Why is imm cologne a top event for exhibitors and trade visitors that you definitely must attend? We asked manufacturers, designers, retailers, commercial agents and architects.
Jens Wolff, CEO of CDH | For us this is the most important tradeshow for the furniture industry, where we can help exhibitors and visitors find distributors in Germany thus providing our members with an important and valuable service. Nowhere else is the support from the exhibition organisers as extensive as it is at imm cologne. But most importantly, the exhibition’s enormous importance and its excellent promotion in terms of attracting visitors helps us to get in touch with many sales representatives who are not yet members of CDH.
Claus Anstoetz, CEO, BW Bielefelder Werkstätten and Interprofil | We present almost all of the innovations from BW Bielefelder Werkstätten and Interprofil at imm cologne, because it gives us the best environment for displaying our products. It is always a pleasant start to the current business year.
Markus Benz, CEO Walter Knoll AG & Co. KG | imm cologne ranks among the most important furniture fairs worldwide. For manufacturers from Northern Europe it is the most important platform to present their novelties. It, thus, holds a strong attractiveness for retailers, architects and end customers.
Michael Heider, www.Wohnambiente.de | Customer contacts make imm cologne special. All of us, designers, producers and retailers can sense which trends customers take on, which furniture they favour. Cologne customers are outstandingly open minded – maybe due to the Rhineland mentality.
Eric Degenhardt, designer | For me, imm cologne is a home match. I meet manufacturers and clients in my studio and at the exhibition, where I can get an overview over which products have finally made it from presentation status onto the market. Often, you can also gauge their degree of acceptance by the audience.
Gerd Bissinger, CEO Koinor Polstermöbel GmbH & Co. KG | We did our first exhibition at imm cologne more than 30 years ago. For us the fair offers ideal conditions to reach our core markets and to establish international contacts. We appreciate the large amount of decision makers and the visitors’ high level of order activity.
Jörg Timm, commercial agent | For more than 30 years I visit the fair in Cologne in my capacity as commercial agent because there is no better place to do both: to exchange ideas with manufacturers, customers, architects, designers and colleagues and to get a sense of what moves the industry.
Robert Sachs, CEO Begros | As central event location in January Cologne with the furniture fair is important for the whole industry. For Begros the Cologne furnishing show still is the European furniture hub. The myth surrounding the furniture fair in Milan – from Begros’ point of view – is strongly overestimated.
Peter Berner, architect and CEO ASTOC GmbH & Co. KG, Architects & Planners | The international furniture fair in Cologne is a unique and a rich platform. It both inspires me and lets me exchange ideas on an interdisciplinary level. It more and more stimulated my work as architect.
Yasmine Mahmoudieh, architect | There are several reasons why I love to visit the Cologne furniture fair. It’s the first trade fair of the year providing it with an advance compared to other fairs. Over the past years, the supporting program has become so interesting that a visit is always profitable for me. What makes the fair so attractive is its location, a good organization and an excellent program.
Reiner Moll, designer | For our ‘lifestyle research’ the exhibition is the first opportunity to gauge the trends for the coming year. It also enchants with multi-sensual experiences: presentations, the public, products. Above all, the tactile experiences always fascinate me most.
16. December 2009
Categories: Business, Exhibitors, Trends
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