PRESS RELEASE
February 2014
fensterbau/frontale and the Glass and Glazing
Federation joining forces, linking the UK and the world
March 2014 will offer one of the world’s leading trade shows for the
glass and glazing industry: fensterbau/frontale in Nuremberg,
Germany. In advance of the event, the organiser and the Glass and
Glazing Federation have embarked upon a closer cooperation.
Based in London, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is the main
representative trade organisation for companies that manufacture, supply
or install glass and glazing products. Though many members and staff at
the GGF have visited fensterbau/frontale in the past, for 2014 the
organisation has joined forces with NürnbergMesse to work together to
provide support and hospitality for GGF members at the show and to impart
first-hand current technical information to the wider industry. All companies
are invited to join the GGF at fensterbau/frontale on their UK pavilion stand
to discuss industry issues and network with colleagues and friends from
around the world. NürnbergMesse is pleased to have the GGF on board to
stimulate trading relationships between the British Isles and the global
window market.
Elke Harreiß, Project Manager of fensterbau/frontale, explained the benefits
of this cooperation: “Many companies from the UK fabricating windows,
doors, conservatories and curtain walls are visitors here at
fensterbau/frontale in Nuremberg. The installers are also a subset of
visitors present at the show. True innovations for this industry are launched
by the manufacturers of components and hardware at the highly
international fensterbau/frontale. So, when the British fabricators and
manufacturers come to Nuremberg as visitors in March, they will hear fresh
ideas straight from the horse’s mouth which they then can bring home and
introduce to the UK market.”
Every two years, window and façade manufacturers, carpenters, architects
and distributors get updated in Nuremberg on the latest product releases in
profile systems, prefabricated units, architectural glass, fixing equipment,
safety equipment, machines, installations and much more. Harreiß
summarised the last event in 2012: “The trade fair regularly gets top marks
from both exhibitors and visitors in our surveys. 97 per cent of the
companies in 2012 met some of the international visitors from
115 countries on their stands. About 36 per cent of the trade visitors of
fensterbau/frontale are international. They come from all over Europe with
large groups coming from Eastern Europe, especially Russia, but as well as
other continents. In 2014 we are looking forward to welcoming the first
official Australian group organised by the Australian Window Association.”
However, fensterbau/frontale not only stands out for its global resonance,
but for the accurate combination of supply and demand too: “Well over 90
per cent of the companies involved said they had reached their most
important target groups at fensterbau/frontale, and nine out of ten exhibitors
launched a new product or innovation in Nuremberg,” said Harreiß.
The approximately 100,000 trade visitors expected at the coming edition
can look forward to the latest know-how on the main topics of sustainability,
comfort, automation and energy efficiency. “For anyone wanting to get to
know the innovations of the world market in one compact place, there is
simply no other option than to browse the display of products from the
almost 800 fensterbau/frontale exhibitors in Nuremberg,” says Harreiß.
Supplementing the vast range of products from the exhibiting companies,
fensterbau/frontale will present a dynamic supporting programme again in
2014, with a variety of opportunities for gathering information and
networking. Details on the presentation and event programme are online at
www.frontale.de, where visitors can also find further information about
exhibitors, hall plans, travel, accommodation and lots more.
Strong partners all over the world
The organizer of fensterbau/frontale is NürnbergMesse GmbH. The
honorary sponsors are the association ‘Fachverband Glas Fenster Fassade
Baden-Württemberg’ and the two guilds, the ‘Landesinnungsverband des
Glaserhandwerks Rheinland-Pfalz’ and the ‘Landesinnungsverband des
Bayerischen Glaserhandwerks’. fensterbau/frontale is also a founding
member of the Global Fair Alliance of world-leading window exhibitions and
is involved with ift Rosenheim in the International Strategic Partnership
Fenestration.
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NürnbergMesse Representative for the UK and Ireland:
Overseas Trade Show Agencies Ltd
Kimberly Carsok
9 Manchester Square
London, W1U 3PL, UK
Tel +44 (0) 20. 78 86 31 02
Fax: +44 (0) 20. 78 86 31 01
[email protected]
www.otsa.net
The Glass & Glazing Federation
James Lee
54 Ayres St
London SE1 1EU, UK
Tel +44 (0)20 7939 9101
www.ggf.org.uk
Contact for press and media
Guido Welk, Ariana Brandl
Tel +49 (0) 9 11. 86 06-82 85
Fax +49 (0) 9 11. 86 06-12 82 85
[email protected]
All press articles, more detailed information and photos of the exhibition
duo are available for free downloading at: www.frontale.de/press
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