The Fair
INTERNATIONAL HARDWARE FAIR / PRACTICAL WORLD
Review 2008
The Fair addresses all forms of trade and buyers and suppliers from industry. The statistics below will prove quality and quantity of demand.
The visitors
70,000 visitors from 129 countries
- 33,500 from Germany
- 36,500 from outside Germany
| Exhibitors by product segment | Germany | Abroad |
| Tools | 405 | 1,715 |
| Security systems, locks + fittings | 42 | 275 |
| Builders´and DIY supplies | 203 | 751 |
| Exhibitors by country | |
| Deutschland | 650 |
| Europe | 889 |
| North America | 105 |
| Latin America | 5 |
| Africa | 23 |
| Middle East | 33 |
| Asia | 1,673 |
| Australia | 2 |
| total | 3,380 |
| Visitor Profile | |
| Retail trade | 14.4% |
| Wholesale- and foreign trade | 31.2% |
| Mail order firms | 1.1% |
| Industry | 29.8% |
| Service | 7.1% |
| Skilled trade | 7.1% |
| Other | 9.3% |
