CIHS and CIKB 2015 Actively Warm Up for the Opening

Relocated from Pudong Shanghai to the brand new National Exhibitions & Convention Center (Shanghai) the China International Hardware Show 2015 (CIHS 2015) will be in the spotlight of international and domestic hardware professionals. The booth booking is still on its full swing. A lot of relevant projects have been finalized and this year’s event will have several highlights.

According to the organizer, exhibition space of CIHS 2015 will be 150,000 square meters. 6 exhibition halls will be adopted this year. Three halls will focus on Tools and Hardware, covering the total space of 80,000 square meters. Kitchen covers nearly 30,000 square meters, Locks & Security covers nearly 10,000 square meters, and the Building Hardware & International Area covers nearly 30,000 square meters.

Larger scale and more leading brands

CIHS 2015 will be 30% larger than in the previous year. A large number of domestic and overseas well-known hardware brands will be present at the show. Leading tool manufacturers, including MAXPOWER TOOL GROUP, HONGBAO GROUP, GREAT WALL PERCISION, and Ningbo FIXMAN have confirmed their participation in the event. Moreover, TRI-CIRCLE, BLOSSOM LOCK, KUNSHAN TONYON, ZHONGLI LOCK, ARCHIE, GUANGDONG MINGMEN, JULI and other lock manufacturers are undoubtedly unwilling to miss such a large-scale platform. The International Zone has also attracted the established enterprises from Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, America, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And numerous industrial bases such as Xiaolan (Guangdong), Yuhuan (Zhejiang), Pujiang (Zhejiang), Wenzhou (Zhejiang), Anping (Hebei), Leliu (Guangdong), Jieyang (Guangdong), Taigu (Shanxi), Huanghua (Hebei), Yuyao (Zhejiang) etc. will bring together their relevant enterprises to exhibit at the CIHS as usual, so as to show the strength of the industrial cluster.

The top brands, including FOTILE, ROBAM, OULIN, goldenhome, macro, Vanward, DE&E and SAKURA will exhibit at its concurrent event, the China International Kitchen and Bathroom Expo (CIKB). The pavilions of Germany, Italy and the U.S. will introduce the internationally best known brands, such as BOSCH, SIEMENS, nobilia, Miele, blum, A.O. SMITH and etc. Most importantly, the exhibition space of CIKB 2015 is 25% larger than the previous event.

Subdivided exhibit ranges and more professional services

The organizer has further subdivided the exhibit ranges of the event. Take the building hardware hall for example. The organizer will specially establish six Demonstration Zones, including fasteners, nails, wires, mesh, doors and windows hardware, malleable cast iron pipe fittings, piping joints, valves and pipe fittings. With the support of local associations of Wenling, Zhejiang Province, the organizer will also establish a new pump valve zone. The China International Building Hardware & Fasteners Show 2015 (CIHBS 2015) will be co-located with CIHS 2015. It is expected that more than 350 exhibitors will take part of CIHBS 2015.

The visitors will have the chance to view padlocks, gate locks, electronic smart locks, vehicle locks, lock accessories, lock equipments, safe cases (steel safe) etc. in the Lockset Zone. The “Top 10 Lockset Manufactures” awarded by the China National Hardware Association will also make a stage pose at the event, so as to enhance the international awareness of China’s lockset industry.

Rich and interesting activities

There will be a large number of attractive activities during the CIHS, including the 2nd “Golden Hook Prize” China Integrated Kitchen Industrial Design Competition, the 3rd China Kitchen Industrial Development Forum & the 2nd Sino-German Modern Kitchen Industry Summit, the China Sanitary Fitting Industry Information Exchange Conference etc. As one of the highlights of the kitchen exhibition hall, all candidates of the 2nd “Golden Hook Prize” Competition will be exhibited at the show and the winners will be elected on site during the event. According to the organizer, the prize includes two categories, kitchen cabinets and kitchen appliances. The corporate and individual winners will be awarded at the dinner party on the first day of the event.

The organizer will establish a “New Lockset Product Showcase” this year, so as to show and release the new products, crafts and technologies of the lockset and security industry. The Electronic Lockset Sourcing Conference especially designed for important buyers from hotels and other industries of China will be held during the event. The organizer will invite the well-known chain hotel groups, enterprises of the finance and security industry as well as other electronic lockset and security product buyers to have one-to-one negotiations with the exhibiting companies and suppliers of lockset and security products. Besides, the business match program designed for lockset and door industries will facilitate the negotiation of the relevant door and lockset suppliers. The organizer will especially establish the “Internet+ Zone” according to the current development trend to create a communication platform for kitchen appliance and internet enterprises, and to realize the deep integration between traditional enterprises and new technologies.

The “Fasteners Sourcing Conference”, the “Technical Forum of Cutting, Polishing and Burnishing Application” and other technical seminars or product marketing activities will also be held.

Innovative promotion and keeping in step with the trend

In order to better promote the CIHS, the organizer will continue to carry out the traditional promotion activities and adopt new innovative promotion methods, with focus on event promotion, exhibitor seminars, site visits, social media campaigns, event activities etc. The promotion plan will be carried out both domestically and internationally. In addition to the traditional EDM, telephone and email marketing, the new technologies and methods, including WeChat, QQ and other media will also be adopted. Moreover, the booth booking team will be merged with the promotion team for better cooperation and coordination.

With the continuously increased service contents and improved service quality, the CIHS 2015 will surely become an influential and attractive event and greatly accelerate the healthy and stable development of China’s hardware industry.