In 2009, the largest IT-exhibition of Europe missed a quarter of the participants.

The number of participants in Europe's largest IT-exhibition CeBIT in 2009 will decline by more than a quarter - up to 4300 companies, reports IDG News. A year ago, took part in CeBIT 5845 companies.
Record number of participants was the CeBIT in 2001. Then, in the exhibition was attended by more than eight thousand companies. In 2006, its products at CeBIT 6262 the company presented.
According to organizers, the majority of companies that refuse to participate in CeBIT 2009, are China, South Korea and Taiwan. Many of them have had to close because of the economic crisis.
The exhibition CeBIT 2009 in Hanover opened the third of March. The area of 200 thousand square meters. In 2008, CeBIT was placed on 240 thousand square meters. At the opening ceremony of the CeBIT 2009 will be attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.