Over four days, the first GLOBAL INDUSTRIE attracted 40,800 visitors, a surge of 27% over the total for the individual shows the last time they were held.
Who visits GLOBAL INDUSTRIE?
Based on the responses to the 2018 visitor survey, they:
Were drawn from all over France plus, many other countries:
- 40% from Ile-de-France, the launch GLOBAL INDUSTRIE was held in Paris
- 9% international, from 85 countries, with the Top 10 in descending order being: Benelux, Algeria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands
Came from companies of all sizes:
from SMES
from very small companies
from large staffs
from Start-ups
Played a major role in purchasing:
decision makers
involved in drawing up sets of specifications
specifiers and users
planning an investment project or purchase
And their primary reasons for visiting were to monitor technology (66% of visitors) and networking (64%), followed by the search for solutions (57%), meeting new suppliers or subcontractors in France (48%), viewing machines in action (42%) and meeting their suppliers and subcontractors (39%).
Benefit from personalized business meetings.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIE works like no other event before to accompany and meet the desires of its visitors. Over the 8 months before the launch of the event in 2018, a team of 4 people was totally dedicated to them, mounting an unprecedented telephone campaign and calling over 63,000 people.
Because your time at the event is precious and in order to enhance the opportunities for business to be done along the aisles of the show, GLOBAL INDUSTRIE organizes free, personalized business meetings FOR YOU, its exhibitors and visitors, which are set up according to the criteria YOU determine.


Efficiency and time saving, these 40-minute meetings are free, precisely targeted and will secure YOU quality contacts, constructive discussions and enable YOU to finalize vital projects. 1,040 business meetings were organized at GLOBAL INDUSTRIE in 2018.
A free travel service from several major French cities was also put in place by the organizers. It took care of the travel arrangements of almost 500 customers from major companies.
If you would like to register for the business meetings, click here.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIE
gets its visitors’ votes
The satisfaction survey carried out as visitors left GLOBAL INDUSTRIE reflects the success of a mega event that was created in response to what professionals wanted:

stated that they were satisfied with their visit
of those who came planning a short or long-term investment project found what they needed to finalize it
thought the event was a success
were new visitors
felt GLOBAL INDUSTRIE was a dynamic show case for industry
shows visited on average
They came to GLOBAL INDUSTRIE
GLOBAL INDUSTRIE reveals industry to the general public
20% of the 40,800 visitors to GLOBAL INDUSTRIE were school pupils or job seekers. This was a remarkable feat for a group of trade shows.
In short, industry has become sexy, modern, environmentally friendly… and a real job generator.