IHA NEWS
IHA NEWS
Newsletter of the International Federation of Hardware and House wares Associations, 225 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7UB, Great Britain. Tel: +44 121 446 6688 Fax: +44 121 446 5215 E-mail: Web site:
Issue No.17April 2005
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European Symposium is a key event for IHA members
The EU Symposium to be held in Paris from November 9th -12th is a key event that you cannot afford to miss.
The theme of the symposium, which takes place on Thursday, November 10th, will be “What is Europe Today?” It will identify such problem areas currently under discussion as Turkey, enlargement, European Constitution and how is it all financed?
National abilities against European skills, European Directives above national laws and how Europe helps each country are among the other subjects on the agenda.
On November 9th, the day before the symposium, there will be a managing committee meeting at 3pm at the CFQ headquarters.
On Friday, November 11th, which is a French public holiday, there will be a complimentary visit to the Paris BATIMAT exhibition, where there will be a reception. Coach transport will be provided.
A tour to the Palace of Versailles on Saturday, November 12th, with a farewell dinner for participants back in Paris on Saturday evening, will round off what is sure to be a valuable and memorable occasion.
Venue for the event has now been confirmed as the prestigious and centrally located Hilton Hotel, Arc de Triomphe, 51-57 rue de Courcelles, 75008 Paris.
IHA members, especially association managers, international representatives and Presidents are urged to attend this, the first major initiative under the chairmanship of Olivier Blondet.
An early indication of your interest would be appreciated – please contact Jonathan Swift or Sheila Goodson at the BHF Group – for contact details see page 4.
Successful launch for Asia-Pacific
Sourcing
The first Asia-Pacific Sourcing fair in Cologne for Asian products in the house, garden and leisure segments was a hit with exhibitors and visitors.
From 27 February to 1 March 546 manufacturers and retail companies from 15 countries exhibited hardware/DIY, garden and ambience products in an overall exhibition area of 32 000 m2.
More than 7 000 trade visitors from approximately 60 countries were registered, over two-thirds of them from abroad. According to a visitor survey 21 per cent of those attending were from the retail trade, 38 per cent were engaged in wholesale and foreign trade and 25 per cent came from industry. (For further details see page 5).
UK Show Postponed
The premiere of the UK industry show Exclusively DIY, which was to open its doors for the first time this June, is being postponed until next year according to the organiser, the BHHMA.
The poor financial climate in the UK DIY sector was cited as the reason for the postponement.
Association members are facing declining sales in the DIY trade, growing pressure on margins and cost increases.
Profile
Thomas dammann
Managing director, Zentralverband Hartwarenhandel e.V., (zhh), germany
Where do you live?
In Neuss between Cologne and Düsseldorf.
What was your first job?
Selling tubes, before I studied jurisprudence (law).
What job would you like to have? Helicopter pilot.
What do you do in your spare time? Spend time with my children. Dancing, jogging, reading.
What is your favourite food?Filet steak.
What music do you listen to?Classical, Pop and Rock.
Who makes you laugh?My little daughter.
Where is your favourite place for a holiday? New Zealand.
What do you watch on television?Reports, thrillers and films.
What are your favourite books?The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett;The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien
What is the best sporting event youhave ever been to?The German formationdance Championship in 2000.
What things would you change about the hardware industry?
1. Clarify systems of distribution, 2. more democratic partnerships 3. fewer big players and more industry “middle classes”.
What are your pet hates?
Lies, cunning, false promises, breach of trust.
Who do you most admire?
Mother Theresa, Caesar, Gandhi.
What keeps you awake at night?
My small son.
What three items would you take to a desert island?
My wife, my children and a ship.
What are your hopes for the next 12 months?
Good health and a better economic environment.
Four New Halls
Four new exhibition halls are to be constructed at the Koelnmesse fairgrounds by the end of 2005.
The future Northern Halls will offer roughly 80 000 m2 of exhibition space and thus provide an equivalent area to the "Rheinhallen” that they will replace.
The International Hardware Fair with its two segments, tools on the one hand and security systems, locks and fittings on the other, will occupy the future, modernised Southern Halls. Practical World will be moving to the Northern Halls, along with the World of Home Improvement/DIY.
New Prize for Achievement
The Chamber of The Hardware Commerce of All-China Industry and Commerce Federation, which stages the China International Hardware Show with the China National Hardware Association, has teamed up with the Fangda Group, one of their major members, to set up The Fangda International Prize for outstanding contributions to the development of hardware industry and commerce.
Valued at 120,000
USD, the Prize will be
presented every year to
no more than three
individuals who have
achieved remarkable
accomplishment in any
one field of
international hardware
industry or commerce.
Until June, all associations can nominate candidates for the prize and hand the relevant documents to the Appraisal Committee. In August/September the Committee will meet and pick the winner(s). In November the prize will be presented in Changan Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, the location of the Fanda Group HQ.
The Appraisal Committee consists of seven Chinese plus representatives from North America and Europe, who will go to China for the appraisal meeting in August or September. IHA Secretary-General Jonathan Swift hasnominated John Hammond (USA) and Olivier Blondet (France) for the two vacancies.
events in 2005
April 21-24. Hong Kong Housewares Fair. Tel: 020 7616 9500.
April 22. BHF Group annual meeting, National Army Museum, London.
May 7-9. Gift & Homeware International, Melbourne, Australia. Tel: 0061 3 9261 4513
May 14-21. BHF Group National Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
May 15-17. Hardware & Tools, Dubai, UAE.
May 17-19. The Las Vegas Gourmet Housewares Show. Tel: 001 213 362 5640.
June 7-9. Gift & Homeware International, Melbourne, Australia. Tel: 00 03 9261 4513,
June 14-15. Exclusively Housewares, Business Design Centre, London. Tel. 01604 622023.
August 25-27. Japan DIY Homecenter Show 2005. Tokyo. Tel: 00 813-3256-4475.
Sept. 4-7. Autumn Fair ’05, NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 020 8277 5480.
Sept. 14-15. Scottish Housewares Show, Glasgow. Tel/fax: 01764 683725.
Sept. 18-20. GLEE, NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 020 8277 5861.
October 2-4. Scotland’s Autumn Fair, Glasgow. Tel: 01463 782 578.
October 7-16. The Autumn Ideal Home
Show. Earls Court, London. Tel: 020 8515 2000.
October 16-19. New York Gourmet Housewares Show. Tel: 001 213 363 5640.
If you would like your event listed, please send details to Max Reader, Editor of IHA News, at
IHA UPDATE ON MEMBERSHIP
Australia
HFA Secretariat, 180 Hay Street, East Perth, WA 6004, PO Box 6209.
President: Trevor Cochrane.
National Secretary: Brian Reynolds
Phone: +61 8 9365 7510 Fax: +61 8 9365 7550 e-mail:
Members: 1818
China
China National Hardware Association, No. 6 Di Xing Ju, An Wai, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, China. Post Code 100011
President: Zhang Dong Li
Vice Chairman: Shi Seng Lan
Phone: + 86 10 84119904 Fax: + 86 10 84110466
e-mail: website:
Members: 3,000
Denmark
Dansk Isenkram Forening, Vester Farimagsgade 19, Postbox 500, DK-1506 Copenhagen V
Director: Soren Vestereng
Phone: + 45-33-74 61 15 fax: + 45-33-74 61 80
e-mail: website:
Members: 550
Finland
Finnish Hardware Association, Mannerheimintie, 76B, FIN-00250 Helsinki
Director: Kari Kulmala
Phone: + 358-9-4315 6480 Fax: + 358-9-4315 6481 e-mail:
Members: 260
France
Confédération Française De La Quincaillerie (CFQ), 91 rue de Miromesnil, F- 75008 Paris
President: Patrice Viriot
Phone: + 331-4-561 99 44 Fax: + 331-4-225 77 52 e-mail:
Members: 406
Germany
ZHH, Zentralverband Hartwarehandel, e.V., Eichendorffstr. 3, D-40474 Düsseldorf
Director: Thomas Dammann
Phone: + 49-211-470-50-11 Fax: + 49-211-470-50-19
e-mail: website:
Members: 1550
Great Britain
British Hardware Federation, 225 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7UB, U.K.
Managing Director:Jonathan Swift
Phone: + 44-121-446 6688 Fax: + 44-121-446 5215
e-mail: website:
Members: 4000
Ireland
Irish Hardware & Building Materials Association, Elmville, Upper Kilmacud Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Eire
Director: Jim Goulding
Phone: + 353-1-298- 09 69 Fax: + 353-1-298 61 03
e-mail: website:
Members: 600
Italy
Assofermet, 20121 Milano - M1, Corso Venezia, 47-49
Director: Maurizio Ferrario. Deputy Director: Luca Carbonoli
Phone: + 390-2-76008-807 Fax: + 390-2-781-027
e-mail: website:
Members: 179
Japan
Japan DIY Industry Association, Shinkanda Building, 1-8-5 Kajicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
Secretary General: Michiaki Yamamoto
Phone: + 81-3-3256 4475 Fax: + 81-3-3256 4457
e-mail:
website:
Members: 855 (Retail: 173, Industry: 683)
Netherlands
Vertaz, brancheorganisatie technische handel
Adriaan Geokooplaan 5 / 2517 JX Den Haag. Postbus 29822 / 2502 LV Den Haag
President: Mr H K Oudshoorn
Secretary General: Mr Henry J J Kruiper
Phone: + 31 70 338 46 61 Fax: + 31 70 351 27 77
e-mail: website:
Members: 148
Norway
Jernvaregrossistenes Landesforening, Drammensveien 30, Postboks 2866 Solli, 0230 Oslo
Secretary General: Paul Eilertsen
Phone: + 47 22 44 78 73 Fax: + 47 22 44 87 47
Members: 10
Pakistan
Pakistan Hardware Merchants Association
47 Nishter Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Circle Chairman: M Imram Dawood
Secretary: Ghulam Sarwar
Phone: +92 42 7631182 Fax: +92 42 7641369
Members: 200
Sweden
Sveriges Bygg- och Järnhandlareförbund, Box 17559, S - 118 91 Stockholm
Director: Jan Roth
Phone: + 46 8 505 970 70 Fax: + 46 8 505 970 75
e-mail: website:
Members: 334
Switzerland
Verband des Schweizerschen Eisenwaren-und Haushaltartikelhandles (VSE), Neugutstrasse 12, Postfach 27, CH - 8304 Wallisellen
Präsident: Hanspeter Sahli
Secretary General: Christoph Rotermund, lic. rer. publ. HSG
Phone: + 41-1-878 70 50 Fax: +41-1-878 70 55
e-mail: website:
Members: 466
U.S.A.
National Retail Hardware Association, 5822 West 74th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46278
Managing Director: John P Hammond
Phone: + 1-317-290 0338 Fax: + 1-317-328 4354
e-mail: website:
Members: 15000
MANAGING COMMITTEE
President 2004-2006,
Zhang Dongli, China.
Chairman, Olivier Blondet, France.
Treasurer, Mark Fahey, Australia.
Blair Douglas, USA.
Paul Kellerwessel, Germany.
Chris Patterson, UK.
Jorgen Brandt
Secretary General, Jonathan Swift, United Kingdom. Personal Assistant, Sheila Goodson.
Phone: + 44-121-446 6688
Fax: + 44-121-446 5215
e-mail: website:
“Wow Factor” for 2009 Congress
Plans are now well in hand to give the IHA 2009 Centenary Congress the “wow factor” to ensure it is an exceptional event.
A meeting of the Congress Committee at BHF headquarters in Birmingham on March 8th agreed to go ahead on the basis that the best location for the Congress would be London in September 2009.
A leading professional conference organiser has been thoroughly briefed and will be submitting his recommendations within the next few weeks regarding suitable venues, timing and duration of the event, and the business and social programme.
In addition to three half day business sessions, a theme night and gala banquet, Congress visitors will have the chance to visit the internationally acclaimed Garden & Leisure Equipment Exhibition in Birmingham. There will also be a range of excursions.
US to welcome Canadian retailers
Following the recent and unexpected demise of the Canadian Retail Hardware Association, there is news that the National Retail Hardware Association is in the process of changing its name to the North American Hardware Association (NRHA) to reflect the inclusion of Canadian retailers.
In the January issue of Do-It-Yourself Retailing (USA), John P. Hammond wrote”… we have always said that if our association folded its tent it wouldn’t take long for someone to start another one. Well, that’s what NRHA is attempting to do for the approximately 1,700 Canadian hardware and home improvement retailers who belong to the CRHA.”
NRHA is working to provide a package of Internet-based electronic services to Canadian retailers either on a direct basis or through a low-cost, high value group membership program through Canadian programmed distributors.
“The loss of CRHA should give every retailer cause for reflection,” says Hammond. “Independent hardware and home improvement retailers need an independent voice to speak for them and to them. Once the voice is no more, the silence is deafening.”
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
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