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Koelnmesse launches
CIHS Shanghai reports record growth
Indian show
Asia’s largest hardware and DIY trade show, China International Hardware Show
(CIHS 2008), powered by PRACTICAL WORLD, ended its run on 19 September in
Shanghai.
Koelnmesse has launched India International
Held over three days, this year’s event was a record-breaking 103,500 square metres.
Hardware Show Powered by PRACTICAL WORLD, a 2,000 local and foreign exhibitors from a total of 19 countries participated, a 10%
new trade fair for DIY and hardware in India. increase on 2007 figures.
Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt. Ltd. will, for the first
A total of 3,000 international and 31,000 domestic visitors attended the show over the
time, be presenting an international platform for the
three days, a 4% increase from 2007.
hardware and DIY industries in India. The show will
Mr. Michael Dreyer, vice president, Asia Pacific, Koelnmesse said, “2008 has been a
take place in New Delhi from 22 to 24 October 2009.
tough year for the Chinese hardware industry. There was a slow down in demand, costs
One hundred exhibitors over 4,000 square metres
of raw materials and manpower increased, the value of China’s currency appreciated,
are planned for the premier. Oliver P. Kuhrt, executive
and tax rebates for exports dropped. As a result, export companies for low value-added
products had to struggle to survive, while independent brands of high value-added
vice president of Koelnmesse GmbH stated “India is a
products had to contend with reduced profitability. It is a challenge to operate in this
prospering market. The area of tools, hardware and
critical period when China’s hardware manufacturing industry is undergoing restructuring.
DIY in particular is exhibiting growth rates in double
But CIHS has lived up to expectations by building a top-quality, international platform that
figures. For Koelnmesse, it therefore goes without
brings China’s hardware industry to the world stage, while bringing the world closer to
saying that we will open doors to this new lucrative
China.”
market to our global customers.”
International support for the show included the German Pavilion led, once again, by
“With the India International Hardware Show the Association of German Tool Manufacturers (FWI), an Italian Pavilion organised in
Powered by PRACTICAL WORLD, we are offering cooperation between Koelnmesse Italy and the Chamber of Commerce of Brescia
European medium-sized companies in particular an
(PROBRIXIA), as well as pavilions by the Taiwan Hand Tools Manufacturers' Association,
international platform in New Delhi, enabling them
the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei, and the Taichung Importers and
to enter into business with new partners quickly,
Exporters Chamber of Commerce.
favourably and easily.”
The next China International Hardware Show will be held in Shanghai next year from 1
6 –18 September 2009.
Associations, co-operatives & purchasing
groups reinforce support for Ferroforma
The organisers of Ferroforma-Bricoforma have launched the campaign to attract visits from purchasers for the 2009 event. Co-operation
agreements have been established with associations, purchasing groups and DIY centres, with the latter being one of the focal points for
action this year.
These agreements with the exhibition centre guarantee members of the relevant associations preferential conditions on their visits, with special
services (meeting facilities, VIP cards, automatic accreditation, bus services for trade visitors, etc).
With seven months still to go before the event opens, the following associations have already confirmed their participation: AFM, ANCOFE, ASOCIADOS
A UCAF, CADENA 88, CECOFERSA, CIFEC, COFAC, COANFE, COARCO, COFEDAL, COFEDAS, COFEDEVA, COFERDROZA, COFERPAL, COMAFE, COINFER, FEASGA,
FEDAFE, FERCODIS, FERGRUP, GREMI DE FERRETERS, GRUPO CGI, HABITACLE, LAS RÍAS, LEROY MERLIN, UNIFE and UNIFERSA.
Many of the associations will be organising meetings and assemblies during the event, which will bring large numbers of members and hardware
specialists to the Bilbao Exhibition Centre.
For the current campaign, the domestic network of agents has also been reinforced by bringing in new trade specialists in Castilla-León, the Basque
Autonomous Community, Navarra, La Rioja, Cantabria and Asturias. Contacts with other potential visitors to the event (hardware stores, market-makers,
supply warehouses, etc) will begin in October.
Top-level international efforts
Following the excellent results obtained in 2007, efforts to attract international groups have also begun recently. To judge from the visits from
representatives of top level purchasing groups at the last event, a high response level can be expected in this year's campaign, which will take in
companies and associations such as EDRA, LEROY MERLIN, WSM ASSOCIATION OF STEEL AND METAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY, BRICOALLIANCE, BHB, IHA,
IRONSIDE HARDWARE ALLIANCE, EUROCRAFT, OBI, TOOM, HORNBACH, HAGEBAU, HELLWEG, GLOBUS, EDE, KING FISHER, BAUHAUS, AKI BRICO, MR.
BRICOLAGE, HOME DEPOT, BRICODEPOT, SOCODA and LUNA VERKTYG and MASKIN AB.
The internal network of agents working for the Bilbao Exhibition Centre and SPRI, their collaborating agents and commercial networks has been
expanded this year with the incorporation of specific channels with koelnmesse in Germany, and in Austria, Canada, US, UK, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland,
Czech Republic, Russia, Singapore and Switzerland. They are all co-operating on the programme of delegations, initial contracts for which have already
been made in 58 countries.
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