35 per cent more international visitors

With 1 600 exhibitors from 14 countries and an exhibition area of 70 000 m2, the three-day China International Hardware Show powered by Practical World, which ended on 29 September in Shanghai, has established itself as one of the leading hardware fairs. It is aspiring to the number two slot among the principal fairs after the International Hardware Fair/Practical World in Cologne and ahead of the National Hardware Show in the USA. 30 500 visitors were registered in all. The number of foreign visitors rose by 35 per cent to just under 3 500.