42 SHOW PREVIEW
FIT SHOW: THE SHOWCASE FOR GLASS & GLAZING
The FIT Show, the UK’s premier trade exhibition dedicated to the window, door and glazed extension industry opens its doors at Birmingham’s NEC in May. A showcase for innovation, products and services, it promises to be a must- see event for housebuilding professionals.
over the past 30 or 40 years, with products that are increasingly more secure and energy efficient. With that in mind, the aspirations of homeowners have also become more demanding. For professional housebuilders, the perform- ance of windows and doors has always been important, thanks of course to ever more demanding Building Regulations and also because a warm and secure home is a big selling point. But while it’s always made sense to ensure that they look as attractive as possible, it is now evident that consumers are more ‘style conscious’ than ever when it comes to their homes. They don’t just want their windows and doors to keep them warm and safe, they want them to look good. In fact, they want to show them off! It’s a phenomenon that has perhaps become most apparent at the FIT Show, the UK’s premier trade exhibition for the window, door and glazed extension market. The FIT Show, which first appeared in 2013, quickly established itself as an essential event for the glass and glazing industry, and while it primarily ‘sells to itself’, it is also a fantastic showcase for specifiers and designers of all types of residential buildings. After a 2016 event that played host to some of the most important product launches seen in over a decade, including four entirely new window systems, the FIT Show promises to be
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indows and doors are constantly evolv- ing and, as such, the fenestration industry has changed immeasurably
bigger and better than ever for its next outing in 2017. The previous show at the Telford International Centre featured 180 exhibitors and was bursting at the seams, so a new home at Birmingham’s NEC, which can accommodate closer to 250, has really given the exhibition space to grow. This of course means there’s potential to not only discover more new compa- nies, products and services, but explore more business opportunities as well. Nickie West, FIT Show event director explains: “Exhibitions offer much more than just a platform to launch new product – everything is new to somebody. Having said that we do have a very large number of exhibitors launching new products and, of course, it’s important to remem- ber that around 30 per cent of the exhibition space (on current figures) will be occupied by companies who didn’t exhibit in 2016 so there will be acres of ‘new’.” So, whether it’s to see new products and innovations, sample the expert seminar programme, or take the opportunity to meet new and existing suppliers, the FIT Show represents a fantastic opportunity for housebuilding profes- sionals to gain an insight into all the fenestration market has to offer. And with ‘Big Tuesday’ being introduced for 2017 – which will see opening hours on the Tuesday extended to 8pm to allow more time at the show and for some to enjoy a more relaxed ‘party’ atmosphere – it could also allow them to sample the industry’s famous social scene as well.
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