The 21st edition exceeds expectations, confirming the high quality of exhibitors and visitors and its strong international vocation.
Vitrum 2019 continues its path of international affirmation as an important exhibition platform dedicated to the world of glass processing. The data speak for themselves: 267 Exhibitors from 25 different countries, with a + 9 % compared to Vitrum 2017. The net area occupied was 16.134mq with a significant increase compared to the 14.569 square meters of the previous edition (+ 10,81 %).
The internationality is also confirmed by the data relating to Visitors who record a significant percentage of foreign presence. The passages at the turnstiles indicate 11.816 Visitors, with well the 53,15% from 85 different countries. Most of the Visitors are therefore from abroad, coming mainly from Russia, then from Germany, Spain, Poland and France.
"Vitrum 2019 went positively against the trend compared to previous editions: in fact, if 2017 marked the zero year of the new course, this year the numbers are positive again, with almost + 11% of exhibition space occupied and more than 15.500.000 .XNUMX euros of machinery exhibited by the companies”Underlined the President of Vitrum, Dino ZandonellaNecca "To these data must be added the radical change that has taken place in the type of Visitors, appreciated by most of the exhibiting companies for their professionalism and technical specialization: with about 7.000 registered and almost 12.000 accesses, Vitrum has definitely positioned itself among the major world trade fairs specializing in glass machinery".
This edition has in fact registered a very consistent incidence of professional Operators, on the totality of Visitors. A certification that joins the positive export trend of the sector in the first six months of 2019 and testifies to the happy moment that the Italian mechanics of glass processing is going through.
The international exhibition specialized in machines, equipment and special products for glass processing is confirmed as an important opportunity for Operators who meet both their loyal customers here and develop important business opportunities with professionals and buyers from all over the world. .
In this regard, the participation of international Top Buyers is undoubtedly strategic, thanks to the invaluable support toInbound made available by the Ministry of Economic Development and the ICE Agenzia.
"A fundamental role in achieving these numbers"Continued the President"was carried out by the Incoming activity of international operators organized in collaboration with ICE Agenzia e Gimav, which allowed 75 Top Buyers from 18 countries to visit the Fair and take part in a total of 327 appointments at the stands of Italian companies. Furthermore, thanks again to the synergy with ICE Agenzia, the collaboration with the international glass associations, no less than 22 from 17 countries, has been strengthened and which have strongly contributed to the internationality and quality of visitors; the spearhead was Russia, whose Visitors accounted for 7,08% of the total number of registered visitors".
Similarly also on the Exhibitor side, Vitrum confirms the high quality level of memberships: the category of Manufacturers in fact, it represented over 77% of the exhibiting companies, with 206 attendees, equal to + 10,2 % compared to 2017. A peculiarity of this fair particularly appreciated by professional operators.
The visitors all showed appreciation for the novelty represented by 12 Vitrum Specialized, and to know how to use it to better organize their visit to the fair, structuring the itineraries in a fast and linear way to concentrate on the stands of their interest. The Specialized also made it possible to give visibility to specific activities that were less known.
The new meeting Area hosted i seminars, which were very well attended and during the days of the fair focused on specific technical topics of interest to the professionals of the glass processing. Beyond expectations, even the turnout atAgents and Dealers Area. A novelty of the 2019 edition that has made it possible to establish fruitful relationships between producers interested in expanding their business and possible new international agents or representatives.
Furthermore, also for 2019 a Press Corner, an essential support point for the journalists present, photographers and videographers, while for the first time it was offered at thePartner Companies Area an information desk for companies that had an agreement with the Association Gimav.
Vitrum finally strengthens its role as "home of the Associations", offering a moment of confrontation between all the national and international associations that make up the variegated world of glass and the media from all over the world to reinforce that common thread undertaken with the various editions of the International Glass Convention held in Murano and Venice.
The next occasion will be a Vitrum 2021, from 5 to 8 October. An event that, in the interdependent economic scenario, has consolidated itself as an essential strategic moment for business and discussion, at the service of the global glass industry.