Press Releases

May 2012

Bernd Weiss, Managing Director,
Schönberger + Weiss GmbH:

“Particularly our carpenters and joiners call HOLZ-HANDWERK their exhibition. I know from my colleagues in Germany that this exhibition is also highly regarded in the wood craft trade outside Bavaria and that many visitors have travelled from the far north.”

Andreas Ploeger, Managing Director,
Wilhelm Alendorf GmbH & Co. KG:

“The customers come to the exhibition better informed, so we generated many qualified leads and are extremely satisfied at the end of the day.”

Jürgen Köppel, Director Sales and Marketing,
Homag Group AG:

“We welcomed 15 per cent more qualified visitors to our stand. We didn’t expect such growth. Besides Germany, there were many potential customers from Austria, Italy, France, Russia and Switzerland.”

Dr. Ulrich Keller, Management,
Dr. Keller Maschinen GmbH:

“The key customers are all there in Nürnberg. We had a tremendous response from visitors and are delighted with their unusually high quality. I’m pleased to say that we also made many direct sales. So the result of our exhibiting is really positive.”

Oliver Gillhaus, Managing Director,
Dr. Keller Maschinen GmbH:

“Before the event we had great reservations about whether our carpentry customers would come to Nürnberg due to their good workload. But they ‘all’ came and our stand staff were at their limits coping with the rush. We have taken many orders at the exhibition and are obviously very happy.”

Ernst Hartmann, Managing Director,
Hofmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH:

“We have held lots of interesting talks and made many sales during the four days of the exhibition. This allows hopes of very good follow-up business.”

Franz Greisinger, Director Marketing,
Leitz GmbH & Co. KG:

“We are thoroughly satisfied with HOLZ-HANDWERK 2012. The mood at the exhibition, the number of visitors and the sales made were all very good.”

Klaus Müller, Director Marketing Communication,
MICHAEL WEINIG AG:

“HOLZ-HANDWERK is a very lively exhibition, which you can only be enthusiastic about. It is increasingly developing into the leading exhibition for the trade. The share of international visitors was appreciably larger this year and the follow-up business also appears to be stronger too.”

Konrad Steininger, President,
Fachverband Schreinerhandwerk Bayern:

“The mood at HOLZ-HANDWERK 2012 was excellent. The carpenters have work and are prepared to invest, which enables us to look to the future with confidence.”

Matthias Krauss, Chairman of the Executive Board,
MAFELL AG:

“We are very satisfied with the exhibition. Both the quality and quantity of the visitors were very good. The mood was also good and the craftsman feels at home here.”

Wolfgang Augsten, Managing Diector,
Bütfering Schleiftechnik GmbH:

“The potential customers came to us with very specific requirements. We have never had so many follow-up orders for our field sales staff during an exhibition.”

Eckhard Breitenkamp, Managing Director,
Hettich FurnTech GmbH & Co. KG:

“As a representative of the furniture hardware segment, we expected a great deal from HOLZ-HANDWERK 2012 – and our expectations were more than fulfilled. There were large crowds of visitors, which were sometimes difficult to look after. The fact that the building hardware trade was present with its sales staff and acquired a considerable number of orders from carpenters and joiners from all over Germany (also from the north) deserves special mention.”