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| Sourcing Opportunities Aplenty as International Lighting Fair Opens |
| The HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) opens today, offering buyers the opportunity to see the latest trends in lighting. With nearly 1,100 quality exhibitors from 14 countries and regions showing their new products, both lifestyle and technology trends will light the way to a bright future for wholesalers, retailers and other buyers. For the first time, Australia, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Italy, Malaysia and New Zealand are represented, adding to the international lineup. |
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Don't miss the chance to visit the new zone - Avenue of Inspiration. Located in Hall 3D, the “Avenue of Inspiration” houses brilliant lighting products with young designers to introduce their illuminating ideas directly to the buyers. |
EnlighTable
AB Initio (Hong Kong) Limited
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Vitality Lamp
Sweda Ltd |
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What’s On - 6 April (Sun)
11am-12:30pm
Asian Lighting Forum Session 1: Global Market Trends on Lighting Product Development
Venue: Meeting Room N101B
2pm-4pm
Asian Lighting Forum Session 2: LED Technology Advancements & Applications
Venue: Meeting Room N101B
3:30pm-4pm
Buyer Forum on “Business Opportunities in Eastern European Markets”
Venue: hktdc.com Oasis, Hall 3D
4:30pm-5pm
Lucky Draw
Venue: hktdc.com Oasis, Hall 3D
4:30pm-5pm
Happy
Hour
Venue: hktdc.com Oasis, Hall 3D |
Opening Hours
6-8 April (Sun-Tue)
9:30am-6:30pm
9 April (Wed)
9:30am-5pm
Buyer Registration Hours
6-8 April (Sun-Tue)
9am-6pm
9 April (Wed)
9am-3:30pm
* For trade visitors aged 18 or above only. Onsite admission fee: HK$100 per person. |
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| Dedicated Zones for Targeted Sourcing |
| Buyers can find prospective business partners easily as product zones are all designed to meet specific buying needs: |
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Hall of Aurora: The hall has been expanded by more than 30% over last year and accommodate nearly 190 big brands, including EFG, Ervan, Fulham, Gentos, Philips, TCL and Viribright. The Hall is dedicated to top brands with the emphasis on superb design and excellent quality. The collections in Hall of Aurora will add lustre to any retail environment.
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World of LED & Green Lighting: This largest zone gathering over 470 exhibitors, showing a huge range of LED and other eco-friendly lighting products in latest trend. They include major brands such as Lucibel and Novatech.
Other fair zones including Business of IP Zone, Commercial Lighting, Decorative Lighting, Display World, Lighting Accessories, Parts & Components, Technical & Outdoor Lighting, Trade Services & Publications and World of Chandeliers. |
| Exciting New Country Pavilion |
Malaysia has formed a pavilion for the first time showcasing a whole array of energy-efficient lighting, recycled and/or recyclable products and items from sustainable sources.
Hear What the Malaysia Pavilion Head Says
"Our main aims are to promote and explore business opportunities for participating Malaysian companies in East Asia, to create awareness of Malaysian lighting products in Hong Kong, and to enhance bilateral trade between Malaysia and Hong Kong. As part of our export promotional efforts in the Hong Kong market, we’ll bring together six leading Malaysian lighting suppliers to the lighting fair, showcasing a wide range of “Made in Malaysia” products including LED lighting for indoor and outdoor, and decorative lighting for hotels, conference centres and households. The Fair provides a perfect platform to demonstrate the strengths of Malaysia’s lighting industry. Malaysia has had a strong LED starting position due to the similarly structured semiconductor value chain, in which Malaysia has more than 40 years of experience. Realising the growing importance and potential of the LED sector, Malaysian LED companies have invested in advanced production methods to increase their products’ efficiency and quality. Malaysian-made lighting solutions being exported worldwide are well known for innovative designs and high quality."
Mdm Zaimah Osman, Trade Commissioner, MATRADE Hong Kong
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| Design Talent Flourishes in Spring Competition |
 The Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition assembled designers and students to create beautiful and innovative lighting designs to the theme 'Blossom Blooms'. The judges were looking for originality and functionality in designs which captured the vibrancy of the Spring season.
Entrants in the Open Group and the Student Group vied for trophies and cash prizes. A special Eco Design Award was also incorporated into the competition. Open Group and Student Group had a total of 164 entries. The award-winning pieces can be seen in a special display at the fair, located at Hall 1C concourse.
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| Open group finalists at a glance: |
A decorative light that can be used at home or in a retail environment. The design draws inspiration from the beauty of a sleeping bud about to burst into bloom in spring. It has two lighting modes with soft light seeping through petals or brighter light shining in a full blossom. It is made of Silicone rubber and LED.
Title: The Bloom
Designer Name: Chan San Sang |
Spring gives us hope and vitality. Light of Growth is a natural lampshade with hydroponic plants. The low consumption LED provides specific wavelength to foster plant growth at night. This hydroponic décor lighting design reflects the vibrancy and liveliness of spring through interactions as users care for the plants. It is mainly made of reborn glass.
Title: Light of Growth
Designer Name: Chan Ka Lok |
This geometric and minimal design comes with a singing bird standing on the branch with blooming flowers. It tells us spring has arrived. Combining different materials such as solid pine wood, brass and paper, Birdy Lamp keeps you in good company by lighting up your desk and bedside as well as warming your heart.
Title: Birdy Lamp
Designer Name: Ng Wing Yin |
An innovative line of lamps that highlight the visual qualities of the natural imperfections of handmade paper materials. The design is easy to assemble and allows users to fold, shape and fix paper lampshades randomly and to play with the colour and texture, thus evoking a mood of imperfect aesthetics through the luminary.
Title: Imperfect Beauty
Designer Name: Lau Kit Yan, Tiffany |
This design mimics a flower and integrates the elegance in simplicity and symmetry based on the geometry of flower petals. The lamp fixture makes use of the petals as physical support, heat sink and reflector while the opening of petals can adjust the illumination area. It also has a dimming function with colour temperature change.
Title: The Hanging Petals
Designer Name: Chan Kwong Cheung, Joseph
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The design concept is to infuse new life to ordinary things. By recycling durable and tough old jeans as lampshade and an interesting hanger structure, the lamp stands out as a bright and environmentally-friendly device. This contemporary and eco-chic design can be used as a standalone lighting or in a cluster in varied heights for different applications.
Title: Old Jeans New Lights
Designer Name: Wong Hang Wa
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This smart lighting device combines the practical utility of a standard white bulb, the party fun of multi-coloured lights, and the longevity and cost-saving benefit of an LED light bulb. It works well with existing standard bulb sockets already in use and can be controlled easily from a proprietary application on mobile smart phone.
Title: Lumen Plus (TL900)
Designer Name: Chan Ka Wai |
Butterflies open their wings to meet the coming of spring. This LED lamp goes nicely with most interior décor and exudes an aesthetic feeling. The design allows you to have a narrow or broad beam of light. With the use of shape-memory alloys, the butterfly wings open when exposed to heat and close when they cool down.
Title: Butterfly Love Blossom
Designer Name: Chan Hok Chee, Horace
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Hear What Judges Say
 “This is an important design competition for the lighting industry and it has drawn attractive designs this year. We have witnessed a high standard of design and creativity particularly among the entries of the Student Group. I really like the imaginative ideas of the participating students. They have come up with good design concepts although some of them need to be fine-tuned to enhance their marketability. The Champion’s creative work is especially impressive offering something very interesting with a complete design concept. Everything looks good from the use of materials to packaging and marketability.”
Ada Fung, JP, President, The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
 "This competition offers a wonderful opportunity especially for students to display talents, explore possibilities and gather experiences. Among the entries of this year, there are some interesting designs. Some contestants can really think out of the box to create something new and special with an artistic approach. One of the entries uses vegetable fibre to make paper and then produce shades with special lighting effects. Another contestant also comes up with a novel form and interesting composition using natural materials like wood and brass.”
Brian Lee, Vice President, Industrial Designers Society of Hong Kong
 “The entries of this year have demonstrated even stronger environmental awareness than last year. It’s great to see contestants come up with new lighting designs using various environmentally-friendly materials. I am particularly impressed with the creative entries of the Student Group. The Champion’s winning piece makes a clever use of drinking straws and combines the DIY approach to provide extra family fun for the customers. It is very encouraging to see continuous improvements among students’ designs each year. ”
Dennis Lau, JP, Chairman, The Association of Architectural Practices
 “Contemporary lighting comes in various forms and styles. Multiple colours are gaining popularity and smart lighting solutions backed by new technologies are winning consumers’ hearts. Going green is definitely a major trend for lighting today as designers make use of more eco-friendly or recycled items such as bamboo fabric and decomposable plastic materials to create stylish products. Some of the contestants in the Student Group this year have obviously adopted the green approach to increase the appeal of their works. This design competition provides a great opportunity for students in particular to learn from one another and stimulate better ideas.”
Winnif Pang, Ex-Chairman, Hong Kong Designers Association
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| Special Events and Attractions |
| Asian Lighting Forum is the annual industry event highly anticipated by both buyers and exhibitors. Two sessions are to be held today for top-notched industry experts to share their opinions: |
| Session 1: “Global Market Trends on Lighting Product Development”
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 Time: 11am – 12:30pm
Theme: Industry Overview & Update on Technology Advancements
Speaker: Dr Sun Tam, Director of Engineering, OPTILED Lighting
Theme: Regulations Updates for Lighting Products
Speaker: Terry Lau, Lead Engineer, Intertek HK Ltd. |
| Session 2: “LED Technology Advancements & Applications” |
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 Time: 2pm – 4pm
Theme: Case Sharing on Interior Design
Speaker: Antony Chan, Chairman, Hong Kong Interior Design Association
Theme: LED Applications for Architecture
Speaker: Tino Kwan, Founder, Tinokwan Lighting Consultants Ltd.
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| Buyer Forum on “Business Opportunities in Eastern European Markets” |
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Time : 3:30pm – 4pm
Venue : hktdc.com OASIS, Hall 3D
Speakers :
-Dariusz Stepien, Managing Director, Daste Phu (Poland)
-Przemyslaw Kowalczyk, Owner, LED line (Poland)
Language : English (No simultaneous interpretation will be arranged)
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HKTDC Acting Executive Director Benjamin Chau (left) and HKTDC Electronics/Electrical Appliances Industries Advisory Committee Chairman KB Chan briefed the press about the HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) this year |
Media interviewed the exhibitors about the interesting lighting products for the write up after the briefing section |
| Redeem a FREE Gift at our Social Media Counter |
| Come now and check in our social media channels to redeem a gift for free*!
Simply drop by to check in at our counter located in Hall 1C! |
Crystal pen with touch screen styles pen for smartphone & ipad |
| *Redemption is on a first come first served basis while stock lasts. In case of any disputes, the decision of the HKTDC shall be final and binding. |
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| Dragon Red and Green Lounge |
Visit the new Dragon Red (Hall 3E Concourse) and Dragon Green (Expo Drive Entrance) to enjoy free coffee/tea
Simply bring along your Dragon Lounge access card to enjoy these facilities!
Opening Hours
| Date |
Time |
Venue |
| 6-8 Apr |
9:30am-6:00pm |
Dragon Red - Hall 3E Concourse
Dragon Green - Expo Drive Entrance |
| 9 Apr |
9:30am-5:00pm |
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Lucky Draw
Come and get the chance to win an iPad Air for Free! |
| Prize |
Daily Number of Winners |
Venue |
Lucky Draw Date & Time |
iPad Air |
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hktdc.com Oasis Hall 3D |
6 – 7 April 2014
(Sunday - Monday)
4:30pm–5pm
(Cut-off Time: 4:20pm) |
| HK$500 HKCEC Dining Coupon |
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| HK$300 Design Gallery Coupon |
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Remarks:
• In case of any disputes over the redemption programme, the decision of HKTDC shall be final and binding
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Remarks:
• The souvenir incentives are eligible to buyers from Hong Kong or Macau only.
• Each buyer is only entitled to ONE souvenir only.
• All buyers have to redeem the souvenir in person.
• In case of any disputes over the redemption programme, the decision of HKTDC shall be final and binding. |
Buyers are welcome to meet the industry peers at the happy hour session today.
Time: 3pm-5:30pm
Venue: Hall 3E, next to 3E-D30 |
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 Source Quality Products in Small Quantity |
 Small-Order Zone displays a fine selection of products of MOQ from 5 to 1,000 pieces at the Expo Drive Entrance. Recently, Small-Order Zone won the UFI Marketing Award 2013. This honour reaffirms that this initiative is highly effective and welcomed by both buyers and suppliers.
Small orders available at Small-Order Zone and Exhibitors’ booth
 In addition to the Small-Order Zone, selected products available for small orders are highlighted in the fair in exhibitors’ booth.
Small-Order Select – Products available for small orders. Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and Unit Price of the product are clearly specified for easy comparison.
Visit the zone at the Expo Drive Entrance and check out the new icon and products during your visit to our fair! More small-order products are also available online at www.hktdc.com/so now!
 What’s more, instant payment and shipping arrangement is now available on www.hktdc.com/so. Enjoy the ease of secure payment and worldwide delivery now! Check out the video for new online sourcing |
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Free copies are available at Dragon Green, HKTDC Buyer Centre, Business Matching Lounge and Information Counters at HKTDC Trade Fairs. Or, you can download the online version here. |
| hktdc.com Free Sourcing Service |
| Now you can locate the right products you need by getting a list of relevant exhibitors with booth numbers and product photos at the fair. Look for this friendly sign. |
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Rebecca So
Manager, Marketing Communications
Exhibitions Department |
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