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dominance of different sectors.
Paul, who was Press Officer on
that event for around a dozen
years, remembers it well: “For
years the systems companies
called the shots. When many of
them slipped into the red as the
market became oversupplied, the
conservatory roof firms took over;
and I even remember the software
houses dominating for a couple of
years. There never seemed to be
a balance.
“At the FIT Show we now seem
to have a good balance with
most of the systems suppliers
taking space and in fact we have
more of them attending the FIT
Show than any other UK-based
exhibition for a generation. Another
fundamental difference between
The FIT Show and Glassex at
its peak is the number of trade
fabricators that now exhibit; there
are so many framemakers that
market themselves professionally
THE
COLLECTION
MORE THAN JUST
A WINDOW
these days when such activities
were once the sole domain of the
extruders.”
It also proves that the best place
for these companies to launch
their new products to achieve
the best response is where the
industry’s heart and soul is now
found – at the FIT Show. This, of
course, has a natural trickle-down
effect to the other exhibitors,
and they bask in the glow of
associated glory, and the buzz
Fabricators of
PVCu and Aluminium
windows and doors of distinction
The Climatec Collection can be
seen on stand 162
THE INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE, TELFORD
12-14 APRIL 2016
and enthusiasm that the systems
houses have