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October 14th, 2008 at 14:03 by Edward

First thing first: It’s the FBF’s 60th anniversary and, according to FBF director Juergen Boos in his speech to open this year’s conference, it’s one of the biggest yet, with some 7,400 exhibitors – or 7,373 to be exact. The German’s command the greatest number of stands – some 3,337 – with the British have 834 and the Americans occupy 662. In all, more than 100 countries are represented. And over the next three days there will be some 400 events for professionals (that’s one every 4 minutes, if you’re counting just the hours the fair is open.To top it off, 3,000 people are expected to attend the anniversary party taking place this weekend.