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Innovation Headquarters At The 2010 International Home + Housewares Show

ROSEMONT, Ill. (December 14, 2009)— Building on more than 400 new exhibitors at the 2009 Show, the International Housewares Association (IHA) today announced a broad range of new and returning exhibitors slated to appear at the 2010 International Home + Housewares Show, to be held March 14 – 16 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Suppliers returning to the Show after a brief absence include Dirt Devil, Emjoi, Hamilton Beach Brands, HoMedics, and TTI/Hoover. “The Show’s retail audience will welcome back these key exhibitors,” said Phil Brandl, president of IHA, which sponsors and manages the Show.

“The retailer audience also told us that last year’s new exhibitors along with the thousands of new offerings from long-time exhibitors made the Show innovation headquarters for our industry,” Brandl added. “We are pleased to say that we are ahead of last year’s pace in signing up new exhibitors.”

The 160 new exhibitors scheduled to date include:

  • Clean + Contain Expo exhibitors Harman, Linzer Products, Play, S.A and S.C. Johnson.
  • Wired + Well Expo electrics exhibitors Aquaport, Beem Blitz-Elektro-Erzeugnisse Manufaktur, Laurastar, Master Brands, OBH Nordica and Senur.
  • Wired + Well Expo personal and home healthcare exhibitors CHI Home and Thumper Massager.
  • Dine + Design Expo exhibitors Arc Elegance USA, ASA USA, Churchill China, Cinsa, Cork Pops, Culver - A Moderne Glass Company, DeSilva, Fabrikators, Finum by Riensch & Held, Gorham, Green Smart, Lynne’s Whim, Mario Batali LLC, Slice, Stolzle, Venus India, Woll Cookware USA and YouCopia Products.
  • GOHO Gourmet Home + Food exhibitors Minden Grill Company, Pauli Cookware and Two Fat Guys Gourmet Sauces.

A complete list of exhibitors is available at www.housewares.org.

IHA is the 72-year-old voice of the housewares industry, which accounted for (US)$300.3 billion at retail worldwide in 2008. The not-for-profit, full-service association sponsors the world's premier exposition of products for the home, the International Home + Housewares Show, and offers its 1,700 member companies a wide range of services, including industry and government advocacy, export assistance, State of the Industry report, category consumer purchase data through Housewares MarketWatch, executive management peer groups, complete access to industry information at www.housewares.org and group buying discounts on business services.