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ISTANBUL, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Istanbul Jewelry Show October, 35th Istanbul International Jewellery, Watch and Equipment Fair organized by UBM Rotaforte, will be held from 4 to 7 October 2012 in Hall 1 & Hall 2 of Istanbul Fair Center (CNR Expo). For 4 days, gold jewelry, diamond jewelry, all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones & pearls, silver jewelry, mountings, watches & clocks, machinery & equipments, packaging, display units, security devices, softwares will be displayed just for industry professionals.
The four-day event, occupying 22.000 sqm (gross) of exhibition space, will gather over 600 exhibitors from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Canada, mainland China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (group pavilion), India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, S. Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand (country pavilion), United Arab Emirates, UK and USA. UBM Rotaforte expects the Fair to attract thousands of visitors from over 100 countries.
The must-visit marketplace for the great sourcing season
The unique positioning of Istanbul Jewelry Show as an important marketplace for Europe and Middle East, provides the best opportunities for suppliers and exhibitors meet buyers and build business & sales contacts with Turkey, EU, Middle and Near East, Russia & CIS Nations, Eastern European, North Africa and Mediterranean markets.
In addition to over 13.000 buyers badges have been sent out in advance, more than 1500 buyers from different countries and regions have pre-registered to date. This confirms that the Fair is truly a world-class trade event where one can conduct business with suppliers and buyers from all over the world.
Turkish Jewelry Industry
Turkey is the 3rd largest manufacturer of gold jewelry in the world. This capacity enables Turkish manufacturers to offer the best value prices and terms to your needs. In the past 20 years, Turkish gold jewelry producers had important success and Turkey had become the second biggest exporter of the world after Italy, the fifth largest importer and the third biggest producer after Italy and India. After India and USA, getting ahead of even China, Turkey is the third biggest gold consumer country of the world. The amount of 30 tons of export had reached 300 tons and the export had passed over 1.8 billion US dollars in 2011. The target of the sector is to increase its export to 5 billion USD. Istanbul Jewelry Show is the ideal place to source products on every category of price and quality, from price point merchandise to high-end design jewelry.
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About UBM Rotaforte (www.ubmrotaforte.com)
UBM Rotaforte, a joint-venture company formed by UBM Asia and Rotaforte International Fairs Inc., owns the Istanbul Jewelry Show, an international exhibition for jewellery, gems , watches and related equipments. Now in its 26th year, the exhibition is held twice a year, in March and in October. Overall, the shows attract almost 60,000 visitors and 1,700 exhibitors, occupying net show floor space of more than 35,500 square metres. Products covered include gold, diamond and silver jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, gold mountings, watches and clocks, machinery, tools and equipment, display units and security devices. The business is supported by the Turkish Jewellery Association JTR, a national trade body which represents more than 1,100 jewellery companies, including the major manufacturers. UBM Rotaforte also publishes a supporting magazine RFJ (in Turkish and English) and organises Turkish jewellery pavilions at a number of third-party events in Dubai, Italy, and India, as well as selling exhibition space into jewellery events in Russia and Ukraine.
About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)
Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia operates in 19 market sectors with headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia UBM China in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing. We have over 240 products including trade fairs, conferences, trade publications, B2B/B2C portals and virtual event services. As Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia, we stage the leading events of their kind across the region. Our 200 events, 24 publications and 16 vertical portals serve over 1,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world with high value face-to-face business-matching events, quality and instant market news and industry trends, and round-the-clock online trading networks and sourcing platforms. We have 1,100 staff in 21 major cities across Asia, stretching from Japan to Turkey.
For press enquiries, please contact:
Selda Arık, Marketing Communications Executive, UBM Rotaforte
Tel: +90-212-519-0719
Fax: +90-212-513-3038
Email: selda.arik@ubm.com
