imm cologne Show Expects Around 1,200 Exhibitors From 50 Countries
Furniture World News Desk on
5/25/2018
Koelnmesse recently announced that in just over eight months, the trade fair duo of imm cologne/LivingKitchen will open its doors. More than 75 per cent of the exhibition area is already reserved. In total, Koelnmesse expects around 1,200 exhibitors from 50 countries, providing a look ahead to the trends for the coming year across a gross exhibition space of just over 2,906,255 square feet.
“With more than 70 per cent of our exhibitors coming from outside Germany, this unique 360-degree showcase offers opportunities, like no other trade fair, to do business with purchasers from Europe, including eastern Europe, and overseas markets. In Cologne trend scouts can discover progressive design experiments, and retailers and wholesalers can find design selected for the market in an easily accessible format. imm cologne impresses visitors because it has the right balance between a showroom and business, design and suitability for daily use, completeness and compactness,” says Matthias Pollmann, Vice President Trade Fair Management at Koelnmesse, as he explains imm cologne’s importance. “I am confident that we will see an increase in trade visitors next year of around 10 per cent, which will further emphasise the business aspect of the trade fair,” he adds.
As in every second year, in January 2019 LivingKitchen will once again be a major highlight and a key component of the co-located events and provide an overview of the international kitchen market. “As a trendsetting kitchen show that aims to represent the national and international markets, we see LivingKitchen as a crucial platform in the German trade fair landscape,” says Pollmann. Registrations currently total 161 companies from 22 countries, with 65 of the registered companies coming from Germany.
All of this means that from 14 to 20 January 2019 Cologne will be the trend barometer for the international furnishing world once again. Visitors and the media can look forward to many interesting companies and exciting product innovations.
More about Koelnmesse: Koelnmesse is the world’s top trade fair organiser for the areas of furnishing, living and lifestyle. At the trade fair hub of Cologne, the leading international fair imm cologne as well as the trade fair formats of LivingKitchen, ORGATEC, spoga+gafa, interzum and Kind + Jugend rank among the internationally renowned and established industry meeting places. These fairs comprehensively represent the upholstered and case furniture segment, the kitchen industry, the office furniture sector and outdoor living as well as the innovations of the furniture supply industry. Over the last few years, Koelnmesse has specifically added international fairs in the most important fast-expanding markets to its portfolio. These include the LivingKitchen/CIKB in Shanghai, interzum guangzhou in Guangzhou and Pueri Expo in Sao Paulo. With ambista, the network of the interior decorating industry, Koelnmesse offers direct access to relevant products, contacts, competence and events. For more information, visit http://www.global-competence.net/interiors/