Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair

The Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF), organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH),is by far the single largest fair for the handicrafts and gifting industry in India, and is also widely respected and internationally recognized. For buyers looking to source from India, it is a much anticipated trade show, that is held twice every year in Spring and Autumn editions. What started off from Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, the fair grounds owned and managed by the ITPO or the Indian Trade Promotion Organization, one of the most respected trade promotion bodies in India, is now held in the EPCH owned fair grounds, the Expo Mart in Greater Noida, very close to New Delhi. That has been quite a journey for on the one of the most widely anticipated exhibitions in India, in any category.

The EPCH has a very strong network of manufacturers and exporters of the Home, Lifestyle, Fashion and Textiles segments. and facilitates its more than eleven thousand members to customize and offer unique styles and quality products to the world sourcing community. It also provides very comprehensive information about the Indian industry segment to the international buyers and buying agents, and ensures an optimal interface between the two. With its headquarters in New Delhi, the EPCH also has regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Moradabad, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Saharanpur, Agra, Guwahati and Narsapur.

This year, the Spring edition which is usually held in the month of February, was postponed to be held in April for some reasons best known to the EPCH. However, because of the global pandemic that the CoVid 19 virus has proved to be, it could not be held. Instead a virtual edition of the fair was organized in the third week of July 2020. Naturally, the Autumn edition which is held every year in the month of October has become more important than ever before because of the human interface that it offers, after so many virtual fairs the world over. Whether it will actually be held or will this fair also go the virtual way, is still to be seen though. Travel restrictions worldwide, especially in India where international flights have still not resumed properly, and the rising cases of corona in India, may not make the environment here any more conducive to hold a fair, than it was in April or July. 

If, you would like to discuss the possibilities that this fair, or any other fair in India, the Middle East or in Europe, holds out for you, please do get in touch with us. We will look forward to hearing from you. Studio One has been a brand and display designer for this fair, since a very long time, and has been associated with some of the leading names from this industry, designing for them not only in the IHGF fair, but also, very regularly in the Ambiente and Christmas World fairs in Frankfurt, Germany. To know more about us, please do visit our webpage, or youtube channel.

The Wire & Tube Show 2020, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Of the many international trade shows and exhibitions that have been cancelled or postponed this year, due to the CoVid 19 situation and the resulting flight and travel restrictions, and social distancing norms, one fair that, till now at least, looks to be holding its own is the Wire & Tube 2020 fair, scheduled to held in Dusseldorf, from the 7th till the 11th of December 2020. It needs to be added however, that this show was initially slated to be held from the 30th of March till the 3rd of April 2020, and got postponed from there. But what is heartening to see is that, though most fairs in October, November and December are getting cancelled or postponed, as yet Wire & Tube 2020 is holding up.

The Wire & Tube are 2 concurrently held shows that are organized once every two years, the last edition having been held in 2018. Together they are the leading and the one of the largest fairs for the wire, cable, tube and tube processing industries worldwide. This year, it is slated to get bigger with space being allotted to the spring and fastener industries too, with the end products being added to the portfolio of products displayed at the fair. 

Buyers will be able to experience the latest technologies and state-of-the-art machinery live in action at the trade show, meet market leaders, challengers, new comers and traditional companies at the fair, even as they make valuable contacts and fine new business partners. Just to get an idea of how big ar how important the Wire & Tube 2020 is, one only needs to consider the statistics of the 2018 edition. Spread over 52,404 sqm., it hosted 1,242 exhibitors (933 foreigners, and 309 national), and 29,838 visitors of which 19,991 were foreigners. Considering that this year it is slated to be even bigger, it is not very difficult to fathom the importance of this fair.

And as usual, we at Studio one Designs Pvt. Ltd., will be there again, designing and constructing for our clients. If you would like to discuss the possibilities that your space at the fair can offer, or what we can do for you with our local partners in Europe, in these uncertain times, do mail us and we will get back to you n no time. We would love to hear from you. To keep yourself updated and to know more about us, please do visit our website or follow our youtube channel.

CPhI WorldWide 2020 ... bites the dust!!

The CPhI WorldWide, the premier event for the pharmaceutical industry globally, has finally surrendered in front of the global pandemic that is Covid-19. It is a travelling exhibition, in that every year, it is held in a different city, like Frankfurt, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid etc. This year, it was supposed to be held in Milan, Italy. 

As per a short and terse notice on its official website, after prolonged and detailed discussions and consultations with various stakeholders, it was decided to postpone the physical event to next year. This year, a digital meeting will be organized, so that business can be conducted, although in a virtual space. This probably is what the future holds. Virtual exhibitions and trade shows, where buyers and sellers meet digitally. 

The CPhI WorldWide is not the first fair to be postponed for a year. There have been numerous events this year that have been either cancelled or postponed. The way things are moving, it doesn't seem to be the last fair either, to be postponed. The earliest that normalcy will be restored, seems to be only by early next year, once either a vaccine or a medicine is widely available for CoVid-19. Till then travel restrictions will remain, and so will the atmosphere of fear. Till then we can only hope that things don't go further south.