REPORT ON VICENZA ORO WINTER, 23-28 JANUARY 2015

The Fiera Di Vicenza Winter January edition kick-started on 23rd January 2015.

The new concept VICENZAORO The Boutique Show won over exhibitors, buyers

and visitors. The new exhibitive format introduced with the VICENZAORO

January edition, met with enormous favour on the part of the industry's traders.

The new layout was especially appreciated for having facilitated business

meetings between buyers and companies thanks to subdividing the offer into six

highly identifiable clusters.

Fiera di Vicenza's 9 pavilions and 29,000 m² hosted over 1,500 brands, touching

on a grand total of over 33,000 visitors in the six days of the Show. With a

significant increase of 13% compared to the 2014 edition, 18,532 buyers passed

through the turnstiles. The number of foreign traders, which reached 8,361 from

122 countries, recording an 8% increase, confirmed Fiera di Vicenza's

international inclination and interest for Made in Italy jewellery. The number of

Italian traders, +18%, also increased reaching 10,171, a figure that encourages

optimism in terms of a possible recovery of the domestic market.

In terms of buyers' countries of origin, a general increase from the Euro zone, the

Balkan area and central-eastern Europe was recorded. A general growth also

from the Mediterranean basin and middle-eastern sub-continent. India and

China confirm the growing role of high-range markets. The United States

highlight renewed interest in Italian quality products as did Latin America.

The TREND FORUM display took place on January 24th on the Promenade of

Pavilion 1 - Look District, which, through a visual and physical path, allowed

visitors to undertake a journey into the future by discovering, through images

and suggestions, the Mega Trends for 2016. These are the trends that will

influence the design, production and distribution of contemporary jewellery,

inspired by social, cultural, political and environmental phenomena.

The show also featured T-GOLD 2015 which is one of the most prominent

technology and machinery show for the jewellery industry. The show featured

about 130 leading machinery companies. This international show is positioned as

an essential showcase to understand latest technological innovations and

machinery for the jewellery industry. The expo aimed to stress the indissoluble link

between creative capabilities and technology, where innovation affects the

production process all round. As T-GOLD is a focused technology and

machinery show, it was an ideal platform to network with the machinery

exhibitors.

India Pavillion

The Council organized the India Pavillion with 13 exhibitors spreading over Hall

No 3.0 and Hall No 3.1.

Hall No 3.1

Company Name Stall. No.

Ariha Diamond Jewellery Pvt Ltd. 190 & 191

Core Jewellery Pvt. Ltd. 196

Beauty Creation Pvt Ltd 187 & 188

Uni Design Jewellery Pvt. Ltd 180 & 181

KGK Creations Pvt. Ltd 197 & 198

Fine Jewellery Manufacturing Ltd. 192

Indigo Jewellery Pvt. Ltd 195

Ruta Jewels 194

Intergold India Pvt Ltd 193

Pietre Del Monde 182

Hall No 3.0

Company Name Stall No.

Nikhil Enterprises 110

Hari Krishna Exports Pvt. Ltd. 124

Chouhan Enterprises 158

The Exhibitors participating under the India Pavillion were very happy with the

Boutique Concept and the overall booth and India Pavilion look. Most of the

exhibitors did very good business over the 6 day period with many of them

having pre-scheduled meetings along-with walk-in visitors as well.

India Pavillion in Hall 3.1

Meeting with H. E. Mr. Manish Prabhat, Consul General of India to Milan, Italy

The Consul General of India to Milan, Italy visited the fair on Sunday, January 25,

2015. Mr. Sridhar Iyengar and Mr. Prasad Patil from the Council along-with Mr.

Bitthal Maheshwari - Council’s European Co-ordinator escorted the Consul

General to the Secretariat’s stall.

Mr. Iyengar and Mr. Maheshwari briefed the CG about the India Pavillion along-

with the newly introduced boutique concept. They informed the CG about the

composition of exhibitors participating through the India Pavillion along-with the

overall exhibitor response to the new concept.

The Council’s secretariat thanked the CG for his gracious presence at the fair

and also gifted him mementoes as a token of appreciation. Post the meeting,

the CG visited each exhibitor participating under the India Pavillion in both the

halls.

From L to R: Mr. Sridhar Iyengar, Director, International Events, GJEPC; H.E. Mr.

Manish Prabhat, Consul General of India to Milan, Italy; Mr. Prasad Patil, Asst.

Manager, International Events, GJEPC

Meeting with Mr. Giuseppe Zechin, Sales Director, Fiera Di Vicenza

Mr. Sridhar Iyengar and Mr. Prasad Patil had a meeting with Mr. Giuseppe

Zechin, Sales Director, FDV on January 26, 2015 at the Council’s booth. The

Council’s representative gave a brief about the overall exhibitor response to the

new look, pavilion positioning and exhibitor services.