ABOUT: The International Hardware Fair is one of the leading trade platforms in the hardware industry. Taking place every two years, the trade fair hosts around 56,000 trade visitors from 124 countries who come to see more than 2,600 suppliers from 52 countries exhibiting new products and innovations in the sectors Tools, Industrial Supply, Fastening & Fittings, Locks & Fittings and Home Improvement.

EDRA: “Formally known as Practical World, the International Hardware Fair now focuses on tools and provides an impressive assortment in this sector. It is recommended that every tool buyer in a major home centre company worldwide visits this fair.”

ABOUT: The National Hardware Show comprises nine shows in one, guaranteeing new discoveries in every category, every year. Attracting a worldwide audience of more than 27,000 industry professionals, the show offers hardware & tools, lawn & garden world, paints, plumbing & electrical, storage, tailgate products, inventors spotlight, international sourcing and homewares. It is the place for global manufacturers, associations, organizations and the media to unveil their new products, ideas and insights to a broad spectrum of home improvement resellers.

EDRA: “An annual trade fair centring on the North American Market. Every home centre company should send a representative to discover the latest in the largest and most competitive market in the world along with visiting the Home Depot, Lowes and other inspiring stores in the greater Las Vegas area.”

ABOUT: Cologne’s No. 1 garden trade fair, spoga+gafa, attracts around 2,000 exhibitors from 53 countries and more than 41,000 trade visitors from across the globe. Products for garden creation, care, maintenance, improvement or living, are all exhibited in one of the five green areas of the trade fair: garden creation, garden living, garden care, garden excellence and garden basic. From 2011 the trade fair will return to its annual format.

EDRA: “spoga+gafa is now an annual event and is without question the No 1 trade fair globally for garden products. Every major home centre company for whom garden products are a priority must visit Cologne. EDRA will also arrange a store tour to the local garden centres (free of charge to members), including arguably one of the best garden centres in Europe.”

ABOUT: Now in its eleventh year, China International Hardware Show has grown into the world’s second largest and Asia’s largest and leading trade show for the entire hardware and DIY sectors. This unique show offers specialist traders and buyers around 2,100 exhibitors across 100,000 m2 in the sectors of Tools, DIY and Building Hardware, Security, Locks and Fittings with a comprehensive category of products and services in one of the largest markets in the world - China.

EDRA: “Our members tell us that this is the most important trade fair for the DIY/home improvement products in China. Canton is larger but this trade fair is much more focused on the products we sell in our stores so is an important date in every buyer’s calendar.”

ABOUT: IPM ESSEN is the world's leading trade fair in the fields of plants, technology, floriculture and sales-promoting measures, with approximately 105,000 m2 in 19 adjacent exhibition halls. The annual show attracts around 60,000 visitors from 94 countries, and accommodates over 1500 exhibitors from 43 countries. Commercial growers, wholesalers and retailers come for the latest pot plants, foliage plants and nursery stock in addition to ancillary equipment & products and retail & floristry sundries. IPM ESSEN offers creative concepts, new perspectives and diversity, covering the entire spectrum of the green sector at the highest level.

EDRA: “A most attractive trade fair with some of the world’s finest trees, plants & shrubs, garden equipment and garden & floristry products. For European Home Centre companies who already are or want to be strong in the garden sector, this is a trade fair they must visit.”