The International Sun Protection and Automatic Door Systems Fair, which started at the Istanbul Expo Center on October 20 and continued for three days with the intense interest of local and foreign visitors, opened its export doors to R+T Turkey participants. At the fair, 90 percent of the participants were domestic manufacturers and 50 percent of the visitors were foreign buyers. At the fair In addition to the products such as blinds, pergolas, curtains and the machines used in their production, the domestic electric tubular motor, non-flammable curtains that play an important role in fire precautions, and outdoor solutions that have become a necessity with the pandemic became the focus of attention of the visitors.
R+T Turkey, the only international trade fair in Eurasia, the Middle East, and North Africa in the field of sun shading and automatic door systems, has created an important channel for the Turkish economy and exports for the 5th time.
The fair where the leading companies of the sector take place; brought together all industry stakeholders such as investors, manufacturers, retailers, dealers, sales shops, wholesalers, distributors, architects, interior architects, and civil engineers on the industry’s only international trade platform.
50 PERCENT OF VISITORS ARE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Ufuk Altıntop, General Manager of Messe Stuttgart Ares Fair Organization, said they brought exhibitors and visitors in an area of 11 thousand square meters, and said: “We achieved double the growth in square meters compared to 2019. It was one of our goals to increase the number of exhibitors to over one hundred for the fair, which we organized for the fifth time this year. We are happy to achieve this goal. What makes us even happier is that our exhibitors are leaving the fair with positive business connections”.
Emphasizing that they increased both the number of domestic exhibitors and the number of foreign visitors at the fair held this year compared to previous years, Mr. Altıntop said; “50 percent of our visitors were foreign purchasing representatives. We think this situation offers very positive opportunities in terms of the export targets of our participants. To our fair; In addition to Turkey, 6 thousand of professional visitors came from 88 countries, mainly Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Croatia, England, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Kosovo, France, Israel, and Lebanon. In addition, we observed an increase in our European visitors this year.”
