There will be plenty of opportunities to see window products in the UK this year with Glassex, the Chartered Institute of Housing Show, and Interbuild all taking place. On the glass side, the largest exhibition of the year will be Vitrum in Italy, which moves to a new venue on the outskirts of Milan
January
Heimtextil
10-13 January, Messe Frankfurt
Conservatory blinds are among the products at this international trade fair for home and contract textiles.
www.messefrankfurt.com
Bau
15-20 January
Munich Trade Fair Centre
Glass and facades will be a big part of this international trade fair for building materials for construction and interiors.
www.bau-muenchen.com
Primus
23-26 January
KievExpoPlaza, Kiev, Ukraine
There are separate shows for windows & doors and architectural glass & façade systems within this multi-faceted building show.
www.primusexhibitions.com
February
Iran Glasstech
13-16 February
ACC Convention Centre, Tehran
Exhibition & conference for all aspects of the glass industry in Iran.
www.iranglasstech.com
March
Gulf Glass 2007
27-29 March
Expo Centre, Sharjah, Dubai
Middle East event for primary and secondary glass companies – glass machinery, equipment, raw material suppliers, glass merchants and processors.
www.glassinthegulf.com
www.exposales.co.uk
April
2007 JEC Composites Show
3-5 April
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Applications for composite materials for every sector, including construction. The 40,000 sq. metre show will be a 10 per cent increase on 2007.
www.jeccomposites.com
Bauma 2007
23-29 April
Messe Munchen, Munich
28th International Trade Fair for construction machinery.
www.bauma.de
May
Interplas
15-18 May, NEC Birmingham
UK plastics industry show.
www.interplas-expo.com
China Glass 2007
16-19 May, Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)
The 18th event, organised by the Chinese Ceramic Society. Last year was 35,000m2 floorspace with 568 exhibitors and over 30,000 visitors.
www.ceramsoc.com
Chinaplas 2007
21-24 May, Ghangzhou International Convention & Exhibition Centre, China
China's 21st exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries.
www.2456.com
June
MIR Stekla
13-16 June, Moscow, Russia
A show for Russia’s world of glass.
www.eng-expocentr.ru
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Annual Conference & Exhibition
19-21 June
Harrogate International Centre
In 2006 the CIH show attracted 2500 delegates, nearly 4000 exhibition visitors, 380 exhibitors and over 200 speakers.
www.cih-housing.com
July
21st International Congress on Glass (ICG2007)
1-6 July, Strasbourg, France
Event for scientists in the glass industry.
www.icg2007.org
September
GlassBuild America
10-12 September
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
America's Glass, Window and Door expo last year attracted 10,000 visitors. Attractions will include the 350 exhibitors, extensive ‘how to’ seminars, live educational demonstrations and the networking opportunities with other industry professionals in attendance.
100% Design, 100% Detail
20-23 September,
Earls Court, London
Tandem events for interiors and building products. Exhibitors are vetted by a selection panel whose aim is to attract the industry innovators and heavyweights, providing an eye-catching show that is also a good place to do business.
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
October
Vitrum
3-6 October, Milan, Italy
The 15th Vitrum fair for glass & glass processing will be staged at Fiera Milano's new exhibition complex in Rho. 20,000 visitors are expected over the four-day event.
www. vitrum-milano.it
Interbuild 2007
28 October-1 November
NEC, Birmingham
The UK building show is moving to an Autumn date, also moving to the NEC's three largest exhibition halls: 3/3a, 4 and 5.
The organisers claim that the new location will allow them to better group products together and provide visitors with an even easier way to navigate around the show.
www.interbuild.co.uk
November
Batimat
5-10 November, Paris Expo,
Porte de Versailles Paris, France
Sustainable development will be the theme of this international building exhibition, which attracted 442,000 visitors in 2005.
www.batimat.com
Glass Technology India 2007
8-11 November, Mumbai
Organised in association with glasstec organisers Messe Dusseldorf.
www.zakglasstech.com
Glasstech Asia 2007
15-17 November, Bangkok, Thailand
6th international glass manufacturing, processing and materials exhibition, incorporating Hollow Glass Asia 2007.
www.glasstechasia.com
Many are predicting that 2007 will see the best the Glassex exhibition for years following the appointment of Dave Broxton as Head of Sales. Key changes and new features have since been introduced to reverse the decline in visitors and produce an exhibition worthy of the entire glazing industry.
New features include the Gold Club Lounge, Energy Efficiency Feature Area and a prize draw for £1,000 worth of DeWalt power tools for visitors that pre-register. The Conservatory Competition and seminar presentations for the public sector remain.
These improvements come on top of a high quality exhibitor list that sees the windows, doors and conservatory markets represented. There is some glass and architectural content at this year’s event, and the Glass Processing & Technology Show will be incorporated properly in 2008.
So will Glassex bounce back? Get along to the show to find out.
Glassex, 4-7 March, NEC Birmingham, see www.glassex.com
The 10th Glass Processing Days will bring together the views of four of the leading companies in the global glass industry at the same conference. The opening session speakers are Mr Arthur Ulens, President AGC Flat Glass and CEO Glaverbel, Mr Russell J. Ebeid, President, Glass Group, Guardian Industries Corp., Mr Tomoaki Abe, Vice Chairman, Nippon Sheet Glass and Mr Jacques Aschenbroich, Senior Vice President Saint-Gobain and President of the flat glass branch of Saint-Gobain.
The 2007 GPD Conference program follows its traditional objective of creating a forum for information sharing among specialists. The weight of practical case studies has been increased in order to make the Conference as practical and useful as possible.
The leading technical forum for the industry will end with the traditional farewell party.
Glass Processing Days, 15-18 June, Tampere,
Finland, see www.gpd.fi
Source
Glass Age
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