Significantly more visitors expected

The organisers of the Tool Japan - 4th International Hardware and Tools Expo Tokyo are reckoning with an increase in visitor numbers. The fair takes place from 15 to 17 October 2014 in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo and will be held together with the Gardex – 8th International Garden Expo, the Ifex – 11th International Flower Expo and with the two International Agricultural Technology Exhibitions Agritech Japan and Agrinext. Approximately 45 000 visitors are expected for the combined trade fairs, which would mean an increase by a third compared to 2013. Around 250 companies will exhibit at Tool Japan. The product ranges that will be covered include “repair, maintenance and assembling tools”, “carpenters’ tools”, “landscaping and forestry tools” as well as “workers’ gear and safety equipment”. According to the organisers, Reed Exhibition Japan, it will be the biggest tool trade fair in the country. Just like Gardex, Tool Japan is considered a platform for business contacts not only for Japan, but for the whole of Asia. The garden fair will also have around 250 exhibiting companies. Also not to be missed is the plants and flowers exhibition Ifex, which is running parallel. After all, the Japanese flower market has an estimated volume of USD 12 bn, almost half the size of the European market and as a single market, the second largest in the world after the USA.