STATISTICS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
HDI SHOW 2007
HDI SHOW, the 12th International Exhibition of audio-video technologies, took place in Moscow, on April, 12-15. For the first time the Exhibition was held on the two separate fair-grounds (CROCUS Expo Exhibition Center and the IRIS Congress Hotel) in order to divide the exposition in accordance with product and price categories.
CROCUS Expo Exhibition Center presented the novelties of HDTV, Hi-Fi, Home theatre, portable devices, multimedia, HD-content etc. to wide range of customers and specialists. On the ground of the IRIS Congress Hotel guests had the opportunity to have a look at the High-End audio-video equipment and installation services.
HDI SHOW is the key-event on the Russian audio-video market and the largest consumer and professional electronics Show in Eastern Europe. This year about 200 companies demonstrated more than 700 world-famous brands – it is an absolute record of the whole Exhibition lifetime. Among participants there were such well-known companies as Panasonic, Sony, Pioneer, Toshiba, BEKO, JVC, Philips, BenQ, Mitsubishi Electric, Epson and others.
Special Exhibition devoted to SMART Home Systems in Crocus Expo was showcased by the world leading manufacturers Phillips, AMX, Crestron, Bekchoff and others.
THE DEALERS’ CONFERENCE
Every year the Organizer arranges special events to attract AV-market specialists within the Exhibition. The Dealers’ Conference devoted to acute aspects of Hi-Fi industry in Russia was held 11th of April. More than 200 audio-video market experts took part in the Conference. Top-executives of RATEK Association and the companies Pioneer, Toshiba, Samsung, Epson Europe B.V., Texas Instruments, Projection Design, Projecta, VTL, Ceratec, NIROVISION, StereoPravda, NTV Plus, Purple Legion, Т+W Marketing, Business Technologies Center discussed relevant AV-market trends, HDTV, business development, trading and marketing.
NEW SCALE
For the first time the largest exhibition of professional and consumer photo and video PHOTOFORUM-2007 was held simultaneously with HDI SHOW in Crocus Expo. Altogether more than 600 companies – manufacturers and distributors demonstrated the latest achievements of audio-video and photo industry.
This large –scale project has no analogues in Russia and Eastern Europe.
VISITORS OF THE EXHIBITION
The new scale of the Exhibition essentially influenced the quantity of the guests. The amount of visitors has increased on 20% compared with the last year. 30 500 guests attended HDI SHOW’2007, including 11 300 specialists (37%).
PROFILE OF SPECIALISTS ACTIVITY
Wholesale trade AV equipment companies– 20 %
Retail trade companies - 34%
Manufacturers - 6%
Installation companies – 21%
The architectural and design companies – 7%
Corporate buyers of AV-equipment – 8%
Mass Media – 4%
GEOGRAPHY OF SPECIALISTS
Russia-55%
Moscow-36%
CIS- 8%
Other foreign countries -1%
