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Focus Küche & Bad: Meeting
point for decision-makers
A visitor magnet in the kitchen
hub of Ostwestfalen-Lippe

The German kitchen furniture industry is world-class and its hub is in Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The region between the Teutoburg Forest and the Wiehen Hills / A30 motorway brings together small and mid-size suppliers as well as the industry’s global players.

According to figures published in May by GfK (Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung, Society for Consumer Research), the total sales achieved by the German kitchen furniture industry in 2009 was €8.5 billion. More than 1 million of the approx. 1.3 million built-in kitchens manufactured in Germany in 2009 came from Ostwestfalen-Lippe. This concentrated kitchen competence attracts around 20 000 visitors to the region each year, just on time to place last-minute orders with the kitchen trade.

Virtually all of Germany's kitchen manufacturers are represented at the event week in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, which has certainly become something of a tradition. Renowned names in the industry will open up their in-house exhibitions at the same time as Focus Küche & Bad – from Bad Oeynhausen and Melle to Verl. Right at the heart of East Westphalia’s autumn trade fair season, Focus Küche & Bad is also providing a well-attended, attractive retailer forum, where you can be sure to once again find both the industry’s national and international decision-makers.

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