IVS 2024: the pivot that supports the development and challenges of the Industrial Valves industry

A successful event with an increasingly international dimension, capable of bringing together the entire supply chain connected to industrial valves and flow control solutions.

The fifth edition of IVS Industrial Valve Summit, held from 14^th to 16^th May 2024 at the Bergamo Exhibition Centre, in Italy, closed with record numbers and established itself as an essential showcase for the industry. In the wake of the excellent results obtained, the organizers of the event, Confindustria Bergamo and Promoberg, already announced that the sixth edition of IVS will be held in Bergamo from 19^th to 21^st May 2026. The Summit will continue to constitute the benchmark place to meet and interpret change, delving into the latest technological innovations and analysing the challenges of the future.

IVS 2024 closed with a final influx of 15,000 visitors from 69 countries. The attendance was 25% higher compared to the Summit's fourth edition, when the city of Bergamo attracted 12,000 guests. The protagonists of IVS 2024 were the 325 exhibitors (+13% compared to the 2022 edition) from 14 countries: besides Italy, the companies represented the sectors of Germany, Great Britain, the United States of America, France, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Turkey, Niger, and the Czech Republic. The international element proved to be in great turmoil, with foreign companies doubling in number compared to the fourth edition and reaching 20% of the total number of exhibitors.

IVS 2024 offered 52 events including conferences, roundtables, workshops, case studies and laboratories, constituting a plan more than 50% larger than the 34 in-depth technical events of IVS 2022. The organisers boosted the qualitative growth of the event, increased the number of appointments in the exhibition programme and enriched the side events, leading the Industrial Valve Summit to grow from a two-day exhibition to a full-fledged valve week.

“IVS 2024", commented Giovanna Ricuperati, President of Confindustria Bergamo, “has fully achieved its objective of drawing attention to a cutting-edge sector. The event developed major business opportunities and, at the same time, unique opportunities for scientific and technological discussion and in-depth analysis intended to continue beyond the Summit, in relation to the phase of great transformation that the energy sector is undergoing”

“The growth of IVS, ”added Luciano Patelli, president of Promoberg, “added to the high-quality level of the companies and the more than positive feedback received from buyers and operators, confirms the quality of the project. We are consolidating synergies with the territory and with international players, having as a plus the location of the Bergamo Trade Fair, at the centre of one of the most important macro-regions in the world”.

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