Hardware Fair unveils theme, details

COLOGNE — Next year’s International Hardware Fair will feature some 2,700 exhibitors from more than 50 countries, in the Tools, Industrial Supply, Fasteners and Fixings, Fittings, and Home Improvement segments. The four-day biennial event has seen a 5% bump in bookings for next year’s installment, of which tools will once again be the focus. The Fair will be held under the theme of digitalization, with an embedded “dSummit” helping to orient and support participants in the ever-increasingly electronic retail climate.