compact trade fair summary for 2018 we exhibit to present to you our latest developments and to tackle technically demanding challenges together with you. branchentag medizintechnik südwestfalen (medical engineering industry meet-up in south-westphalia) competence exhibition industry, services, research, supply hemer, 14 march | www.gesundheitswirtschaft.net light+building hall 4.0 | stand no. d30 world‘s leading trade fair for lighting and building technology frankfurt, 18 -23 march | www.light-building.messefrankfurt.com iex hall 8 | stand 8/539 11th international trade fair for insulation materials and insulation technology cologne, 16-17 may | www.insulation-expo.com innotrans hall 8.1 | stand 121 international trade fair for transport technology berlin, 18 - 21 september | www.innotrans.de fakuma hall a3 | stand a3-3304 international trade fair for plastics processing. friedrichshafen, 16–20 october | www.fakuma-messe.de izb will be announced on the homepage the international suppliers fair wolfsburg, 16 - 18 october | www.izb-online.com biw at fakuma 2017 in friedrichshafen biw was once again on site with a team of trained staff to give a compelling presentation of its portfolio from the extrusion and injection moulding sector. save the date of the next fakuma: 16 to 20 october 2018. we look forward to seeing you again! — anja langner farewell to mr rosario stracquadanio after 17 years of working for biw, mr. rosario stracquadanio can now enjoy his well-deserved retirement. we would like to thank him for his many years of service and wish him a pleasant and peaceful retirement. — anja langner recruiting new employees in times of growth, a solid team of employees is the basis for success. with new digital media, biw also addresses the next generation and brings them closer to the diversity of the company and its areas of activity. a series consisting of a trailer and five employee portraits was created for this purpose. in the collaboration with pathos, an up-and-coming videographer, we endeavoured to create an authentic image of the work and speak frankly. the goal was to avoid giving staff a wrong impression: at biw we strive to do everything to satisfy our customers at the end of the day. — lutz stoffels thank you to our anniversary 20 years biw sahin irmak, 01.01.1998 20 25 years biw claudia siino, 05.10.1992 ina biehl, 01.01.1993 25 imprint responsible persons: ralf stoffels, dr. markus wiethoff, lutz stoffels editorial staff: ralf stoffels, lutz stoffels, anja langner, sven braatz layout and typesetting: lessingtiede.de contact biw isolierstoffe gmbh pregelstraße 5, d-58256 ennepetal tel.: +49 (23 33) 83 08-0 fax: +49 (23 33) 83 08-10 all rights reserved. no section of this document may be reproduced without prior written authorisation, saved to a data system or transmitted in any form whether electronic or mechanical by means of photocopying, recording or any other method. 04 videos at: www.biw.de/karriere/