From 29.02. to 03.03.2024 IWA OutdoorClassics, the world's leading exhibition for the hunting and shooting industry, will be held in the city of Nuremberg. 1.080 manufacturers from 53 countries and the specialized trade will meet internationally to address the challenges together. challenges of the sector. IE 2024 is a special year, in fact IWA OutdoorClassics is also celebrating its 50th anniversary.
IWA OutdoorClassics strengthens trade structures
The exhibition for specialist retailers in the hunting, shooting and outdoor sectors offers a wide range of products again this year. From hunting weapons, sports shooting and air guns to optics and technologies, ammunition, knives, hunting accessories, clothing and outdoor equipment, there is a lot to discover in the 9 rooms of the IWA OutdoorClassics 2024. For the international trade audience, the IWA OutdoorClassics is the only opportunity of the year to experience new products from international manufacturers in concentrated form. “With the IWA OutdoorClassics, we strengthen the fundamental structures of specialist trade and global business,” says Stefanie Leege, Exhibition Director of the IWA OutdoorClassics. “Our international exhibition is a driver for the innovative strength of our industry and ensures that trade is equipped with innovations around the world, which certainly affects the competitiveness of trade. We are therefore a reliable partner for specialist retailers,” continues Leege.
Future-oriented impulses
The IWA OutdoorClassics not only offers new products to trade visitors. In an extensive support program, the platform lays the foundation for overcoming current challenges. On the SHOOTING EXPERTS stage, the Association of German Blacksmiths and Armaments Dealers (VDB) and the World Forum on Shooting Activities (WFSA), among others, will provide insights on current key topics and keep the trade updated nationally and internationally. Other trends will find space in the IWA OutdoorClassics support program: from AI in the arms trade to overcoming labor shortages to new sales strategies in stationary trade, the conference program offers numerous thematic highlights. It will also be possible to test some of the newest products at XPERIENCE. Retailers can benefit from this live experience in consulting. The presentation of the IWA Knife Award will complement the high-level support program of the IWA OutdoorClassics. All presentations and dates are available on the IWA OutdoorClassics website.
Rumors about the 2024 IWA OutdoorClassics
Stefanie Leege, Exhibition Director of the IWA OutdoorClassics: “This year we are particularly honored to welcome exhibitors, visitors and press representatives to the IWA OutdoorClassics. Our 50th anniversary is certainly an honor for us, but even more so for the commitment of our customers and partners. We are happy with the trust they have placed in us and look forward to an unforgettable anniversary edition.”
Klaus Gotzen, General Director, JSM Verband der Hersteller von Jagd-, Sportwaffen und Munition: “A trade fair of enormous importance in our sector. Even this year the IWA OutdoorClassics offers the best conditions for business and networking on an international level. It is of central importance to the national and international business of our industry. JSM congratulates IWA OutdoorClassics on reaching its 50th anniversary.”
Michael Blendinger, President of the VDB Verband Deutscher Büchsenmacher und Waffenfachhändler & AECAC Europäischer Verband des zivilen Waffenfachhandels: “Our industry needs a workplace, a symposium, to exchange opinions between experts on current movements and developments. That's why we founded this platform together with 100 manufacturers in 1974. For our members, the IWA OutdoorClassics has been an unmissable event for 50 years. It is the only place where retailers have the opportunity to find out about an international range of products from well-known manufacturers and newcomers.
We would like to thank NürnbergMesse for the collegial collaboration over the last 50 years of the IWA OutdoorClassics and offer our congratulations."