APLF to return as special edition in UAE from March 30, 2022

After a gap of 3 years since its last edition in Hong Kong, the world’s leading and international trade fair for the leather industry, APLF is set to return as a special edition in Dubai, UAE, to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from March 30, 2022. Additionally, APLF will also work with the Dubai Chamber to promote Dubai Expo and APLF Dubai.

Halls 1 – 5 of the DWTC will house the event and all three APLF fairs – Leather, Materials+ and Fashion Access – will take place concurrently covering the global supply chain of the leather, tanning and manufacturing industry, the organiser said in a press release.

The organisers are estimating approximately 500 exhibiting companies to occupy some 20,000 square metres of exhibition space with 15 national pavilions from Brazil, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and US.

In conjunction with six Informa regional offices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the organisers are working to attract some 8,000 international buyers including hosted buyers from Russia, India, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Thus, the mix of buyers will be different from a regular Hong Kong event but open up new opportunities from nearby African and Middle Eastern countries for participating companies looking to expand their base of international buyers, the release added.

With a view to strengthening our visitor promotion campaign, the APLF team is working closely with national leather, footwear and retail associations from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Romania, Russia as well as those from Europe and Africa to organise buying groups to APLF Dubai.