without any recognition of a legal obligation – endeavour to find a replacement solution.

6. APPLICATION FOR THE EXHIBITION
(1) The admission as an exhibitor in the exhibition requires the sending in of the registration form, filled in completely, applicable to the exhibition. The application must be signed in a legally binding form by the exhibitor. Applications by letter, word of mouth or by telephone are permitted in exceptional cases and binding on the applicant. The sending of a registration form establishes no claim for admission. Preconditions or reservations written into the application form are not valid. Special placement requests shall be met wherever possible but shall not form a condition of the application. No exclusion of competition shall be accepted.
(2) In case of an application signed by a third person, e. g. an independent representative, signatory and exhibiting company are responsible as joint and several debtors for all liabilities, caused by the application and the exhibition participation.
(3) By signing the application, the exhibitor accepts for itself and for staff or representatives the participation and exhibition conditions as mentioned above, the regulations of local police or trade inspectorate authorities and other statutory provisions as well as the house rules.
(4) As part of its legally-binding application, the applicant also accepts all of the Standard Terms and Conditons, the existing in-house conditions and rental space, and the “Technical Guidelines,” as also binding, in their entirety.
(5) The Organizer is not liable for consequences or damage or loss that arise indirectly or directly from false, mistakable, inaccurate or incomplete data in the application or on account of other notifications by the exhibitor; it reserves the right to disregard applications that are insufficiently or incompletely filled in or handed in belatedly.
(6) The delivery of the application is as a rule not confirmed. Any notification of delivery received is not be a confirmation of a stand within the meaning of item 9 .

7. CONCLUSION OF THE PARTICIPATION CONTRACT
(1) The contract is concluded upon the transfer of the deposit for the stand rental. Through this, the attendance contract between the exhibitor and the Organizer is concluded with binding legal force.
(2) The participation contract applies only to the registered exhibitor and corporate stand organizer respectively. In addition, it is not permitted to assign the confirmed stand in whole or in part – not even free of charge - to third parties and accordingly include or represent other companies at its stand. An exchange of stands is only admissible with the prior written consent of the Organizer. In the event of a violation, the Organizer is authorized to terminate the contract without notice and have the trade fair stand vacated at the expense of the exhibitor.
(3) The participation contract only applies to the products stated in the application and admitted by the Organizer. If the exhibitor wishes to change its exhibition programme, it is obliged to notify new additions and / or no longer exhibited products in sufficient time before the start of the exhibition for approval by the Organizer so that the Organizer can arrange for required tests to be carried out. In the case of set periods of less than two months, the Organizer may no longer guarantee a required test and the admission associated with this. Should the exhibitor change its exhibits or their make-up without the consent of the Organizer in comparison with the details in the application, the Organizer will be entitled to terminate the participation contract without notice. Claims for damages by the exhibitor against the Organizer may not be derived from this.

8. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS,VARIABLE ADMISSION,WITHDRAWAL OF CORPORATE STANDS WITHOUT NOTICE
(1) Manufacturers will be admitted for participation as an exhibitor if their products to be exhibited conform to the groups of products of the exhibition; likewise specialist publishing companies with a corresponding subject matter. Other companies will be admitted for participation by the Organizer, insofar as their exhibits constitute an essential addition to the range of exhibits.
(2) The Organizer will decide exclusively if the applicant will be allowed to participate as an exhibitor. The application does not give the applicant any right whatsoever to a specific rental space area. The Organizer will receive applications and decide on their admission, without having to justify its decisions. The exhibitor may not rely on its participation at previous exhibitions. Exhibitors shall be deemed accepted once the deposit has been booked onto the organiser’s bank account.
(3) Practical demonstrations that serve to represent the operating effectiveness of systems and processes are admissible with the special approval of the Organizer.