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ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS PREVIEW 2017

MILANO UNICA 1 - 3 February FIERAMILANO RHO - HALL 8 – Aisle A

The Italian fashion and accessories manufacturing show, promoted by the

Italian Exhibition Group, presents a preview of the 2017 edition,

scheduled for 11-13 July, at the Milan textiles show.

Milan, February, 1 2017 – ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS, the Italian fashion and accessories manufacturing show, will be participating at Milano Unica from 1 to 3 February with a preview of the 2017 edition, to be held from 11 to 13 July.

Promoted by Italian Exhibition Group Spa – the company born from the merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza and overseen by Lorenzo Cagnoni, President and CEO, Matteo Marzotto, Executive Vice President, and Corrado Facco, Managing Director - ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS will be presenting a preview of the July 2017 edition of the show at Milano Unica, involving five premium companies that represent the four categories into which the project is structured: Textiles, Leather, Technology and Stone. The IEG Italian Manufacturing Show is the platform that brings together the finest aesthetic and craft expertise of the masters of Italian manufacturing for the benefit of the fashion and style segment, connecting them with the decision makers– product and operations managers, style offices - of the top international brands in the fashion industry and offering them a synergic production chain in an environment - the International Textiles Show - in which global visibility is assured.

Atelier Stimamiglio, D’orica Srl, Lilium Ricamo, Stebor Srl and Tessitura La Colombina are the companies that have already chosen to participate at ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS 2017, and will be present on 1-3 February at Milano Unica as representatives of the four categories into which the format is structured: Textiles and Leather, dedicated to the tailoring, assembly and finishing of textile or leather products and other connected services; Technology, which presents technological semi-finished products or semi-finished products different from textiles and leather, highly-innovative products and services and patents; Stone, which brings together companies specialised in components, stones, chains and accessories.

Among the various initiatives taking place in the ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS area,on 2 February CNA Federmoda will be promoting the ‘Italian Manufacturing’ project, conceived to support and promote the fashion production chain also through the web community

There are also many initiatives with the local offices of Confartigianato, with whom the nationwide partnership continues for the 2017 edition.

The collaboration between ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS and Milano Unica – a win-win partnership formed in 2016 - continues and grows stronger in 2017 with the two scheduled events: the February promotional preview and the manufacturing show that takes place at the same time as the July edition of the trade fair.

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ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP SPA: FOCUS ON

Italian Exhibition Group SpA, the company born from the merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza, is overseen by Lorenzo Cagnoni President and CEO,MatteoMarzotto, vice president, and CorradoFacco, Managing Director. IEG, which closed 2016 with forecast pro-forma revenues of € 123 million, an EBITDA2 of € 22.9 million and a consolidated net profit of approx. € 6.6 million,is the second biggest Italian company in the industry in terms of turnover with 60 products - annual and bi-annual shows - in its portfolio (relating to the Food & Beverage, Green, Technology, Entertainment, Tourism, Transport, Wellness, Jewellery and Fashion, and Lifestyle & Innovation production chains) and 216 events and conferences. The company’s main goal is to foster the internationalisation of these segments, representative of Beautiful and Well Made Italian products in the world, starting with a solid presence across the globe with a joint venture already in place in the United Arab Emirates and a presence in the US, China, India, and South America. IEG also acts as a national leader in the conference and congress segment. In 2016, IEG hosted 14,593 exhibitors at its Rimini and Vicenza exhibition and conference venues, welcoming almost 2.5 million visitors.

ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP SPA: PRESS CONTACT

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