1. FURNITURE SECTOR IS CHEERING UP THE ECONOMY
IMOB IstanbulFairorganizedbyIstanbul
Fuarcılık on January 28th – February 1st withthesupport of MOSDER in Istanbul CNR Expo has
attractedmanyforeignbuyers. Thefairwasvisitedby 74,322 visitorsincluding 7,103
fromabroadandnewdesignsandTurkishfurniturequalitywasintroducedtoforeigners.
IMOB wasopenedbyIstanbulDeputyGovernor Vedat Müftüoğlu, TIM President Mehmet BüyükekĢi, TOBB
FurnitureSector Assembly Head Davut Doğan, MOSDER President Nazif TÜRKOĞLU, CNR Holding Chairman
Ceyda EREM and Ġstanbul Fuarcılık A.ġ. Deputy General Manager BarıĢ Can EROL.
PARTICIPANT NUMBERS UP BY 20 %
Ġstanbul Fuarcılık Deputy General Manager BarıĢ Can Erol saidparticipants in thefair has increasedby 20 % and
MOSDER President Nazif Türkoğlu saidTurkey is exportingfurnitureto 170 countries. Türkoğlu added,
“Althoughweare in a general economiccrisis, oursector is continuingto be a source of morale
fortheeconomywithitsexportvolume, employmentpowerandinvestments”. TIM President Mehmet BüyükekĢi has
emphasizedthattheexportstoMiddle East countries has increasedfrom 7 % to 14 %. TOBB FurnitureSector
Assembly Head Davut Doğan urgedthegovernmenttolowerthe VAT ratesforthefurnituresectorto 8 %.
Therewerevisitors at thefairfrom Iran, India, Greece, Bulgaria, Dubai, Oman, Morocco, Lebanon, Spain, Israil
andItaly. Therewerealsoparticipationfrom Germany, France, UK, Romania, SaudiArabia, UAE, Azarbaijan,
RussiaandIraq. Also, DTM has hostedpurchasinggroupsfromabroad.
Despitethecrisis, theparticipationwasveryhigh in IMOB ’09 and 300 firms has openedaround 120,000 m2 of
stands.
DESIGNS COMPETED FIERCELY
IMOB Design Competitionawardsweregivenduringthefair. Onlytheproductsthataredemonstrated at
thefairwereeligibleforthecompetition. Inthedinnerroomcategory Milano Mobilya wasfirst, Ġstikbal
secondandNillswas 3rd. Inlivingroomfurniture, thefirstthreewereSaloni, CascadeandVanessa. DoğtaĢ Mobilya
wasfirstandthird in youthroomcategoryandTelesetsecond. Cascadewasfirstandthird in bedroomcategoryand
DoğtaĢ wassecond. Intheaccessoriescategory, Zift Dizayn wasfirst, CascadesecondandAlfemowasthird.
Leaderbrandslike Ġstikbal, Bellona, YataĢ, Alfemo, DoğtaĢ, ĠdaĢ, Ġpek, Mirage and Koleksiyon has
shownlatestnovelties in thefair. Modern, classical, outwornandmodularfurniture, bedandbedgroups, armchairs,
chairsandsofas, babyandyoungroomsandfurnitureaccessorieswereamongtheproductgroups of IMOB.
