The International Hardware Fair Cologne
Product categories:
Tools
Industrial Supply
Fasteners & Fixings, Fittings
Home Improvement
Date of the event: 9 – 12 March, 2014
Organizer: Koelnmesse GmbH
Event frequency: every 2 years
Venue: Koelnmesse fair grounds, Cologne-Deutz
Opening times
Exhibitors: 08:00 a.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Visitors: 09:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Admission fees
Day ticket
advance sale 24.00 EUR
box office 32.00 EUR
2-Day ticket
advance sale 35.00 EUR
box office 46.00 EUR
Season ticket
advance sale 47.00 EUR
box office 59.00 EUR
Stand rental fees/sqm:
Registration by 31 May, 2013 165.50 EUR
Registration by 31 October, 2013 175.50 EUR
Registration after 1 November, 2013 185.50 EUR
Flat rate energy costs/sqm: 9.00 EUR
Product segments
Hand tools, power tools and accessories, machine tools
Workshop and factory equipment/Industrial supply, protection equipment
Fastening and fixing technology, building and furniture fittings
Interiors and furnishings, sanitary ware and fittings, chemical products, building materials, -elements, -accessories and outside structures, Automotive supplies and accessories, two-wheeler accessories
Industry services
Fair profile
1. The leading trade fair for the hardware/tool sector
2. Traditional meeting point for communication and innovation in the hardware industry
3. Internationality of exhibitors and visitors (80% exhibitors and 60% visitors from abroad)
4. B2B fair for buyers from trade and industry
Mailing of registration forms to exhibitors and interested companies: from March, 2013
Hall occupancy: Halls 1-5, 10
Construction and dismantling periods:
Construction period:
from Monday, 3 March, 2014, 08:00 a.m.
until Saturday, 8 March, 2014, 06:00 p.m.
Dismantling period:
from Wednesday, 12 March, 2014, 06:00 p.m.
until Saturday, 15 March, 2014, 06:00 p.m.
Access rights:
All forms of the trade
Buyers from the industry
Target groups
Exhibitors:
Hand and power tools industry
Building and furniture fittings industry
Fasteners and fixing industry
Manufacturers of workshop and factory equipment/ Industrial supply
DIY-industry
Industry services
trade visitors:
Tools specialist trade
Hardware trade (incl. cooperatives and production connected trade)
Security specialist trade
Home centers
Department stores, discount stores
Building supplies
Buyers from industry
Figures for the previous event (2012)
Exhibitors: 2.663 from 50 countries
Gross exhibition space: 142.500 sqm
Visitors: 53.500 from 124 countries