Thursday, 09 February 2017
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP AND AREZZO FIERE E CONGRESSI: THE SINGLE ORGANIZATION FOR ITALIAN JEWELLERY SHOWS IS FOUNDED
Rome, 9th February 2017 –
Italian Exhibition Group Spa (IEG), the company generated by a merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza, and
Arezzo Fiere e Congressi Srl have signed a
strategic agreement creating a single organization for shows involving the
gold and jewellery industry.
Following the agreement with Arezzo Fiere e Congressi,
Italian Exhibition Group, besides organizing the three editions of
VICENZAORO (the January and September events in Vicenza and the November edition in Dubai),
will also be managing the organization of
OROAREZZO and
Gold Italy starting from the coming May and October 2017 editions in Arezzo.
The agreement generates a
trade show platform that
represents the entire Italian gold and jewellery industry with the aim of
developing and
internationally promoting one of
Made in Italy´s top quality sectors. The agreement is a continuation of a deal that Fiera di Vicenza and Arezzo Fiere e Congressi had already agreed upon in 2016, which led to coordinating the Italian gold and jewellery trade show calendar with the separate and autonomous management of the respective shows.
The transaction between IEG and the Arezzo company, an example of a
nationwide unitary supply chain trade show project, is supported by the
Ministry of Economic Development as part of its programme for
promoting the main
Made in Italy production
chains and
strengthening the best Shows from an international viewpoint.
A single Organization for one entire sector of Made in Italy: Italian Exhibition Group is the leading player.Establishing
one single Interlocutor for Institutions, Associations, companies and traders will lead to a more effective development of a
national and international promotion and
communication strategy for the entire
Italian gold and jewellery district, directing and using
resources and
investments to the
best possible advantage.
Italian Exhibition Group will continue to
characterize and
promote individual
Shows and their links with the
territory albeit with a
considerable view to systematization. The aim is to
strengthen and
boost the
industry by increasing
business opportunities for exhibitors,
stimulating the
domestic market and favouring the
presence of international buyers in order to help companies gain access to strategic jewellery markets, also with the
support of the
Italian Ministry of Economic Development and
ICE (Agency for promoting Italian companies abroad and internationalization).
The agreement was announced today, 9th February 2017, at a press conference in
Rome in the presence of the Honourable
Ivan Scalfarotto, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Economic Development,
Stefano Ciuoffo, Tuscany Region Councillor for production, credit, tourism and commerce, IEG top management with President
Lorenzo Cagnoni, Executive Vice President
Matteo Marzotto and Managing Director
Corrado Facco, and the President of Arezzo Fiere e Congressi,
Andrea Boldi.
Made in Italy jewellery plays a leading role in the high range fashion industry which, together with interior design, agriculture and food, technology and tourism, represents one of the most competitive sectors in the Italian economy.
Italian Exhibition Group´s unitary management - with one single organization - of events specifically dedicated to the world of gold, together with its international value, is therefore a new driving force for coordinated growth in terms of global competition.
The
Italian gold and jewellery industry is a
European leader due to the quality of its production, design and technological innovation, projected towards the new frontier based on
industry 4.0. It includes about
10 thousand companies employing
40 thousand workers. In 2015 it generated a
turnover in excess of
7 billion Euros,
exports of 6.5 billion Euros and a
4.2 billion Euro positive trade balance. Despite the negative climate in global demand for gold for jewellery demand, in the
first 10 months of 2016, Italian exports reached Euro
4.8 billion.
Today´s agreement foresees that
Italian Exhibition Group shall
manage the
organization of
Arezzo gold and jewellery trade
shows already as of 2017.
Arezzo Fiere e Congressi will be able to become a corporate member of
Italian Exhibition Group receiving shares to a value to be defined on mutual agreement as pecuniary consideration for transferring the brands.
Ivan Scalfarotto, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Economic Development, said: This agreement is a decisive step for the development of a segment that is worth over six billion in exports. Know-how and organizational abilities are thus being united in order to compete in an increasingly more complex market, where company dimensions and project aims and ambitions make the difference. As the Ministry and ICE, we are keeping a watchful eye on this kind of operation and we will continue to support promotional activities, in this industry as well as others, that are able to group the entire supply chain. We allocated almost nine million Euros to the gold and jewellery industry last year, providing support to our companies´ participation at foreign trade shows and strengthening the biggest events in Italy. For 2017, we will be firmly continuing our efforts. After the plan aimed at the US market, which began in 2016, we will be placing particular focus on Asia and the Middle East.´
Enrico Rossi, President of the Tuscany Region, pointed out: ´In my opinion, the agreement we have managed to come to is a good solution and opens the way for Arezzo Fiere to become a corporate member of Italy´s largest player in the congress sector. Signing the protocol not only guarantees a future for the city of Arezzo and its gold district , but I would also say for Tuscany. It also allows Arezzo gold to play - and deservedly so - a leading role within the trade shows organized in Italy. Trade shows that are too fragmented and scattered do not survive. This is why we have embarked on the road to synergy rather than localism. We are also comforted by the Government´s action which is working in this direction.
As far as Tuscany goes, we have come out of this important decision positively and I would particularly like to thank the Arezzo Chamber of Commerce and the Arezzo Fiere management for creating the conditions to make this strategic decision become a concrete fact.´
Lorenzo Cagnoni, President of Italian Exhibition Group, affirmed: ´We are extremely satisfied about signing this agreement, the result of transparent and constructive talks with Arezzo Fiere e Congressi, to whom I extend my thanks. I would also like to thank the Ministry of Economic Development for its support in the transaction. The agreement is important not only because it creates one single organization for Italian gold and jewellery shows with a view towards industrial systematization, but also because it strengthens Italian Exhibition Group´s mission, that is, to act as a platform for other organizations and to thus contribute to developing and boosting the Italian trade show system.´
Matteo Marzotto, Executive Vice President of Italian Exhibition Group, declared: ´Step by step, proposing and sharing the vision with President Andrea Boldi and his stakeholders, we have managed to find the right balance, accompanied by the important support from the Ministry of Economic Development and the other institutions involved. We are proud to have embarked on this path two years ago and to witness a result today which we firmly believe will prove to be of extraordinary importance for the Italian gold and jewellery industry, one of the most strategic and high profile Made in Italy segments on a worldwide scale. IEG has taken Fiera di Vicenza´s inheritance aboard, finalizing it with the same sensitivity of dialogue and system vision, overcoming all perplexities thanks to the collaborative availability of all players involved. We are certain that a unitary trade show system will give Italian jewellery more efficiency and effectiveness at the service of our supply chains on the global markets and, at the same time, constitute an attractive marketplace for the best international companies.´
Corrado Facco, Managing Director of Italian Exhbition Group highlighted: ´The strategic agreement with Arezzo Fiere e Congressi spotlights Italian Exhibition Group´s competence as a central, cutting edge trade show player for the jewellery sector on a global scale. The Italian segment is Europe´s most important, and certainly most qualified, production district in terms of design and technological innovation. Italian Exhibition Group will be managing an overall 4 Events in Italy, one in Dubai, the official presence in the United States and a series of other strategic operations in Asia. Therefore, IEG´s role as a content provider takes on even greater value, thus consolidating its international leadership in the marketing, communication and production of events linked to business for high range luxury goods.´
Andrea Boldi, President of Arezzo Fiere e Congressi, said: ´Today´s agreement overcomes local pride and provides new prospects for re-launching Made in Italy jewellery exports. I would like to express my thanks to the institutions, the Tuscan Regional Authority and IEG management, but, first and foremost, to Italian gold and jewellery companies, which will be the driving force behind this project.´
Therefore, 2017 will see Italian Exhibition Group managing the organization of
5 Shows:
VICENZAORO January (which took place from 20th to 25th January),
OROAREZZO (6th - 9th May),
VICENZAORO September (23rd - 27th September),
Gold Italy (21st - 23rd October),
VOD – The Dubai International Jewellery Show (15th - 18th November).
Moreover, the
VICENZAORO brand will also be attending the gold and jewellery industry´s top
international Trade Shows: the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, the India International Jewellery Show in Mumbai and JCK in Las Vegas, where IEG has been managing the official Italian hall for 11 years.
Overall, the 5 Shows will host about
5,000 exhibitors from all the Italian gold districts and over 30 different countries, and more than
80,000 trade visitors, 50% of whom come from 130 different nations.
ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP SPA: FOCUS ONItalian Exhibition Group SpA, the Company generated by a merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza, is led by President Lorenzo Cagnoni, together with Executive Vice President Matteo Marzotto and Managing Director Corrado Facco. IEG, which closed 2016 with a preliminary pro-forma turnover of Euro 123 million, an EBITDA of Euro 22.9 million and a consolidate net result of about Euro 6.6 million, is Italy´s second player in terms of overall volume with over 60 products - on an annual and two-yearly basis - in its portfolio (relating to Food & Beverage, Green, Technology, Entertainment, Tourism, Transport, Wellness, Jewellery and Fashion, Lifestyle & Innovation) and 216 events and congresses. The Company´s priority asset is to favour internationalization in segments representing Beautiful and Well Done around the world, starting from its already solid presences in the United Arab Emirates, where it has an on-going joint venture, and in the USA, China, India and South America. Furthermore, IEG is also the Italian leader in the convention and congress segment. In 2016, IEG events at its exhibition and congress sites in Rimini and Vicenza, totalled 14,593 exhibitors and almost 2.5 million visitors.
AREZZO FIERE E CONGRESSIArezzo Fiere e Congressi Srl, the company that includes holdings by the Tuscany Regional Authority, Arezzo Chamber of Commerce, Arezzo Municipality and Province, credit institutions and over 300 gold and jewellery companies with a capital of Euro 40.8 million, is presided over by Andrea Boldi. For 37 years, Arezzo Fiere has been organizing the Oroarezzo trade show with about 650 exhibitors from all the Italian gold and silver districts: Arezzo, Vicenza, Valenza, Torre del Greco, Florence, Milan.
Arezzo Fiere e Congressi has a new congress centre, designed by the GMP architect studio in Hamburg, which boasts 22,000 m² of exhibition space and an ultra-modern Congress Auditorium with seating space for 950 people, thus providing an ideal and geographically strategic location in central Italy.
The company also co-organizes Cortonantiquaria, the prestigious show in Cortona which has now reached its 54th edition.
Moreover, Arezzo Fiere e Congressi Srl has also been promoting cultural activities for years. It organizes exhibitions and workshops in top class locations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Chile.
PRESS CONTACTS ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP SPAElisabetta Vitali - head of national media & corporate communication
mediarimini@iegexpo.it Patrizia Rovaris - head of international media & corporate communication
mediavicenza@iegexpo.itwww.iegexpo.it PRESS RELATIONS AREZZO FIERE E CONGRESSI SRLGloria Bastieri -
gloria.bastieri@arezzofiere.itwww.arezzofiere.it
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