ISH China & CIHE, the China International Trade Fair for Sanitation, Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning, has announced a change in date for its 2012 show, which will now be held at Beijing’s New China International Exhibition Center from 4 – 6 April 2012.
     Previously the show, organised by Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd and B&D Tiger Exhibition Co Ltd and supported by international and domestic industry associations, was scheduled to open from 2 – 4 April 2012.
     Explaining the change of show date, Mr Richard Li, Deputy General Manager of Messe Frankfurt in China said: “The Chinese government has just decreed that the national Tomb Sweeping public holiday will be extended to 2 – 4 April which was our original show date. To accommodate these new and additional public holidays, we have changed our show dates to 4 – 6 April. With this change, the new date will be more convenient for exhibitors and visitors, and we will ensure that our various services, publicity and promotion work will support both exhibitor and visitor objectives.”
     Mr Li added that more than 700 exhibitors have already signed up for ISH China & CIHE, with 40 percent of exhibitors having bigger booths at the 2012 show, compared with the 2011 show. “As a result 90 percent of the total 70,000 sq m exhibition area has already been sold,” Mr Li said. “Our 2012 exhibitors include leading industry names such as AO Smith, BDR Therma, Bosch, Devotion, Grohe, Huida, Immergas, Joyou, Kohler, Marley & Weil-McLain, Micoe, Riello Group, TECE, Vaillant, Vanward and Zehnder.”
     During the next five years, China will build 36 million indemnificatory apartments and as a result there will be a huge market for middle to low priced fixtures and fittings. At the same time there is also a trend towards “fine decorated“ homes and in 2012 it is predicted that 73 percent of new houses in first-tier cities will be “fine decorated”, creating an opportunity for high-end products.
     ISH China & CIHE is part of Messe Frankfurt’s architecture and technology fairs, headed by the biennial ISH event in Frankfurt taking place 12 – 16 March 2013. For more information, please visit www.ishc-cihe.com or email [email protected].