Furniture, decoration, interior and industrial design will meet at Furnidec Business, the first exhibition of the year for the sector, as well as its longest-running event, which will be held at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre from 17 to 19 March.

Furnidec Business, the most specialised event in the furniture sector, will cover 12,500 sq.m. of exhibition space over 4 Pavilions, featuring 70 exhibitors covering the entire spectrum of domestic and professional furniture, decoration and design.

The exhibition will welcome 155 hosted buyers from Greece and Cyprus, representing the largest stores in the field of furniture and upholstery.

The exhibition, organised by TIF-Helexpo, will host professionals from various fields, such as traders of furniture and decoration products, architects, decorators, designers and hoteliers.

Apart from domestic and professional furniture, the exhibition will also present comprehensive proposals from the creative world of modern design and interior decoration.

The dynamism of Furnidec Business is proven by the fact that it continues to attract major agencies of the field, which will present their activities. In this context and on the occasion of Furnidec

Business 2017, the Thessaloniki Architects’ Association (SATH) will inaugurate its presence at trade fairs. The SATH pavilion will consist of three sections and will be set up in cooperation with professional Thessaloniki architects and the School of Architecture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The central exhibit of the pavilion will be creations by Thessaloniki architects active in the field of industrial design – object design.

Furthermore, the results of the synthetic/design exercise ‘Fabrication Protocols / Modulated Surfaces’ will be exhibited and over 30 models and plans will be presented.

16/03/2017 – 14:55

The 11th Agrothessaly Pan-Hellenic Fair for Agriculture and Livestock, held for the first time under its new form, achieved all three of its initial objectives: visitor numbers, exhibitor numbers, and exhibition space. More specifically, Agrothessaly, marking the first strategic partnership between TIF-Helexpo and the Municipality of Larissa, attracted 40,153 visitors, i.e. four times the number of the previous event. At the same time, the Fair hosted 167 exhibitors representing over 500 enterprises from 26 countries, i.e. three times the number of the previous event, while the exhibition space covered was more than doubled, with 20,000 sq.m. covered at the Indoor Market of Neapolis.

The dynamism of the renewed Agrothessaly, which resulted from the re-design of the Pan-Hellenic Agricultural, Livestock, Environmental Fair of Larissa, which had been held by the local Municipality for 20 years, was evident from the very first day and reached its peak during the weekend. Agrothessaly was also an international event, as it welcomed group delegations from Bulgaria, FYROM and Turkey, as well as visitors from Cyprus and Italy. The Fair was also attended by the President of the Albanian Agribusiness Council (KASH), Agim Rrapaj, as well as entrepreneurs of the sector from Albania.

There was great interest in the Fair’s side events, covering a broad part of the agricultural sector and attracting numerous visitors who wished to receive information from primary sector agencies and educational foundations, such as the University of Thessaly and the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Thessaly.

The next major ‘appointment’ between TIF-Helexpo and the people of the agricultural sector will be ‘Agrotica’, one of the largest primary sector fairs in Europe, to be held from 1 to 4 February 2018.

14/03/2017 – 12:54

The ‘pulse’ of the Greek food-beverage industry was beating at the Detrop-Oenos exhibitions, which were held at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre and ended yesterday, achieving an overall 15% increase in the number of domestic and international trade visitors, as compared to the 2015 event.

The prevailing characteristic of this year’s events was the extensive attendance by international hosted buyers, who numbered over 300 and attended almost 5,500 targeted B2B meetings with exhibitors.

Most notably, the exhibitions featured top-quality pavilions by many small and medium-sized food industries, presenting products aiming at international markets.

The quality of the exhibitions was upgraded as regards the level of all participants and the profile of visitors.

This year, Detrop and Oenos covered a total of 11 Pavilions, as compared to 6 during the previous event, and featured approximately 700 exhibitors, as compared to 530 in 2015.

Hosted buyers came from 36 countries around the world, namely Albania, Bulgaria, FYROM, Cyprus, Germany, Belgium, India, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, France, Poland, Spain, Romania, Hungary, the Netherlands, England, the USA, Denmark, Slovenia, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Turkey, Egypt, the UAE, Russia, Portugal, Canada, Japan and others.

16/03/2017 – 13:04

The Hellenic Jewellery Fair confirmed its leading role in the jewellery market, achieving a 36% increase in trade visitor attendance, as compared to the previous event.

The Hellenic Jewellery Fair was held from 3 to 6 March at the Metropolitan Expo exhibition centre in Attica and was organised by TIF-Helexpo.

The Fair covered 12,000 sq.m. of exhibition space and featured over 270 companies from Greece and abroad. Foreign exhibitors came from Sweden, Cyprus, Belgium, India, the USA and Turkey.

The Hellenic Jewellery Fair brought together all the latest trends and designs for jewellery and watches, the latest developments in the jewellery-making sector (machinery, tools, etc.), as well as new ideas for displaying jewellery (packaging, decoration, etc.). The Fair served as a meeting point for all the professionals and businesses of the sector, in view of the upcoming summer tourism period.

The next Hellenic Jewellery Fair will be held from 22 to 26 February 2018.

16/03/2017 – 12:59

The first ‘descent’ of the Infacoma-Aquatherm exhibitions to Athens proved a great success, as they welcomed 15,000 visitors from 2 to 5 March at ‘Helexpo Maroussi’ exhibition centre. This is a very important figure, given that this was the first ‘meeting’ between the exhibition ‘duo’ and the general public of Attica, Southern Greece and the islands.

Apart from their successful image, the two events were characterised by high satisfaction on the part of exhibitors, who renewed their exhibition ‘appointment’ for next year, and the messages of optimism that resounded at Infacoma-Aquatherm regarding the sectors being represented. The two exhibitions, which were deployed over 10,000 sq.m. of exhibition space, featured 200 exhibitors, with participants hailing from 17 countries. There was significant presence by international hosted buyers from countries such as Russia, Egypt, Libya, Bulgaria and Sweden, who attended over 500 particularly fertile B2B meetings with exhibitors. The group participation of member-enterprises of the Chamber of Timisoara, Romania, stood out among the hosted buyers. There was also extensive participation by professionals from all over Greece, with over 250 professionals invited in cooperation with the Trade Union of Hydraulics Technicians of Greece. The side events organised as part of this dual exhibition proved very popular.

Infacoma once again proved itself as the star of the sector of building and constructions, while Aquatherm, which represents the sectors of domestic & industrial heating, air-conditioning and ventilation, water management, water supply & sewerage, energy and equipment for spa, sauna and swimming pool facilities, justified its international acclaim. There was significant presence by enterprises of the sectors of hotel and accommodation unit equipment, aluminium extrusion and window & door frames, as well as water management, construction and maintenance of swimming pools, spas and saunas, etc.

The two exhibitions, which were jointly organised by TIF-Helexpo and the ‘Be-Best’ company, were supported by the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Aluminium and Steel Small-Industry Manufacturers, the Greek Federation of Glass Handlers and Glaziers, the Hellenic Aluminium Manufacturers Association and the Trade Union of Hydraulics Technicians of Greece.

The next ‘appointment’ of the construction materials sector has been scheduled for 15 and 16 May, at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, where the ‘Enterprise Greece’ organisation will host business meetings concerning this sector, with the support of TIF-Helexpo.

06/03/2017 – 15:38