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Photo credit: Messe Frankfurt

Messe Frankfurt has acquired a stake in nmedia GmbH, the European market leader in the field of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), with which it is setting up the Group’s “nextrade” digital B2B marketplace. Philipp Ferger has been appointed second Managing Director of nmedia GmbH effective 1 June 2019 and will share management responsibilities with Nicolaus Gedat.

In addition to his new function as Managing Director of nmedia, Mr Ferger will remain responsible for Tendence and Nordstil as Vice President. In future, he will also report directly to Stephan Kurzawski, Senior Vice President of Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. Stephan Kurzawski: “Philipp Ferger’s many years of experience in the trade fair business and his specific sector expertise will stand him in good stead in his new position as Managing Director – and will be instrumental in meeting the strategic objectives of Messe Frankfurt in coming years. In this way, we – together with nmedia – will provide our new, digital order tool online with a view to helping to meet the challenges faced by the sector. We wish Mr Ferger every success in his new position.”

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