IHA DIARY

2008

Zuchex
19th International Housewares & Gift Fair
ISTANBUL . 22 -25 August 2008
E-mail: life@zuchex.com

China International Hardware Show/Powered by Practical World New International EXPO Center, Shanghai, China 17.9.2008 ~ 19.9.2008

Bangkok International Gift Fair and Bangkok International Houseware Fair 2008
April 17-22, 2008 www.bigandbih.com

Tendence + Collectione (together from 2008), Frankfurt 08.07.2008

Japan DIY Homecenter Show 2008 28-30 August 2008
Venue: Makuhari Messe (Chiba Pref., JAPAN)

Security, Essen
10.10.2008

Bau, Munich
17.01.2009

2009
Managing Committee and Council
17th September 2009

General Assembly
20th September 2009

50th Congress and Centenary celebration, London
18-21 September 2009

Our Work

The IHA, as it has throughout its 98 year life, is constantly reappraising its approach. Recent changes have included the organisation of a European Symposium to develop it's government lobby and provide an illustration approach for trade association member organisations to take a proactive position with national and international centres of government or influence.

Outside consultants now advise from an objective and experienced viewpoint in the field of Business Development, a task which takes into account all the more than 20 national associations and the many more associate members.

Our Mission
TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE:
• the international standing of its national associations
• the commercial prospects of their individual members
• the consumer interest through good trading principles and environmental  concern

MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER BEFORE
The housewares, hardware and ironmongery businesses of the world provide a product range that grows with every year. With the increasing emphasis on international trading, the development of more complex business regulations and the legitimate rise in consumer protection legislation; manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers alike look to their professional associations to promote their interests, and influence the future. For this market place, it is the IHA which performs those tasks at international level - acting as the hub in the wheel for some 40,000 individual retail businesses.