- It is fair to say that it was the best edition of the fair. Huge involvement in the preparation of the event on the part of exhibitors, partners, members of the SHI, chambers and associations, and the support of the trade media have brought a fantastic effect. Thank you! - said Konrad Fleśman, Project Director shortly after the end of INSTALACJE fair. This the biggest event for the installation industry in Poland was held in Poznan on 25-28 April 2016.
There were more reasons to be happy. The Strategic Partner of the event was the Polish Association of Wholesale Company Employers of Heating, Sanitary, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Industry (SHI), so the promotion of the event was supported by additional 700 wholesalers. The patronage over this year's fair was taken by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction as well as the main chambers, associations and trade media.
Visitors
Satisfaction was also noticeable in the comments and opinions of the public, as reflected in the statistics. The four-day block of INSTALACJE, TCS, SAWO, SECUREX and Poznan Media Expo fairs attracted to Poznan almost 30 thousand professionals from Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Spain, the UK and Italy. The visitors of the installation industry were dominated by contractors - representatives of installation and construction companies (52%), more than one fifth were representatives of fittings wholesalers, retail chains and retail stores (21%), general contractors (13%), representatives of power plants, gasworks and PEC (11 %), and individual customers (3%). The predominant type of activity represented by the trade fair visitors was the services sector (65%), trade (21%) and manufacturing (14%).
A significant increase was also recorded in the number of groups. As many as 119 coaches had brought installers from all over Poland: from Rzeszów, Wrocław, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Oława, Bialystok and Warsaw. All of them could see an exhibition prepared by nearly 300 exhibitors from Poland, but also from the Czech Republic, Germany, Turkey, Ukraine, Great Britain and Italy.
Exhibitor stands featured presentations of new products, but also numerous competitions, among other things, with the participation of Olympic champion in biathlon Weronika Nowakowska (Viessmann stand). The trade fair stands were visited, among others, by Tomasz Zubelewicz and Mr. "Gadget" (Zbigniew Urbanski), who was looking for the latest technical innovations to his TV show.
Premieres Club
The INSTALACJE fair was an opportunity to present dozens of new products, 16 of which were shown on the Polish market for the first time! Fair participants could see them in a special space in the PREMIERES CLUB, which featured products of companies such as: RUG RIELLO (Beretta brand), Bisan, Defro, Elektromet, Galmet, Grundfos, Heiztechnik, Herz-Kraków, Leszczyńska Fabryka Pomp, Nibe-Biawar, Stiebel Eltron, Tece, Termet, Wolf Technika Grzewcza and Zehnder Polska.
Gold for the best
The best presented products have been awarded the Gold Medal of MTP. 14 installation companies won the gold medal: Belimo, Defro, Elektromet, Giacomini, Grundfos, Heiztechnik, Herz, Leszczyńska Fabryka Pomp, PELLAS-X, Stiebel Eltron, Termet, Wolf, Viessmann and Zehnder Polska (double gold).
Polish Championship of Installers
In addition to the presentation of the offer of major manufacturers in the market, the fair was accompanied by special events, conferences, seminars as well as attractions inspiring sport emotions. Poznan hosted for the fifth time installation champions who took advantage of the only opportunity in Poland to become the Polish Champion of Installers 2016. The main prize for the winner was the new Citroen Berlingo. After many hours of exciting struggle, fight with time and stress, the best installer was ADAM PIOTROWSKI who completed 19 competition tasks in record time: 2 min. 45.79 sec. The second place went to Krzysztof Francke (3:10.20), and the third place was taken by Sebastian Rode (3:13.25). And Dariusz Piotrowski (3:14.25) – the Polish Champion of Installers 2014 and the brother of this year's winner – completed the competition in fourth place. The final of the Polish Championship of Installers was preceded the preliminaries held last year in the form of "On Tour Installation" in thirteen Polish cities in the premises of BIMS Plus wholesale stores. Those willing to participate in the final of the championship could also take part in the complementary elimination round – on the first and second day of the INSTALACJE fair.
On the last day, students being educated in the fields related to installation could take part in the Polish Championship of Installers for Schools. The most promising young installer was Artur Wolański of the School of Environmental Protection in Leszno who completed all competition tasks in 5 minutes and 10.10 seconds. This year's sponsors of the PCI were: Afriso, Brötje, Grundfos, Tece and VOGEL&NOOT, and supporting sponsors were: Lechma and Citroen Labijak Auto Lama.
Installer Club
Continuation of the joint venture of SBS Group and MTP once again proved to be a hit. The specially arranged Hall no. 4 provided space for trade meetings and discussions, but also was the area of integration, recreation and entertainment. Guests could take advantage of the attractions referring to Euro 2016, among other things, watch the dance shows by Cheerleaders Gdynia, a concert of Norbi and play football on a bouncy pitch.
Specialist meetings
With the cooperation with industry associations and partners of the fair, a series of meetings and conferences on current trends and challenges faced by the installation and photovoltaic industry also took place, e.g. the 3rd Conference of the Market of Heating Appliances (SPIUG/IGG) or the "Installer, Be Ready For a Change!" conference (Port PC), the conference dealing with the issues of national f-gas legislation (KFCh), the conference on the reliability of copper systems (EIM) and the conference on energy efficiency of installation, air-handling and air-conditioning units (WOIIB). The fixed point in the exhibition program of events was the "Power Hybrids" photovoltaic workshop (GLOBEnergia).
System Heating Fair
The TCS System Heating Trade Fair co-organised by the Polish Chamber of Heat Engineering was held simultaneously with the INSTALACJE Fair. System Heating is an important part of the energy sector and public utilities. Therefore, the fair featured the popular 12th Technical Conference, which was attended mainly by managers and technical and operating staff of heating companies, power plants, heating plants, Polish scientists and suppliers of modern technologies.
The next edition of the INSTALACJE Fair is scheduled for the spring of 2018 at MTP fairgrounds in Poznan. Next year, the INSTALACJE Fair Team will again travel around Poland with "On Tour Installation".