The Ima show, which opens in Düsseldorf next Tuesday, will have a distinguished politician to declare it open - Dagmar Wohrl, the Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economics and Technology.

The show runs from Tuesday for four days and has nearly 180 exhibitors from over 40 countries. Exhibitor space is up 20 perc ent on the 2007 show and will again be held at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.