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The next appointments after the Jewelery Summit

Published on December 14, 2021

Vetrine di Piovani a Vicenzaoro September. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Strategies, programs, forecasts on the Italian jewel. Or, more precisely, on the jewelery industry, which has one of its strengths in the Tuscan district of Arezzo. This is the starting point for the discussion organized by Ieg in the First Summit of Italian Jewelery, together with the Municipality of Arezzo, the local Chamber of Commerce and Arezzo Fiere e Congressi. With the pandemic limiting travel, in fact, the moment of reflection has replaced the autumn appointment of Gold Italy. But the Italian gold industry remains strong: 7,482 companies in the sector are active, which employ 31,172 employees and generate a turnover of almost 8 billion euros.

Dibattito al Primo Summit del gioiello italiano

Around a virtual table, the president of Ieg Lorenzo Cagnoni, the mayor of Arezzo Alessandro Ghinelli, the president of the Arezzo Siena Chamber of Commerce Massimo Guasconi and the president of Arezzo Fiere e Congressi, Ferrer Vannetti, discussed together with the general manager of Ice, Roberto Luongo, who photographed the state of health of the gold and jewelery sector on international markets, with particular reference to the United States, Switzerland, France, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The post lockdown led to robust growth of Made in Italy jewelery, with + 71.3% compared to 2020 (this was easy), but also + 7.2% compared to 2019, with value in the first nine months of 2021 was equal to 5.5 billion euros. The jewel contributed to Italian exports, between 2020 and 2021, with an increase of 0.44%.

But the discussion did not lack the contribution of strong brands, such as Bulgari, Vhernier and Unoaerre. Eleonora Rizzuto of Lvmh to which Bulgari heads, explained how the approach to luxury is destined to change: the customer will pay more and more attention to the transparency of information, will be more curious and eager for answers on everything related to the responsible management of activities.
According to Maria Cristina Squarcialupi, of Unoaerre, a further step forward can come from the care of shared values with all the actors of the value chain: the role of companies during the transition will be strategic in redesigning an economic system and Italian production has a gear in more, because it is characterized by an interconnected supply chain that goes from the recovery and production of raw materials to their transformation into a finished product, from the creation of all the components to the finishing of the object.

Isabella Traglio (Vhernier), on the other hand, emphasized the importance of brand recognition, an element that incorporates part of its value. And Made in Italy has made quality and punctual control of the entire supply chain the cornerstones of its differentiation from global competitors.

In the discussion also to the president of Federorafi Confindustria, Claudia Piaserico, and to the vice president with responsibility for training Alessia Crivelli: the two managers presented the project entitled The New Metropolitan Training Network. Objective: to create new professional, operational and managerial skills, through specialized training plans, born thanks to an increasingly fruitful collaboration between professional technical institutes, universities and academic foundations, but also with an effective communication to young people of training opportunities and professional perspectives.

Conclusions entrusted to Corrado Peraboni, CEO of Ieg, who together with Marco Carniello, Global Exhibition Director Jewelery & Fashion of the trade fair company, presented the next steps available to goldsmith companies to meet international markets: Vicenzaoro January (21-26 January 2022, Vicenza Fair), Jewelery Gem & Technology Dubai (22-24 February 2022, Dubai World Trade Center), Oroarezzo (7-10 May 2022, Arezzo Fiere e Congressi).

It’s VicenzaOro January time

Published on January 16, 2020

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VicenzaOro January 2019. Copyright: gioiellis.com

VicenzaOro turns on the engines for the January appointment. Here are the changes ♦ ︎

Just as jewelers renew their collections, in the same way those who propose a window to jewels try to offer innovations that may interest companies and the public. For this reason VicenzaOro January promises to get changes that aim to stimulate attention and, above all, to be functional to the product it offers, ie a trade fair. In this case, moreover, for sector operators the attention is double, given that VicenzaOro is combined with T-Gold, the international exhibition for machinery and advanced technologies for jewelery design and manufacturing processes.

Both salons are scheduled from 17 to 22 January. A date chosen by the organizers of Italian Exhibition Group which, on paper, seems propitious, given that Baselworld this year slipped at the beginning of May along with Sihh, an appointment dedicated to high watchmaking. In short, in fact VicenzaOro becomes the largest event in the sector until the beginning of summer. An aspect that suggested the hashtag #primavicenzaoro, a punishment to Swiss rivals. In any case, Ieg now controls in Italy almost all the jewelery-related exhibition activity, with the two VicenzaOro in January and September, Oroarezzo and Gold Italy. Only the Precious World organized at the Tarì of Caserta remains outside.

The combination of business and innovation is inescapable and at every edition our events are enriched. In this case, an appointment from scratch from Vo Vintage, an original exhibition dedicated to vintage watches and jewelery with unique pieces and rarities among the most sought after in the world, an announcement that is liked to the entire market.
Lorenzo Cagnoni president of Ieg

VicenzaOro January 2020, in any case, expects about 1,500 exhibitor brands, counting the entire production chain, and their articulation in areas (Icon, Glam, Design Room, Creation, Look, Expression, Evolution) based on positioning and target facilitates the experience of visiting operators, overseas majority buyers, coming from over 120 countries: from the most prestigious boutiques, to malls, from the stores of the great metropolis of the world to retailers.

Team room di Italian Exhibition Group a VicenzaOro

There will be confirmations and news in the pavilions of the Vicenza Fair. In particular, in the Icon area, which houses the major jewelery brands, the presence of Maison such as Crivelli, Damiani and Roberto Coin, which will presents new collections such as Petals and Rock and Diamonds, is confirmed. High jewelry also with three other famous names of Valenza: Leo Pizzo, Carlo Palmiero and Picchiotti. The presence of Annamaria Cammilli, Fope, Antonini, Mariani, Giovanni Ferraris and the techno-spermimental jewelry of Mattia Cielo is also confirmed.

The novelty, instead, is represented by Gismondi 1754, a historic Genoese brand that debuted on the Stock Exchange on December 18, with the new Dedalo collection. Among the traditional brands of Naples and surroundings, there will be De Simone, and Chantecler. From abroad confirmed the presence of the award-winning Nikos Koulis, from Greece, and of the German fashion house Stenzhorn, while from Australia the pearls of Autore are expected.

Booth di Fope, VicenzaOro January 2018. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The Design Room, the area reserved for trendy designers, also returns in January. In this round it hosts confirmations and new entries: Alessio Boschi, Cedille Paris, Lydia Courteille, Margaritis Lefteris, Mousson Atelier, Netali Nissim, Paolo Costagli New York, Sicis, Tomasz Donocik, Bare Jewelry, DreamBoule Milan and Yeprem.

And the renewal? A novelty, as we have already written on gioiellis.com, will be VicenzaOro Vintage (18-20 January), organized in the foyer of the first floor of the Vicenza Fair, and dedicated to jewelery and watches. Unlike VicenzaOro, the salon dedicated to vintage will be open to enthusiasts, who will be able to see the collections of great collectors like Sandro Fratini and meet experts like Giulio Papi, the world’s most famous watchmaker.

We will be at Vo Vintage to meet a selected and prepared audience. Selling vintage also means selling the history and culture of the object of the era, allowing enthusiasts to discover and relive the taste of the watch of the past, making them fall in love with the story behind it.
Stefano Mazzariol of Vintage Watches

Alongside the Vintage novelty, the focus on sustainability developed and deepened in all its aspects is confirmed in the agenda with Cibjo, as well as in the traditional Digital Talks and in the Gem Talks. Instead, the world of technology goes into the fair: in fact, a hackaton was announced in collaboration with the University of Padua. The word hackton is used to indicate an event involving experts from different fields of computer science: software developers, programmers and graphic designers. In this case it will involve 60 thousand students and researchers called to find business solutions on new ways of wearing a jewel and making packaging. At VicenzaOro the 40 best proposals will come to submit to an advisory board composed of companies and industry players.

Il brand di VicenzaOro

What does T-Gold propose?
The international exhibition dedicated to machinery and advanced technologies will extend over 4 thousand square meters dedicated to the major industries in the sector, specializing in jewelery production. The fair offers a complete overview of the sector including shows, seminars and workshops for an increasingly international and heterogeneous market. Around 160 exhibiting companies of the world scenario are planned.

VicenzaOro January, visitatori nel booth di Giovanni Ferraris. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Italian Exhibition Group acquires OroArezzo and GoldItaly in advance

Published on November 18, 2019

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Ieg, which organizes VicenzaOro, anticipates the planned acquisition of OroArezzo and GoldItaly ♦ ︎

The world of fairs is in turmoil. The formats change and, above all, the market consolidates. And, thanks to the fuel supplied by the recent stock exchange listing, Italian Exhibition Group (the company that organizes VicenzaOro) acquires OroArezzo and GoldItaly.

On 15 November, in fact, the Arezzo Fiere e Congressi shareholders’ meeting welcomed the Italian Exhibition Group’s proposal to bring forward the period of exercise envisaged for the purchase option of OroArezzo and GoldItaly, historic events of the Tuscan goldsmith district. Ieg will therefore soon acquire the two events it had already managed since 2017. The value of the transaction, a note states, is determined by a fixed component of 3.5 million euros and by a variable component that may reach a maximum value of 1 million.

VicenzaOro. Copyright: gioiellis.com

OroArezzo takes place every year in April and is the international fair that values the best Made in Italy goldsmith production, a useful event for planning annual purchases and the spring replenishment of wholesalers, chains and top distribution brands. It is an international fair for the demand that has the creativity and the speed of delivery as its strengths.

GoldItaly, instead, is held every year in October, favors the meeting between the excellence of Italian gold districts and international buyers, focusing on the exclusive formula of the international business workshop based on a careful segmentation of the exposed product and an accurate profiling of the invited operators.

It’s an operation for customers, for the market. We have been supporting the principle of single direction for many years, very important for producing results in Vicenza and Arezzo. We have indicated this goal from the beginning. We have measured its value in the field in three years of concrete collaboration and today we are fully aware of carrying out a very valid operation from an entrepreneurial point of view. The first with a Tuscan fair. And I hope it will become, of course provided there is a correspondence of common objectives, an operation of more extensive collaboration with a wider regional trade fair system. We are very open to verifying the concrete feasibility. Anyone who knows us knows that we are not afraid of dealing with issues quickly.
Lorenzo Cagnoni, president of Ieg

Through the exercise of the Ieg option, it anticipates the expected consolidation in the gold and jewelery sector. OroArezzo and Gold Italy will therefore support Vicenzaoro January, T-Gold, Vicenzaoro September, Vod Dubai International Jewelery Show, also in corporate terms.

Having the leading brands in the sector fairs under the same umbrella means orienting them with linearity and clarity of positioning in favor of companies and buyers. Arezzo insists on the most important district of Europe for production and volumes of quality jewelery. Oroarezzo and Gold Italy are consistent with this historical and territorial background. Just as consistent with the sector is their timing because operators need an appointment with the goldsmiths in spring and autumn in a place that has hosted them for more than forty years, two points of reference for exporting all over the world, strong and clear towards right buyers activated thanks to a precise target positioning.
Marco Carniello Group Brand Director Jewelery & Fashion of Ieg

In the first six months of 2019, the export of the goldsmith district of Arezzo recorded + 11.4%, contributing to 28.9% of the total national value (+ 14.8% towards the United Arab Emirates, the first outlet market for Arezzo ). With a value of over € 1 billion (€ 1,051.8 million) in the first six months of the year alone, Arezzo is the first district in Italy and Europe to export Gold. In the 12 months of 2018 it had touched 2 billion euros.

VicenzaOro, among the news there is the farewell of Marzotto

Published on November 20, 2018

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Da sinistra, Matteo Marzotto, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Ugo Ravanelli

The vice president of Ieg, Matteo Marzotto, leaves the company with controversy, while they preparing the edition of VicenzaOro January ♦ ︎

There are already the first changes for the next edition of VicenzaOro January. But at the appointment of the winter edition of the jewelery fair, controversy also shine. That can not leave the insiders indifferent.

A few days ago, in fact, Matteo Marzotto, vice president of IEG, a company born from the union of Fiera Rimini with Fiera Vicenza, has resigned from his position, in a controversy with the octogenarian president of Italian Exhibition Group, the very senior Lorenzo Cagnoni.

It is not a little good-bye, as Marzotto must be credited with having relaunched VicenzaOro, above all at a difficult time for the Italian economy. New ideas, dynamism and personal relationships of Marzotto were the recipe for the new face of the format, which was then successfully exported abroad. All this, however, does not seem to have been enough for the new management of the company. More than a merger between two partners, it is the sense of the farewell of Marzotto, it was a question of an OPA of Rimini on Vicenza. And for Ieg, whose goal is to be listed on the stock exchange, Marzotto’s leave is not a minor goodbye.

The distance had already appeared clear during the last edition of VicenzaOro September, in which Marzotto was not involved.

Matteo Marzotto, presidente di Fiera Vicenza (a sinistra) e Corrado Facco, direttore generale — Matteo Marzotto, ex presidente di Fiera Vicenza (a sinistra) e Corrado Facco, ex direttore generale

In any case, the Veneto entrepreneur did not use half-terms and denounced in a letter the lack of “institutional respect of the minority shareholder, too often ill-tolerated and kept on the sidelines, even on occasions of important decisions, such as that of assignment of the design for the enlargements of the exhibition areas, brought to the board by ad Ravanelli to things widely done and for mere disclosure”.
Marzotto’s letter also underlines what the experts have been saying negatively for some time: the hasty dismissal of the former director of Fiera Vicenza, Corrado Facco, Marzotto’s right-hand man and co-author of the re-launch of VicenzaOro.
“The way we look is practically opposite on everything, except on the goodness of the merger of the two fair companies and their listing on the Stock Exchange”, concluded Marzotto bitterly.

Maybe even to spread a veil on this epilogue not commendable, IEG begins to turn on the lights on the next appointment. Here are the news: Roberto Coin will present the new versions of the Princess Flower collection, Damiani the extensions of the D.Side, Eden and the iconic Belle Epoque collections. In the Icon area there will be Fope, Crivelli, Leo Pizzo, Tamara Comolli, Djula. A confirmation is also that of Alessio Boschi in the Design Room, in which he will also find the Parisian designer-artist Lydia Courteille, the Vicentine Mattia Cielo (for him a return) and Monica Rich Kosann. Confirmation also for Giovanni Raspini, Rue de Milles, Victoria Cruz, Bronzallure, Crieri. Cosimo Muzzano

L'area Design Room a VicenzaOro September — L’area Design Room a VicenzaOro September

Interno di Fiera Vicenza September. Foto di Carolina Nobile

VicenzaOro widens

Published on May 17, 2018

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Italian Exhibition Group presents the project that gives more space to the exhibition center that hosts VicenzaOro ♦ ︎
A strategic plan to make VicenzaOro shine more. Italian Exhibition Group presented a redevelopment project for the Vicenza exhibition center, centered in particular on the reference event for the jewelery sector. It is not a minor intervention: the investment is 35 million euros and provides for the radical redevelopment of Pavilion 2. The project is ready and will be realized by the architect Volkwin Marg, partner of the GMP studio Von Gerkan, Mark & Hamburg partner. The pavilion surface will be 26 thousand square meters. It will be built on two levels, against the current five, and will be equipped with functional and sustainable technologies.
The intervention decided by Ieg, a company that should face the listing on the stock market (permitting markets) next year, starts from the investment that, in 2015, was carried out on Hall 7. It was an intervention that allowed VicenzaOro to redesign the map of exhibitors in homogeneous communities, and to develop the The Boutique Show format. After some initial grumbling by some exhibitors who had to move from their usual position, the new formula was unanimously considered a positive evolution. In the last editions Vicenza has thus achieved a very high level of employment, equal to over 98%, while the demand for space on the part of exhibitors continues to grow.
Many of the commodity communities explain to Ieg, from that of high-end brands to the world of quality production, to gems and fashion and design jewelery, they show great potential for growth. With the intervention decided VicenzaOro should offer them more space.

With Ieg a Ceo for VicenzaOro

Published on April 27, 2018

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A strong man for IEG: to new managing director Ugo Ravanelli the operating powers ♦ ︎
VicenzaOro or, better, Italian Exhibition Group, a company that also organizes the jewelery fair in the Venetian city and OroArezzo, has a new operational manager. To the historic president Lorenzo Cagnoni (79 years) and to the executive vice president Matteo Marzotto (51 years) joins Ugo Ravanelli, 64, until now independent board director and chairman of the Control and Risk Committee of Marr, distribution and food company listed on the Star Segment of Borsa Italiana (in the past he was also managing director and chairman).
Exchange of proxies
The note published by the company describes the novelty at the top with the decisions taken by the new board of directors “having as a reference the indications on the governance structure that emerged from the Shareholders’ Meeting. These include the recommendation, also indicated by the Committee for Corporate Governance and deriving from international best practice, to avoid the concentration of offices in one single person and in particular to provide for the separation of the roles of chairman and CEO. Consequently, the board assigned the delegations and appointed Lorenzo Cagnoni as chairman of the company and Matteo Marzotto as vice chairman; he also assigned the powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management of IEG to Ugo Ravanelli, appointing him as CEO”. Ravanelli, then, will be the strong man of IEG (“ordinary and extraordinary management”), a company engaged in a march towards the stock exchange, where it counts to be listed in 2019. A path that Ravanelli knows, given that he has already led to the listing Marr.
The new summit
The assembly of the fair group has also partially renewed the board of directors, which is now composed by Barbara Bonfiglioli (confirmed), Lorenzo Cagnoni (confirmed), Michela Cavalieri (new entry, 51 years, councilor for Economic Resources of the Municipality of Vicenza) , Daniela Della Rosa (confirmed), Maurizio Renzo Ermeti (confirmed), Lucio Gobbi (confirmed), Catia Guerrini (confirmed), Matteo Marzotto (confirmed), Ugo Ravanelli (new entry, new ad), Simona Sandrini (confirmed).
Lastly, the shareholders’ meeting approved IEG 2015 white paper: consolidated turnover of € 130.7 million (€ 124.8 million in 2016), Ebitda of € 23.2 million, consolidated net profit of € 9.1 million (6 , 6 million last year).

Il consiglio di amministrazione di Italian Exhibition Group al gran completo