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_Preparations for the 35th InternationalDental Show (IDS), which will be hosted in Cologne in March 2013, are already gathering pace. For the 2013 show, the organisers of the world’s largest fair for dental medicine and technology are ex- pecting a repeat of last year’s interest from the dental world, when nearly 2,000 suppliers and 118,000 trade visitors made IDS 2011 the most successful ever. The Society for the Promotion of the Dental Industry (Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Dental- Industrie—GFDI), IDS organiser and the commercial enterprise of the Association of German Dental Manufacturers (Verband der Deutschen Dental- Industrie—VDDI), and global company Koelnmesse, who is staging the event, have mailed the regis- tration forms to potential exhibitors, kicking off preparations for next year. Koelnmesse has already received numerous en- quiries for stand space. Following the record results of IDS 2011, with 1,954 suppliers from 58 countries and around 118,000 trade visitors from 149 coun- tries, the organisers are expecting similar interest next year. “According to a representative survey, around 90 per cent of the exhibitors of IDS 2011 are planning their participation at IDS 2013,”said Dr. Martin Rickert, VDDI CEO. “This shows that the IDS is a not-to-be-missed event for all those who wish to successfully operate in the dental industry.” As with previous shows, the first day of the fair will be Dealers’ Day, which concentrates on the I meetings _ IDS 2013 46 I CAD/CAM 2_2012 IDS 2013: Organisers expect successful exhibition