The massive, multi-level, multi-site stands of Nixdorf Computer AG and Siemens AG would have dominated any other computer trade show but CeBIT ’88 in Hannover, where Hall 1 alone appears to be considerably larger than the whole of Birmingham’s NEC, without considering the 12 additional halls spread across the vast exhibition grounds. But the 400,000 or so visitors expected to pass through the gates before the final day this Wednesday will find an event that is still an odd mix between parochial and international interests, with the overriding imprescion that, however hard it tries, the Hannover Fair is primarily concerned with the German marketplace…
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