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Chicago: International Home and Housewares Show

March 14-16, 2010


The International Home and Housewares show is the world's largest housewares-only marketplace, where close to 2,000 exhibiting companies have the opportunity to showcase thousands of new products and designs in close to 750,000 square feet of exhibit space. In 2009, non-exhibitor attendance was 20,000, representing 120 countries! If you design or own a business that produces anything from hardware to bakeware to impulse buys, this could be your chance to showcase your product to international buyers!

Categories include:

Dine + Design Expo: featuring cookware and bakeware, tabletop & kitchen accessories, Goho (gourmet home & food district), home decor, home textiles, cookbooks and contemporary designs for the home and fashion-forward home goods

Clean + Contain Expo:featuring bath & shower accessories, cleaning products & supplies, furniture, general merchandise and impulse items, hardware supplies, outdoor living products, pet supplies, home organization and clothing care products, promotional products

Wired + Well Expo: featuring energy conservation products, floor & carpet care, home healthcare, household electrics, kitchen electrics, major appliances, personal care items, purifiers and filters for water and air; global crossroads featuring International pavilions

If you have questions about the event or would like additional information, please contact Amanda Ayvaz (amanda.ayvaz@mail.doc.gov), the Project Officer in charge of coordinating this event, and she will get back with you as soon as possible.