55. Istanbul Jewelry Show | 17 - 20 April 2024

56. Istanbul Jewelry Show | 02 - 05 October 2024

Venue | Istanbul Expo Center

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55. Istanbul Jewelry Show will take place for the first time in April, from Wednesday to Saturday, on 17-20 April 2024. You can find the press releases and latest news of the 55. Istabul Jewelry Show below.

The jewelry trade will glow in April this time

Ranking 3rd in world’s gold jewelry, Türkiye’s local jewelry brands and the pioneering global brands of the jewelry sector are preparing to showcase their newest collections at Istanbul Jewelry Show.
One of the top five global jewelry fairs and the first and only international meeting point of specialists in Türkiye, Istanbul Jewelry Show, will be held for the very first time at a new date and new days. Istanbul Jewelry Show will be held in April 17-20, 2024 for four days from Wednesday to Saturday. It will bring together the professionals of the entire jewelry sector from East Europe to Near East, Russia, North Africa, CIS Countries, and the Middle East at the Istanbul Expo Center for the 55th time.

The jewelry sector achieved an export of 6,9 billion dollars in January-November 2023 as a substantial part of these export volumes accounts for Istanbul Jewelry Show. The show will once again assume a major role in jewelry trade in 2024. Istanbul Jewelry Show, held twice in a year by Informa Markets will host showcasing of a range of product groups like gold, jewelry, diamonds, colored gemstones, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, silver, silver ornaments, and silverware, gold monture, refinery, watches, molds, window dressing, machinery-equipment and subsidiary industry, case box, software, logistics, and lightening. The Fair to be held in April is expected to be attended by over 33.500 visitors and over 1.500 companies and brands from over 140 countries.

The world of jewelry is focused on Istanbul Jewelry Show which is preparing to open its gates in April. While domestic and international sectoral professionals will find the opportunity to see the most special Turkish designs inspired by Anatolian culture of thousand years and will be able to discover the newest collections of future seasons at international pavilions of various countries.

The jewelry trends of future will be shaped at the Fair

Istanbul Jewelry Show, will not simply set the stage for new collaboration and trade agreements during the four days but will also host the events that define the design trends of the sector. In this context, “Designer Club”, the joint project of Jewelry Exporters’ Association and Istanbul Jewelry Show will provide the opportunity to jewelry designers and craftsmen to exhibit their designs and jewelry at a special space and will offer the collections to the jewelry sector’s taste. During the Fair, “Art for Jewellery – Inspiration Hub” event will also be held with the cooperation of Jewelry Exporters’ Association and Istanbul Jewelry Show. The event aims at ensuring the art and artists contribute to the jewelry sector and the world’s number one trend forecasting firm will also explain new trends relating to the sector, at the WSGN.
 

Istanbul Jewelry Show will contribute approximately 5 billion dollars to jewelry exports in 2024

Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), one of the five largest jewelry shows in the world and Türkiye's first and only international jewelry business-to-business (B2B) platform, will contribute $5 billion to the sector's 2024 exports. More than 33,500 visitors from at least 140 different countries are expected to come to the 55th edition of the fair, which is organized twice a year, on April 17-20, 2024. Thanks to the international buyer delegation program, sector professionals and the industry's major buyers, will come to the Istanbul Expo Center for one-to-one trade agreements and large-scale orders. More than 1,500 companies and brands will participate in the fair, which is expected to meet 80 percent of the sector's exports.

As the world's 3rd largest producer in the jewelry sector, Türkiye's 2023 exports exceeded 7 billion dollars. The sector, which aims to maintain its steady growth in exports in 2024, will realize a significant part of its international sales with the Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) Fair to be held in April.

Şermin Cengiz, Co-Founder of Istanbul Jewelry Show, said that Informa Markets has organized 13 different jewelry shows in 7 different countries, including Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem show, the world's largest in its field, and that they have created a strong synergy for the Turkish jewelry sector by combining their global know-how in the sector with Istanbul Jewelry Show's nearly 40 years of experience. "We meet 80 percent of our country's jewellery exports at the Istanbul Jewelry Show fairs we organize twice a year," Cengiz said, adding that preparations for the 55th edition of the show on April 17-20, 2024 are underway and that they will host a huge amount of trade, especially with the international buyer program and procurement delegations from different countries.

The 55th edition of Istanbul Jewelry Show, which has been bringing together important companies, brands and buyers of the jewelry industry since 1986, will feature product groups such as gold, jewelry, diamonds, colored stones, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, silver, silver jewelry and silver household goods, gold montage, refinery, watches, molds, showcase decoration, machinery-equipment and sub-industry, safe, software, logistics and lighting.

Better Stands for sustainability at IJS 2024

Istanbul Jewelry Show is implementing a series of practices for exhibitors and visitors to support sustainable development.

Informa Markets, the world's largest fair organizer, continues to take sustainable development steps to inspire the jewelry industry at the Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS). One of the important steps that has been taken are “Better Stands program”. According to the data that has been asserted by Informa Markets, a medium-sized disposable exhibition stand produces approximately four tons of waste. This figure is almost 10 times the average annual household waste of a person. Informa Markets aims to encourage all exhibitors and contractors at the Istanbul Jewelry Show not to build disposable booths with the Better Stands program, which has been implemented for all its exhibitions worldwide. Based on Better Stands program, all booths are divided into four categories based on specific components that are reused or recycled: Disposable, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Different criteria, from lighting to flooring, furniture to decoration, building materials to signage, are evaluated according to a scoring system. At the Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), which will be held on April 17-20, 2024 sponsored by Elmas Kule, stands of 24 square meters or less are required to be environmentally friendly. The application aims to ensure that all booths in the fair area are reusable.

Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) sponsored by Elmas Kule, which is preparing to open its doors for the 55th time by Informa Markets, offers exhibitors and visitors suggestions to guide them on sustainability in addition to the Better Stands program in order to realize an environmentally and socially responsible fair. Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) offers a series of incentives and awareness-raising suggestions to exhibitors, such as the use of local suppliers, the selection criteria of the hotel to be used for accommodation, the preference of public transportation, the use of LED lighting equipment in the booth, the use of digital platforms instead of paper brochures, reducing the amount of waste in the booth as much as possible during the fair and recycling the inevitable waste, the amount of equipment and materials to be purchased for the booth, their environmental characteristics and long-term usefulness, and the recycling of badges.

IJS 2024 encourages visitors to become more sustainable

Istanbul Jewelry Show also offers suggestions for professionals who will visit the fair to enable a more sustainable visit. In this context; it is aimed to make visitors more sustainable with practices such as taking only the materials and brochures they need and will actually use, turning to digital platforms as much as possible, being informed about the sustainability approaches of the exhibitors in their products and services, sorting their garbage during the fair and throwing it in the appropriate recycling bins, using public transportation to and from the fair, and choosing eco-certified hotels close to the fairground to reduce their carbon footprint.
More than 1,500 companies and brands will take part in Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) sponsored by Elmas Kule, the first and only international jewelry B2B meeting of Türkiye, the world's 3rd largest producer of gold jewelry. More than 33,500 visitors from more than 140 countries are expected to come to the fair, where product groups such as gold, jewelry, diamonds, colored stones, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, silver, silver jewelry and silver household goods, gold montage, refinery, watch, mold, showcase decoration, machinery-equipment and sub-industry, safe, software, logistics and lighting will be exhibited together.

 

Design trends that will shape the world of jewelry at 55th Istanbul Jewelry Show

The countdown has started for the 55th Edition of Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), one of the five largest jewelry fairs in the world and Türkiye's first and only international specialized meeting in this field, to be held on April 17 - 20, 2024.
The exhibition, organized for the first time in April by Informa Markets under the sponsorship of Elmas Kule, will be held for four days from Wednesday to Saturday and will present all the innovations in the gold and jewelry industry together. Istanbul Expo Center will also host WGSN, world's number one trend forecasting company.
The professionals following the WGSN Seminar, where the trends of Fall & Winter 24/25 in jewelry will be announced, also discover the driving forces behind jewelry, the fascinating materials, design details and colors that are going to shape the industry.

Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), which will be held for the first time on its new date and new days, will host new cooperation and trade agreements worth billions of dollars, as well as events that set the design trends of the industry.

The Fall & Winter 24/25 Trends Seminar prepared by WGSN for 55th Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) will share the codes of the change signals affecting the world jewelry industry.

55th Istanbul Jewellery Show (IJS) showcases more than 1,500 companies and brands

The Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), organized by Informa Markets, world's largest fair organizer, under the sponsorship of Elmas Kule, will gather all jewelry industry professionals from Eastern Europe to the Near East, from Russia to North Africa, from CIS Countries to the Middle East at Istanbul Expo Center for the 55th time.

Over 1,500 companies and brands and more than 33,500 visitors from more than 140 countries are expected at the fair, where product groups such as gold, jewelry, diamonds, colored stones, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, silver, silver jewelry and silver household goods, gold montage, refinery, watch, mold, showcase decoration, machinery-equipment and sub-industry, safe, software, logistics and lighting will be showcased together.

Istanbul Jewelry Show Opens the Doors of Exports

Türkiye is among the world's five largest markets in terms of gold jewelry market size, along with India, China, the USA and Russia, and ranks third in production after India and Italy. The Turkish Jewelry Sector, which closed 2023 with an export volume of 7 billion 640 million 637 thousand dollars, realizes 80 percent of its international sales at the Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), which is held twice a year. Organized by Informa Markets and sponsored by Elmas Kule, the fair, which is preparing to open its doors for the 55th time, will offer unique opportunities to the international jewelry sector by being held in Istanbul, which unites not only continents but also thousands of years of ancient cultures and is positioned as one of the most important trade links of the world supply chain. The first meeting of 2024 will take place on April 17 - 20 at the Istanbul Expo Center.

Türkiye's top export destinations at Istanbul Jewelry Show

Professionals of the jewelry world from Eastern Europe to the Near East, from Russia to North Africa, from CIS Countries to the Middle East will meet at the Istanbul Expo Center for the 55th time. While the Turkish Jewelry Sector closed 2023 with an export figure of over 7.5 billion dollars, it made the most international sales to the United Arab Emirates, USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Iraq, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, and Libya. In 2023, the highest number of international visitors to the Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS), which was held in March and October, came from the USA, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, India, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. Istanbul Jewelry Show (IJS) continues to bring together professionals from target markets as well as the countries to which the Turkish Jewelry Sector exports the most, with participating brands for direct trade. The fair, which will be held in April for the first time this year and will last for four days from Wednesday to Saturday, is expected to attract more than 33,500 visitors from over 140 countries.


55. Istanbul Jewelry Show ''The Jewelry Trade Will Glow In April This Time'' Press Release

Publication Date: 5 December 2023

55. Istanbul Jewelry Show ''Istanbul Jewelry Show Will Contribute Approximately 5 Billion Dollars to Jewelry Exports In 2024'' Press Release

Publication Date: 25 December 2023

55. Istanbul Jewelry Show ''Better Stands For Sustainability At IJS 2024'' Press Release

Publication Date: 16 February 2024

55. Istanbul Jewelry Show ''Design Trends That Will Shape The World of Jewelry At 55th Istanbul Jewelry Show'' Press Release

Publication Date: 27 February 2024

55. Istanbul Jewelry Show ''Istanbul Jewelry Show Opens the Doors of Exports'' Press Release

Publication Date: 15 March 2024

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