Interzum had more than 53,000 visitors.
Interzum, the world's leading trade fair for furniture production and interior finishing, once again impressed this year with strong results and an increase in visitors and exhibitors.
In all some 53,000 visitors from 148 countries attended the show that featured more than 1,510 suppliers from 62 countries.
Of those visitors, an impressive 70 per cent came from abroad with a strong increase of visitors from Asia, North America and Eastern Europe.
"With the current growth in exhibitors and especially in international visitors, interzum again proved that it is the location worldwide that gives the market and thus the sector's business its impetus," says Katharina C. Hamma, Managing Director of Koelnmesse.
With an increase in exhibitors of seven per cent and an increase in exhibition space by six per cent, interzum cemented its place as the leading fair in the segment.
As at previous versions of interzum, decision-makers were the main visitors at the trade fair, which exhibitors have always found praiseworthy.
Some 53,000 trade visitors, an increase over the last edition, came to the metropolis on the Rhine. Around 18,000 visitors were from Germany. More than 35,000 came from 148 countries around the world. Above all there were increases in visitor numbers from abroad. In particular, this included from China, the US, Great Britain, Russia, Poland and Turkey.
Early reviews from some of the larger exhibitors including Blum, Hettich and Vauth-Sagal, to name a few, were overwhelmingly positive.
Hubert Schwarz, Managing Director of Blum, called it “the best they’ve ever experienced,” while Dr. Andreas Hettich, CEO, said “this year's interzum was a success for us from the very first day and business was very satisfactory over the entire fair.
”Overall, the interest of trade visitors in technical and design innovations was particularly great. Against the backdrop of a global increase in demand, the trend in all areas saw an interest in reduced use of materials with consistent quality and a growing use of sustainable manufacturing components.
And in design, for instance for fittings, there was a clear trend towards a cleaner aesthetic. Superfluous additions are being dropped, reducing the product to its essential function, and sliding doors in all sizes and for all applications where everywhere.
Colours also continue to arrive on the scene in the supplier products of the international furniture and furnishings industry. Decorations are offered in colour or with a graphic print - whether it's for furniture, walls or floors.
