Asia-Pacific Sourcing
Products for Home and Garden 

Date:
March 1 - 3, 2009

Frequency:
every 2 years

Organizer:
Koelnmesse GmbH
Messeplatz 1
50679 Köln
Deutschland

Access rights:
professional buyers only

Venue:
Cologne Exhibition Center

Opening times:
For exhibitors 8.00 a.m. to 19.00 p.m.
For visitors 9.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.

Fair profile:
The event is created to be a separate platform presenting Asian products from the house, garden and leisure sector. The aim is to link product ranges from Asian growth markets with the growing demand in Europe and North America, all in a concentrated format in Cologne. This trade fair is scheduled to be held every two years, serving as a multilateral hub for the import and export business.
Asia-Pacific Sourcing is the new ordering and communication platform for products, innovations and trends for the house, garden and leisure segment.

Exhibitors’ product ranges:
Hardware + DIY
Tools, locks and fittings, do-it-yourself materials, tools for skilled crafts, ironmongery/wire products/fastenings

Garden + Leisure
Garden furniture, garden tools, barbecues, camping articles, sporting goods and toys, leisure equipment

Home Appliances
Cooking-, baking appliances, refrigerators, freezers, kitchen machines, cleaning and treatment appliances

Target groups (exhibitors and visitors):
The exhibitors:
Asian manufacturers and distributors of products from the house, garden and leisure segment.

The visitors:
Asia-Pacific Sourcing will serve buyers from Europe and North America from the following segments:
Retailer (Home and garden centres, hardware stores, electrical trade, department stores, discount stores, purchasing cooperatives)
Wholesaler
Importer / Exporter
Mail order

Participation fees / qm:
up to          20   qm 182,00 €
from   21-  30   qm 175,00 €
from   31-  50   qm 168,00 €
from   51- 100  qm 161,00 €
from         101  qm 154,00 €

Turnkey stands / qm:
68,50 €

Lump sum for energy / qm:
4,95 €

AUMA-fee / qm:
0,60 €

Catalogue entry/media package:
349,00 €

Mailing of registration forms to exhibitors:
From March 2008. The forms can then also be downloaded by internet.

Construction and dismantling times:
Construction begins: 23.02.2009
Dismantling ends: 06.03.2009

Admission fees:
Admission is free of charge for online pre-registered trade visitors.
Online-registration: 22nd December 2008 - 28th Februar 2009.

The admission fees for non-registered visitors is 
40 €/day ticket
70 €/all day ticket

Project Management:
Hans-J. Kampen
Koelnmesse GmbH
Messeplatz 1
50679 Köln
h.j.kampen@koelnmesse.de

Website:
www.asiapacificsourcing.de