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A Sustainable Glow at the Jewelry Show 

The damages lead by global climate change reminds us of the requirement of protecting the nature. Several international organizations are now bringing the theme of “sustainability” to the agenda by preferring the environment-friendly products. Istanbul Jewelry Show organized by Informa Markets aims at forming a public opinion regarding sustainability and providing support to the solution of challenges in the jewelry sector.

Istanbul Jewelry Show bases its sustainability work on 3 fundamental points: helping the jewelry sector by inspiring sustainable development, making the fair more environmentally sensitive every single day, and organizing the fair by fulfilling social responsibilities. The fair provides support to the designers, workshops, vocational high schools, and universities with a view to underscoring the importance of sustainable development.

Several environmentally sensitive works draw attention to the significance of the topic in the fair. In terms of reducing carbon emissions, during the event, details come to fore like reducing the number of printed materials, recycling of name badges and fair carpets, electricity saving by using LED technology, holding visitor queries online with the help of a tablet with a view to reducing the use of papers, and ensuring the transfer of participants and visitors to the fair venue via mass transportation to minimize CO2 emissions.

98 tons of wastes were collected in the recently held fair of October 2022 and were readied for recycling. The use of plastics in the beverage-catering sections at the exhibition space was minimized and was transferred to the reusable products. The food not used during the fair was sorted out to be donated to animal shelters.

Istanbul Jewelry Show gains Strength from Renewable Energy!

The Fair focuses on transitioning into the use of renewable electricity by 2022 and contributes to bringing carbon footprint of Informa Markets to Net Zero.

The Fair leaves an indelible impression by means of its contributions not only to the sector that it organizes but also to the region. A collaboration is being held with the domestic catering companies, and visitors and participants are offered accommodation options nearby the exhibition area, and this does not only contribute input to regional economy but also to reducing the transportation duration and supporting the participants and visitors in reducing carbon footprints.

The Fair shares the results of entire works on sustainability throughout the year and raises sustainability awareness of the event participants and visitors. The Fair also calls on its participants to prepare their stands with reusable and sustainability-oriented products and accordingly implements necessary arrangements.

The Fair will be held at Istanbul Exhibition Center on 16-19 Match 2023 and raises its responsibilities on sustainability every single year and continues to provide information flow to the sector regarding a sustainable ecosystem.

Trends of the Jewelry Industry are Set in Istanbul

 WGSN, the world's leading consumer trend forecaster, will reveal the jewelry trends at Istanbul Jewelry Show!

Recognized as one of the top five jewelry exhibitions in the world, Istanbul Jewelry Show will be held on 16-19 March 2023 at Istanbul Expo Center for the 53rd time. The exhibition will also host the "Art for Jewellery - Inspiration Hub", which presents the inspiring aspect of art, with the support of the Jewellery Exporters' Association. At the event, WGSN, the world's leading consumer trend forecaster, will be concurrently hosted as the seminar and content partner by Istanbul Jewelry Show, for the first time, with a view to contribute to the information flow and development of jewelry industry. Trends and forecasts regarding the jewelry industry will be presented to industry representatives at the seminar to be held.

The world's leading international jewelry exhibition, Istanbul Jewelry Show, is preparing to host 40,000 jewelry buyers from more than 140 countries on 16-19 March 2023 at Istanbul Expo Center. Organized twice a year by Informa Markets, the exhibition is the meeting point of the industry, not only for the products exhibited by the exhibitors, but also for its concurrent events.

“Art for Jewellery – Inspiration Hub” held with the support of the Jewellery Exporters' Association and Istanbul Jewelry Show for the first time during the October 2022 fair is preparing to bring together art and jewelry this year, as well. WGSN, the world's leading consumer trend forecaster, will also conduct a seminar for the first time during the event. As the latest trends in the jewelry industry are announced as part of the seminar, a great interest is expected to be shown by both local and foreign exhibitors.

About WGSN
WGSN, the world's leading online research and analytics service, provides services to the fashion industry. Founded in 1998 in London, WGSN reaches 74,000 users in 87 countries through its offices and global consultants, established also in several fashion centers like New York, Tokyo, Paris and Barcelona. Members of WGSN include numerous well-known brands around the world.
 

The Jewelry of Economy Shines 

The jewelry of economy continues to shine every single day. Having an annual gold production of 35 tons, Türkiye has broken a record with a 419,9 million dollars of jewelry exports in January. Ranking amongst top 10 countries in global gold production, Türkiye prepares to host for the 53rd time the “Istanbul Jewelry Show”, one of the top 5 jewelry fairs of the world. The fair to be held by Informa Markets at Istanbul Expo Center on 16-19 March 2023 targets at bringing the latest products and services of 1500 companies and brands with over 40.000 sectoral professionals coming from over 140 countries.

Türkiye’s exports grow unabated despite the setbacks in global supply chain that deeply affect the entire world, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and energy crisis. ‘Jewelry Sector’ holds an important position in respect of export products. While the jewelry sector performed 5 billion 855 million dollars of exports in 2022, the gold and silver exports increased by 7% and stone jewelry exports grew by around 33%. Representatives of such an outstanding sector prepare to gather for the 53rd time at ‘Istanbul Jewelry Show’ to be held by Informa Markets at the Istanbul Expo Center on 16-19 March 2023.

1500 companies and brands will be exhibiting in the fair that comprises of product groups like gold jewelry, diamond, color stone jewelry, precious and semi-precious stones, pearl, silver, silver jewelry and silver houseware, molding, refinery, watches, display and packaging, machinery-equipment and sub-industry, jewelry safe, software, logistics, and lighting. The companies exhibiting in the fair that provides meeting and cooperation opportunities with buyers from the U.S.A to India and many other regions will be displaying their special products and collections to 40.000 sector professionals coming from over 140 countries.

The Trends of the Jewelry Sector will be Set

The fair hosting the domestic and international professionals will not only feature the Designer Club, the joint project of the Jewelry Exporters’ Association and Istanbul Jewelry Show, but also will provide the opportunity to the jewelry designers and masters to display the designs and jewelries at their own stand. This compartment at the exhibition space ensures that designers open up to the world. “Art for Jewelry – Inspiration Hub” will also be held at the fair with the cooperation of Jewelry Exporters’ Association and Chamber of Jewelers of Istanbul. WSGN, world’s number 1 trend forecasting firm will announce the sectoral trends within the scope of the event that aims at the art’s and artist’s contribution to the jewelry sector with the help of different projects.

Turkish Jewelry Sector is Promoted to the World

Şermin Cengiz, Istanbul Jewelry Show Founding Partner said: “Jewelry is a leading value-adding product. Jewelry accounts for 80% of the 6 billion dollars of exports in our fair. The gold reserves discovered in Türkiye provide a positive impact on national exports and demands. As we set out this journey 37 years ago with the exhibiton of 38 firms, we are now offering a unique environment where the Turkish jewelry sector is promoted to the world. We will incessantly continue to create job opportunities for our sector and further increase our exportation goal.”

Sustainability Comes to Fore at the Fair

Several environmentally sensitive works draw attention to the importance of sustainability. In line with the vision of sustainability, the event features details like reduction of printed materials, recycling of badges and exhibition carpets, energy saving via LED technology, online preparation of visitor’s surveys via tablets with a view to reducing paper use and transporting the exhibitors and visitors to the exhibition area by mass transportation to minimize CO2 emissions.

Players of the Jewelry Industry Came Together for the 51st time in Istanbul and new business deals made at the show brought momentum to the global jewelry industry…

Istanbul Jewelry Show-March 2022 broke records with the number of visitors and hosted 36.500 visitors from 147 countries with a 16% increase!

Organized by Informa Markets, with IGI as the main sponsor, between 24-27 March 2022 Istanbul Jewelry Show – March 2022 brought together, the players of the global jewelry industry at Istanbul Expo Center. Products and services developed specifically for the exhibition by 1250 companies and brands from 15 countries have been offered to the likes of sector’s professionals. Orders and new business deals made during the exhibition period brought momentum mainly to Turkish jewelry exports and also to global jewelry trade. While the March-2022 exhibition marked a 16% increase in number of visitors compared to March 2019 exhibition, 30,5% of the visitors comprised buyers from 147 countries.

30 March 2022, Istanbul – Recognized as one of the most prominent jewelry industry trade events in the global agenda and as main sponsored by IGI, the Global Authority in Diamond, Gemstone and Jewelry Grading, Istanbul Jewelry Show brought the leading companies and brands of the sector to the professionals of the jewelry industry in a safe manner, offering opportunities for new business collaborations and a unique platform for exchanging knowledge and information.

The exhibition hosted the highest number of visitors while achieving a huge increase in number of countries represented by visitors.

Compared to the exhibition organized in March 2019, Istanbul Jewelry Show-March 2022 Exhibition achieved a 16% increase in the number of visitors. Again, compared to March 2019 Exhibition, March 2022 Exhibition saw a 134% increase in number of visitors from South America, 97% increase in number of visitors from Africa, 94% increase in number of visitors from North America, 76% increase in number of visitors from Oceania, 35% increase in number of visitors from Europe and a 4% increase in number of visitors from Middle East. While March 2019 Exhibition hosted visitors from 110 countries, for March 2022 exhibition, this figure increased to 147.visitors ever while achieving a huge increase in number of countries represented by visitors.

The exhibition also featured the “International Buyer Delegation Program” organized with the goal of increasing jewelry exports, finding new markets and preserving the market share. As part of the program, over 1000 representatives from leading companies and brands of the jewelry sector were hosted as buyers at the exhibition.

Designer Market was again where the heart of jewelry design beat!

Designers joining Designer Market which was organized as part of Istanbul Jewelry Show showcased their latest designs to the visitors of the exhibition. Growing every year and followed closely by professionals, Designer Market is a special platform where trend setting designs of the global jewelry market are showcase for the first time, designers get the chance to meet producers to exchange ideas and where jewelry design ideas for the upcoming year are developed.

UBM Rotaforte Founding Partner Şermin Cengiz: ''It's a great source of honor for all of us that our 51st Exhibiton achieved record number of visitors''

Cengiz said “It’s an honor for us that March organization of Istanbul Jewelry Show which we’ve been organizing since 1986, reached the highest number of visitors among all other March exhibitions ever. Growing parallel to the growth of the sector, our exhibition has been ranked among the top five jewelry exhibitions of the world. We believe that it will continue to be a preferred event for the global jewelry industry and mainly for Turkey and that the trend of increase in number of visitors will continue”. Şermin Cengiz said “Exhibitions are critical spots for their respective sectors. Making new business deals, getting new orders and meeting new professionals of the sector in order to enter new markets is only possible at the exhibitions. All meetings made at our March 2022 Exhibition will bring momentum to the global jewelry industry and especially to Turkish jewelry industry.”