The partnerships of International Hardware Fair Italy

Edra-ghin

EDRA/GHIN is the voice for the home improvement industry globally, representing the entire spectrum of the home improvement industry, from local corner shops, digital players, and big box retailers. Today EDRA/GHIN represents 219 home improvement companies operating over 33,000 stores in 76 countries.

MADE4DIY - Italian Manufacturers for DIY & Gardening

Group of manufacturing companies throughout Italy, working in different product categories, oriented and qualified to serve the world of modern distribution DIY & Garden. MADE4DIY offers companies services related to GDS, meetings with major retailers in the sector, market data and participation in trade fairs.

MADE4DIY is an official member of HIMA (Home Improvement Manufacturers Association).

Assofermet

Assofermet Ferramenta gathers in Italy the dealers of hardware distribution. The association is the meeting point of wholesalers, distributors and retailers of different sizes, able to represent the strength of the Italian hardware and tools in the entire industry chain.

ZHH

The ZHH association has been the professional association for the medium-sized specialist trade in the hardware industry for over 120 years. 

Assosistema

ASSOSISTEMA represents companies involved in the production, distribution, maintenance of safety devices and sanitation and sterilisation services for textile and medical products. In addition to being a direct member of Confindustria, ASSOSISTEMA is an European member of ETSA (European Textile Services Association) and ESF (European Safety Federation).

Camera di Commercio di Bergamo

Camera di Commercio is an independent organization under public law with its own statute. It is responsible for representing business general interests in the province, with special attention to small and medium-sized enterprises systems. It also promotes territorial economic development.

FWI

The Fachverband Werkzeugindustrie e.V. (FWI) is the association of tool manufacturers in Germany and thus the central representation of interests for companies in the industry. It currently supports around 150 member companies. The German tool industry generated a total turnover of over EUR 5.6 billion and employed more than 34,000 employees in 2021. At the International Hardware Fair Italy 2023 FWI members MPS Sägen, Orbis Will and Witte exhibited on a joint stand.

Ascom Confcommercio Bergamo

Ascom Confcommercio Bergamo was born in 1945 and grown around the needs of Bergamo companies. The association, which represents entrepreneurs in trade, tourism and services and is open to the world of professions and nurseries, offers comprehensive assistance and advice for all problems right from the very first moments of activity.
It is part of the large Confcommercio Imprese per l'Italia family, the largest business representation in Europe, representing over 700,000 companies with almost 2.7 million employees. The Confederation values the role of the tertiary market sector, the true engine of the national economy, in national institutions.

Ascomut

ASCOMUT is the national association of companies operating in Italy in the importation or distribution of machine tools, tools, workshop equipment, auxiliaries and accessories, measuring and control instruments, and chemical products for manufacturing and maintenance.

Founded in 1946, ASCOMUT is a member of CONFCOMMERCIO Imprese per l'Italia.

Confcommercio giovani Imprenditori

The National Group of Young Entrepreneurs was founded in 1988 to represent over 200,000 young operators in the Tertiary Sector. The associative base of the group is formed by entrepreneurs "under 42" members of Confcommercio.

Present in a comprehensive way, through the provincial structures, in all Italian regions, the group includes more than 130 categories belonging to different markets, tourism, services, small and medium enterprises and professionals associated with Confcommercio.

Confindustria Bergamo

Confindustria Bergamo is a free association of enterprises operating on a non-profit basis. It plays a representative role for industrial and service sector companies in Bergamo and its province, representing a total of approximately 1,200 companies and 80,000 people. There are three core values that distinguish it: Identity, Representation and Services. In fact, the Association promotes economic development by guaranteeing the centrality of business, representing member companies and their values before the institutions, collaborating with all players in the territory and providing increasingly diversified services to members.

ANCE BERGAMO

ANCE BERGAMO provides building companies with a complete range of consultancy services to ensure maximum efficiency and safety in all areas of work, in relations with employees and institutions.

ANCE BERGAMO not only takes into account legislative developments affecting construction companies, but also takes care to offer companies complete assistance for the correct interpretation and application of regulations.

With over seventy years of history, ANCE BERGAMO represents a precise and multi-operational reference point for Bergamo companies: consulting, trade union, administrative, technical and training. 

Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo

Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo was founded in May 1945, is the leading trade union organisation in the province of Bergamo for the protection of craft enterprises.

The primary purpose of the organisation is to carry out trade union actions for the protection of the collective interests of craft enterprises and of the Craftsmen in general. 

Another task is the support for the more than 14,000 member entrepreneurs, providing concrete assistance and specific support to craftsmen in all sectors in solving the problems that are a daily feature of business life.

Assodimi - Assonolo

Assodimi/Assonolo is the Italian association representing the rental of capital goods. It has over 435 members throughout Italy operating in the most different sectors from lifting to earthmoving, from agriculture to logistics, not forgetting tools and equipment. The association is part of ERA (European Rental Association) as a founding member, of ANCE and Confindustria-Federvarie.

AIPV

A.I.P.V. was born as a trade association to represent, protect and enhance individuals and companies that, for different reasons, deal professionally with the creation and care of ornamental greenery and both public and private landscaping.

Unicedil

UNICEDIL, in terms of the number of associated companies, is the most important national association in the windows and doors sector. The association operates with the following main objectives: To protect, support, promote and enhance the value of Member Companies; to help companies in the development of their activities; to provide companies with more knowledge on current regulations; to provide clear and direct information through the organisation of webinars, conferences and technical meetings throughout the country.

AIMI

A.I.M.I. Italy

The "Associazione Italiana Manutentori Installatori" was founded in Rome in March 2008 by a group of people who have been working in the maintenance and installation of heating systems for many years. There is strong expertise in the regulatory field within the Association.

The A.I.M.I. association is aimed at maintenance and installation companies, and all those professionals who in various capacities and with different responsibilities are involved in the thermo-hydraulic and heating installation sector.

CONFIMI INDUSTRIA BERGAMO

Confimi Industria is the trade association dedicated to manufacturing companies in Bergamo and its surroundings. Representation, protection, promotion and development are the key words we have in mind for the companies in our area, responding promptly and effectively to their needs. Our task is to support the competitiveness of local industry by providing assistance and advice on business issues, quickly and easily.
Without getting lost in the vast web of Italian industry, it keeps its focus on its members and gives them concrete, tailor-made help to help them grow in today's market.
A strong voice in support of entrepreneurs in the manufacturing area. 

Imprese & Territorio

Imprese & Territorio - joint committee of business associations was set up in 2007 and brings together 10 trade associations in the State of Bergamo.
The aim of Imprese & Territorio is to represent all companies in the sectors that refer to its member associations, in order to promote their economic and social development, in a constant and strategic relationship with public institutions, functional autonomies and local economic, political, trade union and social organisations.

CDO Bergamo

CDO Bergamo was born at the end of the 1980s, out of the caring experience of the Solidarity Centres: a group of friends who was used to get together to help those in search of work. The initial idea is developed and takes shape in Article 1 of the Statute and over the years, more than 6,000 companies have placed their trust in the project, leading CDO Bergamo to grow and become an institutional entity represented in the Board and Council of the Chamber of Commerce. 

Swissavant

Swissavant is the organization of companies in the hardware, tools, accessories and household goods and related sectors in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
The economic policy services organization has more than 1,000 members from industry and commerce. It sees itself as a superior service provider that networks its members, provides them with knowledge and information, represents their interests, and paves the way with innovative ideas.

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