FAQ for Visitors

Citizens from countries requiring a visa who travel to Germany to visit ACHEMA or exhibit at ACHEMA require a business travel visa.

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At the exhibition grounds of Messe Frankfurt GmbH.

Address:
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

By car:

Via Autobahn A5 change to A648 at interjunction Frankfurt Westkreuz. There is direct access from the Autobahn exit Frankfurt West (i.e. no "green badge" required) to the Rebstock multi-storey car park.
Access from the city center via Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Katharinen-Kreisel (N.B. "green badge" required).
There is a free shuttle bus from the Rebstock area to the exhibition grounds (probably to the entrances Galleria, Portalhaus Hall 11 and Hall 3) every 5 - 10 minutes.

By train:

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by S-Bahn (departure from central station, tief, platform 104, stop "Messe Frankfurt" station).

• S3 direction Bad Soden
• S4 direction Kronberg
• S5 direction Friedrichsdorf
• S6 direction Friedberg

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by tram (departure in front of central station, stop "Festhalle/Messe" station).

• Tram 16 direction Ginnheim
• Tram 17 direction Rebstockbad

Walking distance from the main station to the exhibition grounds approx. 15 minutes.

Information on rail connections
Information on public transport

By plane:

From Frankfurt Airport you can reach the central station in about 10 minutes with S-Bahn S8 and S9.

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by S-Bahn (departure from central station, tief, platform 104, stop "Messe Frankfurt" station).

• S3 direction Bad Soden
• S4 direction Kronberg
• S5 direction Friedrichsdorf
• S6 direction Friedberg

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by tram (departure in front of central station, stop "Festhalle/Messe" station).

• Tram 16 direction Ginnheim
• Tram 17 direction Rebstockbad

With the Deutsche Bahn event ticket, you can travel on long-distance trains using 100% eco-electricity and thus sustainably reduce the CO₂ emissions of your journey to ACHEMA 2024.
We will provide information on the details of the DB event ticket as well as on the nationwide standardized fixed prices here, probably from October 2023.

Monday, 10 June - Friday 14, June 2024

9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Friday until 4 pm

Please visit Messe Frankfurt's website on barrier-free exchanges.

Detailled information will be available 6 weeks prior to ACHEMA 2024.

The purchase of a ticket as well as the redemption of a voucher code will be available online in time of the event.

All tickets entitle the holder to visit the exhibition and the lecture program. Lost tickets cannot be replaced.

Online:

Information on the exhibitors of ACHEMA 2024 and their products will be published on www.achema.de. As soon as the data are available, you will find the corresponding link here. Until then you can find all information on the exhibitors of ACHEMA 2022 here.

App:

A mobile app for smartphones will be available for download (IOS and Android) on time for ACHEMA 2024.

Print:

The printed exhibition catalogue will be available free of charge on the exhibition grounds on the first day of ACHEMA 2024.

The hall allocation follows the thematical structure of the exhibition groups of ACHEMA 2024. For your orientation you will find the hall plan with the exhibition groups here.

• Restaurants
• Supermarkets
• Souvenir shop
• Newspaper shops

Numerous other stores are located in the Skyline Plaza shopping center directly adjacent to the exhibition grounds (opposite the Festhalle Süd exit).

Business Center/MultiMedia-Shop
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 3
Phone: +49 69 7575-1309
Chargeable service:
Copying service (black and white and colour copies)
Fax service
Printing of business cards
Internet terminals with e-mailing, uploading/downloading and printing facilities
Laminating
Saving
Sale of floppy disks, transparencies and copying paper

Theft
Please report to the police:
Hall 4.0 South/West, Entrance Operation and Security Center (OSC)
Phone +49 69 7575-6555

Lost and Found
Fair lost property office
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 0
Phone: +49 69 7575-1448
E-mail: fundbuero[at]messefrankfurt.com

Church services
Torhaus Service Centre, level 4
Tel.: +49 69 752476
Room of Silence/ecumenical prayer room: open all day
Muslim prayer room:
Location to follow
Jewish prayer room:
Location to follow

ATM machine
For EC and credit cards:
Torhaus entrance, S-Bahn terminal
Hall 4.1 Foyer

Post service
DHL Trade Fairs & Events GmbH
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 3
Phone: +49 69 7575-5462

Baby changing and breastfeeding room
Baby changing and breastfeeding room:
Hall 3.1, south side, room 10 (opposite the hall master's office)
Baby-changing rooms:
Halls 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 West and East
in both the ladies' and gents' toilets.
Further baby changing facilities:
Sanitary station in Hall 4.0 South/West, Operation and Security Center (OSC) entrance.
Torhaus Service Center, Level 3, ladies' and gents' toilets

Site plans Messe Frankfurt