Launch of Medical Device Show Set for Hong Kong

The latest news from the global exhibition industry, while still containing what’s become a familiar litany of show postponements and cancellations, is somewhat leavened by announcements of a handful of show launches, offering some optimism. This week’s worldwide exhibition industry news comes from India, Hong Kong, Spain, Bulgaria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, China, Brazil and Germany.

• More than 130 exhibitors from around the world are expected to attend the debut of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Hong Kong Intl. Medical Devices and Supplies Fair Nov. 4-6 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The tradeshow launch will target health care product distributors and manufacturers on the Chinese mainland in particular and Asia in general.

• The first Mother and Baby Show Bahrain will be held Nov. 4-7 at the Bahrain Intl. Exhibition & Convention Centre in Manama, Bahrain. Magnum Events and Exhibition Management will organize the exhibition in partnership with Non Stop Promotions Lebanon, featuring maternity products and services for mothers, babies and mothers-to-be.

• According to organizer Via Expo, the annual BalkanPac trade and consumer show for packaging, machinery and recycling was postponed until next year. The exhibition will not be held Nov. 11-14 at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, as originally planned. Instead, it will be held Nov. 11-14, 2010, at the same venue.

• India Nuclear Energy is a new exhibition and networking event for the nuclear energy sector to be organized by United Business Media Nov. 13-15 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India. The show is intended to attract top management, production, utility, research and development and sourcing professionals in the Indian nuclear energy industry, according to show officials.

• The Intl. Powder/Bulk Conference & Exhibition will be held Dec. 9-11 at the new Shanghai INTEX. It previously was held at the Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center. The IPB jointly is staged by the Chinese Society of Particuology, NuernbergMesse China and Worldwide Exhibitions.

• The Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia will organize an international exhibition for higher education that will feature both international and Saudi universities. The as-yet-unnamed expo will be held Jan. 26-29 at the Riyadh Intl. Exhibition Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• Hannover Messe will launch the biennial CoilTechnica April 19-23 at the Hannover Fair in Hannover, Germany. The new tradeshow will focus on manufacturers of coils, transformers and electric motors.

• The “Washroom” will be introduced at the biennial ISSA/Interclean tradeshow for professional cleaning April 26-29 at Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands. Exhibitors in the field of sanitary fittings will be grouped together in one hall to offer visitors a complete overview, according to show officials.

• Show organizer europ’art renamed Switzerland’s Geneva Intl. Art Fair artbygeneve with hopes that it will attract the attention of potential exhibitors and attendees from outside its Geneva home. The next edition is scheduled April 28-May 2 at the Geneva Palexpo.

• Femade, a Brazilian tradeshow for machinery, equipment and products for extraction and industrialization of wood and furniture, will be organized for the first time next year by Hannover Fairs South America, a subsidiary of Deutsche Messe in Germany. The biennial Femade will take place for the sixth time May 24-28 at the Expotrade Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil, with the full support of its previous organizer, the woodworking machinery association of the Brazilian federation, ABIMAQ.

• Koelnmesse’s IMB Select – Fashion & Textiles: IT Systems, Services and Strategies will replace the IMB Forum 2010 – Information Technology for the Textile Processing and Apparel Industry next year. Officials also will move the dates from May to Nov. 10-11 in Cologne, Germany. IBM Select will focus on the handling and processing of textiles and flexible materials.

IFEMA has agreed with its co-organizer, Asemcom, the Assn. of Furniture Retail Traders of the Madrid region, not to stage the fifth edition of the Habitalia home exhibition, scheduled Nov. 7-15 at Feria de Madrid. The parties agreed to work on a new specialized tradeshow project that will focus on the furniture, decoration and home furnishings sector.