Friday 18 April 2008 and we’re happy to report another successfully completed show for in-cosmetics. Despite a little early nervousness about the location among organisers and exhibitors, in the end visitors flocked to Amsterdam.
The Netherlands may not be a huge centre for cosmetics manufacture but in-cosmetics Amsterdam attracted visitors from all over the world. Of around 5000 unique visitors recorded by the end of day two, a massive 92% were international, which is very unusual in show terms. Organisers and exhibitors reported visitors up from Germany, the UK, Eastern Europe and Asia, particularly China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan. There were also large contingents from the Middle East and South Africa.
“We can now really call it a truly global event,” commented exhibition manager, Lucy Gillam. “The challenge going forward is to take these visitors with us as well attract a local crowd in Germany next year.”
Munich will host in-cosmetics from 21-23 April 2009. Then in 2010 the show returns to Paris where it will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.
You can catch full reports from the show, the conferences and other features in the May and June issues of SPC as well as here on this site.