by Italian Exhibition Group
- Italian Exhibition Group’s trend Show will be back from 5th to 9th September
- New Jewellery Trendbook by IEG’s Trendvision Jewellery + Forecasting Observatory
- Expo Centre renewal project: the new central hall is getting bigger. “Zero-impact” construction site for visitors.
- VO Vintage returns with a second edition after January’s success
The entire gold and jewellery supply chain will shine at Vicenzaoro from 5th to 9th September», announced Matteo Farsura, global exhibition manager of the jewellery & fashion division at Italian Exhibition Group (IEG). Vicenza Expo Centre will be open to 1,200 exhibiting brands from 30 countries for international business. VO’s September appointment will respond to the demand for new ideas and previews of style and design for the coming year with the new The Jewellery Trendbook 2027+ produced by IEG/Vicenzaoro’s independent Trendvision Jewellery + Forecasting Observatory. The event will also invite the many jewellery and watch enthusiasts and collectors to an unprecedented second edition in 2025 of VO Vintage, a show within a show, at which to dream and buy. At the Expo, the main trade associations, from Confindustria Federorafi to Club degli Orafi, Assogemme and Confcommercio Federpreziosi, will be presenting their economic monitors to give operators a precise map of international markets. While in the Palakiss area, retailers will be able to directly buy jewellery to populate their shop windows. Lastly, the city will be participating in the calendar of events of ViOff, the Vicenzaoro off-show in collaboration with the Municipality of Vicenza.
And that’s not all. “This year”, Farsura added, “Vicenzaoro September will be preceded by The Vicenza Symposium, an event dedicated to the sector’s purely technological evolution, to be held in the Basilica Palladiana from 2nd to 4th September. Confirmation for the international business community that recognizes our event as a trend show.”
ACCESSIBLE LUXURY ACCORDING TO VICENZAORO
Italian Exhibition Group interprets market trends with new brands and by adapting VO’s exhibition offer to the entire jewellery supply chain: from the luxury brands in Icon to jewellery manufacture, components and semi-finished products in Creation, through to packaging in Expression. Central to the European and Italian market is the Look community segment: accessible or mid-range luxury jewellery by the trendiest brands. A segment that already accounted for 38% of the global market in 2023 (source: Market Research Future) and that, according to international analysts, could reach between 30% and 70% of a brand’s turnover (source: Financial Times). A strategic product bracket for retailers to stock up for the winter festivities, for which VO also provides a specific showcase for the emerging brands on show in the Glamroom.
STONES AND GEMS: SUPPLY CHAIN WITHIN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Another community in the spotlight at VO is Essence, which groups together diamond, precious stone and other gem exhibitors. IEG combines exhibitors who market them with the technologies of gemmologists, analysis laboratories and the sophistication of master cutters in an authentic supply chain within a supply chain.
TIME FOR CONTEMPORARY WATCHMAKING IN VICENZA
Time is the b2b community generated in 2022 that hosts contemporary watchmaking and accessory proposals. An ever-growing sector that is integrating into the VO business square targeted on national and international distributors. More than 40 brands will showcase at the show in September.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
VO’s strategic partners are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) for buyers incoming from key markets. International partners are CIBJO – World Jewellery Confederation, GJEPC India – Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, HKJJA – Hong Kong Jewellery & Jade Manufacturers Association, Francéclat. National partners: Confindustria Federorafi, Confartigianato Orafi, Confcommercio Federpreziosi, CNA Orafi, Club degli Orafi Italy, Confimi Industria Categoria Orafa ed Argentiera, Assogemme, Assocoral, AFEMO – Italian Association of Manufacturers and Exporters of Goldsmithing Machinery. Institutional representations: the Regions of Sicily and Campania.
“It is exciting to see the walls of the new hall coming to life, a modern and functional structure that will be the central exhibition area of Vicenzaoro in the future and will give impetus to the other events on the calendar and to the congress area,” said IEG president, Maurizio Ermeti. “At the September 2025 edition of Vicenzaoro, buyers and exhibitors will see further progress in the architectural work, while construction will continue alongside the event with no interference whatsoever, just as at the last two editions.”
THE EXPO CENTRE EXTENSION: COMPLETELY ON SCHEDULE
Work is continuing at the “zero impact” building site for the new 22,000 square metre hall designed by Hamburg-based Studio GMP at the centre of IEG’s Vicenza Expo Centre. Vicenzaoro September 2025 will mark the halfway point of the time schedule that will lead to the operational delivery of the new building in time for the September 2026 edition. The construction site is invisible since the new and optimized internal navigation between halls and temporary extensions in tensile structures makes a ring around the Vicenza venue’s redevelopment work.
The perimeter of the new hall is progressing with the walls now standing 18 metres high at some points out of the planned 21, said Mario Vescovo, director of IEG’s Vicenza premises and head of operations. In conjunction with Vicenzaoro September 2025, the entire outer shell will be practically complete. The outer walls will have been finished and the prefabricated building will be nearing completion. The latter will be an imposing architectural structure that will significantly change the area’s look. By that time, visitors and stakeholders will be able to see the potential of a fully renovated Expo Centre.
The works are expected to be complete by the end of next spring in time to assemble the fittings and guarantee the full use of the new exhibition areas for Vicenzaoro September 2026.
This article was published and printed on Gem Spectrum print magazine Issue #3 Spring 2025, page 50. Please browse the Flipbook below. Full-screen viewing and downloading are possible.
