Building Show – Turkeybuild Istanbul Marks Its 41st Edition, 8-12 May

Building Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul, on its 41st edition, will bring all construction-sector topics to the agenda with 'YAPI SAHNE' and 'YAPI ARENA', from innovation to technology, from architecture to design…

The building, construction materials and technologies fair Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul, one of the five largest building fairs in the world and the largest in the broad region covering the Balkans, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, the Middle East and North Africa, is preparing to open its doors on 8 May. Creating added value for 40 years in the construction sector, Turkey's locomotive industry, offering new business opportunities and enabling sectoral knowledge sharing with increasingly rich content each year, Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul also provides undeniable contribution to the country's economy. Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul, taking place at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center, will run between 8-12 May. Hosting 850 participants from 17 countries and 82,427 visitors last year, Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul is preparing to bring together over 900 participants in 11 halls and open areas with 90,000 visitors this year. To increase the number of foreign and domestic participants, buying delegation programs are being implemented this year under the coordination of the Turkish Ministry of Economy and ITE Turkey - YEM Exhibitions. While over 100 buyers are expected to meet with participants under the T.C. Ministry of Economy and VIP Buying Delegation Program, buyers from leading target markets of the Turkish construction sector such as Qatar, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Algeria, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Uzbekistan are targeted to participate in the fair under the ITE Turkey - YEM Exhibitions VIP Buying Delegation Program (hosted buyer program). Within all buying delegation programs, bilateral business meetings will be organized to create ground for new business opportunities and collaborations.

ITE Turkey Building Fair Director Kaan Soyubol: "Domestic product usage in construction materials is increasing, Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul continues to develop participants' business volume"

ITE Turkey Building Fair Director Kaan Soyubol, emphasizing that the use of domestic products in construction materials is increasing, also shared numerical information about the sector. Soyubol: "Growth in the construction sector accelerated in the third quarter and reached 18.7% in the third quarter of 2017. Growth rates in the first and second quarters of the year were revised to 5.6% and 5.5%. Thus, the construction sector grew by 9.9% in the first nine months of the year. Growth in the real estate sector was 1.5% in the third quarter of 2017. Growth rates in the first and second quarters of the year were revised to 1.5% and 1.4%. Thus, the real estate sector grew by 1.5% in the first nine months of the year." Soyubol continued: "In parallel with this growth, total construction expenditures reached TRY 392.8 billion in the first nine months of 2017. Construction expenditures increased by 30.9% in the first nine months at current prices. In addition to domestic market activity, positive developments are occurring in the sector's exports. Construction materials industry exports increased by 4.2% in the first nine months of 2017, rising to USD 11.82 billion. Construction materials imports, in contrast to exports, fell by 8.8% in the first nine months, declining to USD 6.59 billion. As evident from these figures, while the use of domestically produced products is increasing in the domestic market, significant progress is being made in our exports, and important added value is being created for the country's economy in terms of construction materials."

Largest Business Development Platform for the 41st Year: YAPI SAHNE and YAPI ARENA

In honor of the 41st edition of the fair organized by YEM Exhibitions, which operates within ITE Turkey, the company organizing leading fairs in Turkey's leading sectors, business development platform events have also been renewed. The fair, which aims to present and monitor the region's newest products and services as well as transfer its strong global network to the construction sector to create new business, partnership and purchasing opportunities, also aims to support sector strategy, provide information exchange, encourage innovation and foster interaction between the construction sector and its public sector, private sector and academic dimensions. With this goal in mind, YAPI SAHNE and YAPI ARENA, designed as one of the largest business development platforms to enable the introduction of new ideas, provide an efficient platform for fair participants and visitors. ITE Turkey Building Fair Director Kaan Soyubol spoke about this year's events as follows: "For exactly 40 years, Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul has continued to serve as an international platform, holding up a mirror to our country's construction sector. Our 41st year is very special and important for us. For this reason, we made a series of innovations to our business development platform and created YAPI SAHNE and YAPI ARENA. YAPI SAHNE, focused on "innovation", will host seminars featuring discussions and technical trainings on technology and materials, building information modeling, 3D and robotics, and live presentations, while YAPI ARENA will focus on architecture and business-oriented panels, author talks, partnership events and "inspiring" speaker conferences."

Noting that they have already begun work for 2019, Soyubol stated: "We are now continuing our work with a more professional team. In line with our productivity policy, we have already begun work for 2019, and our stand sales for 2019 will begin before the 2018 fair starts.

Thus, we will devote the remainder of our time to content development that will provide maximum benefit to our participants and visitors," he said. Following the opening ceremony, which will take place with the participation of Turkish İMSAD President Ferdi Erdoğan and ITE Turkey Building Fair Director Kaan Soyubol on the fair's first day, there will be technical seminars and live presentations from material manufacturers offering innovative products and solutions at Yapı Sahne. On the fair's second day, the winners of 'Insulation Sector Success Awards' and 'Golden Magnet Stand Design Awards' will be announced, while 'Design, Produce, Manufacture with Robots!', 'Designing, Producing and Building with Data: Data Mining in the Construction Sector' will be among Yapı Sahne's events. On the same day, Yapı Arena will host panels and talks on 'Materials and R&D in Architecture', 'Transforming Architecture – Computational Design and Construction', 'Institutionalization in Architecture', 'Masterclass and Material Talks'. The panel and seminar titles for the fair's third day are as follows: 'Social and Behavioral Aspects of Energy Use', 'Architecture's Other States', 'Real Estate-Focused Investor Panel', 'Open Call: Notes on the New Industrial Revolution', 'Advanced Energy Solutions in Complex Buildings', 'Masterclass and Material Talks' and 'Assembly in the Workshop'. On the fair's fourth day, the 'How to Grow Your Business?' seminar aims to open new horizons for entrepreneurs, while Dr. Eng. (Architect) Doğan Hasol will discuss '20th Century Turkish Architecture and Today', evaluating and commenting on the current state of our architecture. On the fair's final day, the 'Attention to Ground' panel will share the 2023 targets of the World Construction Ground Industry, while Jenny Sabin Studio and Cornell Architecture, Art and Planning Founder Jenny Sabin and Block Research Group Founding Director Prof. Dr. Philippe Block will be the final speakers at Yapı Arena.

'Golden Magnet Stand Design Awards' to Find Their Winners

The traditional awards of Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul, the 'Golden Magnet Stand Design Awards', will be presented to their recipients this year as well. In the 'Golden Magnet Stand Design Awards', which recognize companies that transform their brands and products into points of attraction for visitors through stand designs, an independent jury made up of participating company stands at the fair will present 1st, 2nd, 3rd and commendation awards to their recipients and designers. The fair will also present the ITE Group Special Award to encourage the development of stand designs.

Topics on the Agenda of Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild Istanbul:

Presentations by foreign architects noted for their design approaches and recent projects, Presentations by association directors offering projections on the future of the construction sector, Energy efficiency for investors, Relationships between real estate and planning and economics, Data design in architecture, Robotics in architecture, Materials and R&D, Design in the construction materials sector, Business models with entrepreneurial spirit aimed at growth, Masterclasses, Live presentations from material manufacturers offering innovative products and solutions.

About ITE Turkey

ITE Turkey is the Turkish office of ITE Group, an international exhibitions company that organizes 240 fairs and conferences annually worldwide with 32 offices in 20 countries and over 1,000 experienced personnel. Organizing leading fairs in Turkey's leading sectors, ITE Turkey consists of YEM Exhibitions, EUF - E International Fair Promotion Services and Platform International Exhibitions companies. Organizing Turkey's leading fairs in the building, tourism, cosmetics, food, railway technologies, rail systems and logistics sectors, ITE Turkey draws its strength from its experience in Turkey and the region as well as the global network of ITE Group, of which it is a member company. By transferring its strong global network in the exhibitions sector to each sector in which it operates, ITE Turkey creates new business, collaboration and purchasing opportunities at the fairs it organizes, contributing to the development of these sectors. www.ite-turkey.com