What concepts are the timepiece and jewelry industry employing to go into the year 2004? What trends are going to result from this? What developments should specialist retailers not miss if they want to stay competitive? Inhorgenta Europe 2004, the most important trade fair and trend barometer for timepieces, jewelry, precious stones, pearls and technology in the E.U. as well as in central and eastern Europe, is going to provide answers to all these questions. It is among the first and biggest spring trade fairs of the timepiece and jewelry industry in Europe with its trade fair dates of February 20 to 23, 2004.
With approximately 1,200 exhibitors expected from 40 countries and 30;000 specialist visitors from 70 countries (Inhorgenta Europe 2003: 1,209 exhibitors from 37 countries and 29,801 visitors from 72 countries), Inhorgenta Europe is again going to do complete justice to its leading role as a the top trade fair for the European market. The trade fair in Munich is one of the trendsetters, a fact that can been seen in its overall exhibitor profile, the interesting new exhibitor registrations and the early announcement of special novelties. In spite of a few cancellations, the good result of the previous year will not only be matched, but it can also be clearly seen that numerous innovative suppliers with considerable design skills are using the trade fair as a platform for presenting new products and introducing completely new marketing concepts.
This will be clear in all halls, at all supplier groups and especially in Hall C2. Approx. 300 highly creative jewelry designers will face the critical judgment of specialist buyers here alone. The central longitudinal axis of the reshaped “Designer's Avenue” will be a “who's who” of jewelry design. Representative for the many internationally renowned names will be brands such as Niessing, Pur, Carl-Friedrich Dau, André Ribeiro, Ehinger-Schwarz and Angela Hübel. Numerous interesting newcomers also make their mark every year in Munich. Consequently, experts agree: Inhorgenta Europe is not only presenting the most important trends in the design jewelry sector worldwide with Hall C2, a look into the future of jewelry design will also be provided there.
Many of the internationally leading jewelry brands as well as classic, high-quality timepiece brands are concentrated in Hall B1 and in the Platinum Forum in Hall B2. In Hall B1, these premium brands include names such as Christian Bauer, Breuning exclusive, Bunz, Chronoswiss, Delma, Dubey & Schaldenbrand, Fochtmann, Frey-Wille, Furrer-Jacot, Gellner, Gerhard Hahn Pearl, Michel Herbelin, Kenzo, L. C. Köhler, Victor Mayer, Meister, Meneghetti, Sattler, Schaffo, Schoeffel, Perlen Schuster, Versace, Raymond Weil and Leo Wittwer, among others.
High-quality antique jewelry is a luxury good too. For the first time, suppliers of this much sought-after supplier segment are combined in a separate pavilion. The companies Aziz, Chassard, Ernst Fôrber, Th. Faerber, Fisher, Gem Gold, Joseph and Pearce as well as Yafa Jewelry are exhibiting there.
The exhibitors in the Platinum Forum in Hall B2 include renowned manufacturers such as Apitzsch, Cede, Isabelle Fa, Gerstner, Stefan Hafner, Henrich & Denzel, H. D. Krieger, Perlen Pöll, J. Pohl, Gebr. Schaffrath and Georg Spreng.
Suppliers of diamonds and precious stones are concentrated in Hall C1 as well as partially in Halls B1 and B2. Inhorgenta Europe also demonstrates its special strength here, both for loose goods as well as for corresponding high-quality jewelry. This is documented by exhibitors such as Engel + Co., Fôrber, Giloy + Söhne, Groh & Ripp, Ph. Hahn Söhne, Indo Gems, Govind Jain, Krieger Fine Jewellery, M. B. Gems, Nikos, A. Ruppenthal and Paul Wild.
The offer in the timepiece Hall A1 has similarly a clear image, where the big names from fashionable and chic timepiece brands rendezvous. Analog to “Designer's Avenue” in Hall C2, Inhorgenta Europe is premiering “Brand Avenue” there. Global players from the timepiece market as well as numerous trend and lifestyle labels will make the central, longitudinal axis of Hall A1 into a another eye-catcher at the trade fair. Among others represented in the hall, Alfex/M&M Uhren, Emporio Armani, Boccia, Bruno Banani, Bulova, Burberry, Casio, Citizen, Diesel, D&G, DKNY, Festina, Fossil, Gant, Junghans, Kieninger (large timepieces), Jacques Lemans, Mexx, Naeschke (large timepieces), Roamer, Seiko, Skagen, Tutima, Zodiac and many more will be present. Specialist buyers, who want to concentrate on the high volume market of timepieces in the mid and entry-level price segments, will find the widest selection at Inhorgenta Europe 2004.

Source: Inhorgenta Press Release

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