The success of the Hardware, Tools & Houseware exhibition held in February this year in Dubai, has spurred the organiser to more than double the show next year.

EPOC International will organise the event at the Dubai World Trade Centre from March 19 to 22, 2001. There will be national pavilions from more than 10 countries including Germany, the UK, the US, France, China, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, Korea, India and Turkey.

This year's show gained excellent support from exhibitors and visitors, says a spokesman for Epoc.

Exhibitors came from the UAE, the US, UK, Germany, Korea, India, Taiwan, Spain, Bahrain and Italy. Over 150 different brands were displayed, with over 1,000 different products from more than 10 countries.

Visitor response to the exhibition was excellent with over 5,000 visitors from throughout the UAE, all the other Gulf states, Iran, India, countries throughout the Middle East, the CIS States and even from Tanzania. Visitors to the event came from over 30 countries and exhibitors were able to promote their products to a broad region.