September 09, 2025
- Holger Ewald is responsible for the new trade fair for professional cleaning trade and facility management
- Future-oriented platform in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance offers new market impulses in the heart of Europe from September 15 to 17, 2026
Friedrichshafen – Messe Friedrichshafen has appointed the project management for its new event Clean Pro Expo: Holger Ewald will assume organizational and sales responsibility for the premiere next year. The trade fair for professional cleaning and facility management will take place for the first time from September 15 to 17, 2026, at the Friedrichshafen exhibition center on Lake Constance.
Holger Ewald has been working as Sales Manager at Messe Friedrichshafen for over three years. Previously, the trained hotel specialist and certified sales manager worked internationally in management positions in the hotel and catering industry as well as in sales. This means that the experienced sales professional has in-depth expertise in the trade fair industry as well as extensive industry knowledge of the service sectors.
The conceptual and content development as well as the strategic positioning of Clean Pro Expo was previously the responsibility of Thomas Grunewald, Head of Guest Events at Messe Friedrichshafen. Thomas Grunewald successfully initiated the trade fair format and will advise Holger Ewald throughout the further process.
Clean Pro Expo sees itself as a specialized platform for innovation, sustainability and digitalization in the professional cleaning and facility management industry. For the premiere next year, around 200 exhibitors are expected in two halls covering an area of 12,600 m².
Further information is available at: www.messe-friedrichshafen.de and www.cleanpro-expo.de
Press contact:
Valeria Rachiele, Media Relations Manager
Tel.: +49 7541 708-469
Email: valeria.rachiele@messe-fn.de
About Messe Friedrichshafen
Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH is one of Germany's leading trade fair companies and is based in the four-country corner on Lake Constance. Founded in 1950 to promote the region's economy, it has made a name for itself worldwide as an organizer and marketer of leisure and trade fairs. Congresses, corporate and sporting events as well as TV productions and live concerts complement the broad portfolio. Every year, the Friedrichshafen Trade Fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors and thousands of exhibiting companies from more than 100 nations to Lake Constance. A total of 87,500 m² of exhibition space spread across twelve exhibition halls and two multifunctional foyers, as well as the two open spaces in the courtyard area with 15,500 m² and the static display with 20,000 m², offer unique usage options for eventful trade fair days. The compactly designed exhibition grounds with a trade fair lake in the immediate vicinity of the airport and halls with hangar doors offer a wide range of usage options.
About Clean Pro Expo
Clean Pro Expo is the new trade fair for professional cleaning and facility management in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy and neighboring markets such as France, the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein. It will take place every two years starting in 2026 at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre and is intended as a platform for future topics, market trends and cross-sector exchange. The event will be accompanied by a conference program that will address, explore, and discuss current industry topics.
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