科隆国际创意手工艺品及业余爱好制品展览会（h+h cologne - The international trade fair for creative handicraft and hobby）是一届国际性业余爱好者手工艺品创新展览会，每年一届在科隆国际展览中心举行。该展是编织，钩针编织，缝纫，刺绣工艺品的世界。该展注重促销与贸易、手工艺创作产品展示，研讨会和特别表演艺术家和相关机构参与激发你的创新与参加。参展收效明显，同时获得很多创作灵感，每年3-4月举行的h+h展是手工艺术品行业的一次盛会。
h+h cologne参展商目标群体：家纺纺织品，挂毯，缝纫；纱线，缝纫和工艺储存容器；缝纫篮，针织和针织纱线；针织机纱，小百货；工艺品。参观者目标群体：零售，销售百货，邮购，商业，协会，学校等。
h+h cologne越来越多地采取了国际上率先作为纺织品设计的论坛。每年三月，手工艺品业界聚集在科隆，汇聚最新的趋势和收藏品交易行业的信息。观众可对工作坊、时尚展和特别展览的享受。展会规模近400家展商，近1万5千观众。
展品范围(Show Products):
业余爱好工具：配件（除服装首饰），教学书籍，贴花作品/花边/辫子和标签，铁的模式，座架，相框，电脑/软件，装饰用品，顶针，针线活实现，缝纫配件，针针织和钩针钩，针线包，刺绣面料，家纺产品，绣花，按钮，打结羊毛/打结工具包，男子服饰用品，店铺装修与设计，结网纱线/配件，缝纫纱线，缝纫工艺储存容器，缝纫机配件，亮片，珠宝，装饰品，拼布绗缝，拉链，剪刀，种模式，绣丝带，绣花纱，刺绣包，台绣花机，装饰帆布，针织及钩编纱线，针织纱机，针织机配件，日光灯，壁毯挂毯，地毯纱，地毯打结框架/实现，纺织品设计，包装袋，编织纱，帧/织机配件，贸易杂志/书；
工艺品：教学书籍，工艺包，条色带，蜡染/配件，基本用品制作，丙烯酸/织物/油和水彩画，毛毡/毡，固定剂/胶水及喷头，邮票，塑造/绘画/品牌，手工蜡烛，花香和篮，艺术材料/海报/框架，皮革制作工艺用品，个模型化合物，模具/转让和贴花，纸艺/造纸及剪贴簿，刷，陶瓷，袖珍娃娃，手工珠宝，丝绸画，织物印刷/配件，织物；
其它：针、缝补工具。
展会报告(Show Reports):
h+h cologne 2023 confirms position as leading international B2B trade fair
After three busy trade fair days, the leading international trade fair for creative handicraft & hobby supplies came to a close on Sunday in Cologne. With the participation of 280 companies from 41 countries, all of the industry's big brands presented their products and services to the international trade audience again this year and ensured that the over 12,000 trade visitors went home with satisfied faces.
In addition to gaining a comprehensive overview of the industry, the trade visitors were finally able to engage in a personal exchange at international level again this year at h+h cologne and this opportunity was exploited to the full. For the Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse, Oliver Frese, this is the decisive proof for the success of the leading trade fair: "The number of exhibitors and visitors clearly demonstrates the position of h+h cologne as the industry's most important international trading and networking platform." As such, the trade fair is and remains to be the most important meeting point for the handicraft industry worldwide, Frese added.
This was explicitly emphasised by the exhibitors this year.
The industry association, Initiative Handarbeit e.V., also underlined in Cologne the importance of h+h cologne's role as a platform for the creative community and as a stimulus for new trends. Since in spite of the unabated trend towards handicrafts, the tense economic situation is also having an impact on the industry. In this way, the overall market for handicraft supplies in Germany was estimated to be around Euro 1 billion in 2022, measured in end consumer prices. The market has thus declined compared to the previous years. Whereby, handicrafts were especially popular with the consumers during the lockdown, which led to the turnovers growing significantly in the years 2020 and 2021 (EUR 1.3 and 1.2 billion respectively).
Which is why Hedi Ehlen, Chief Operating Officer of Initiative Handarbeit, found the wealth of innovative diversity displayed by the companies at h+h cologne this year all the more important: "Experiencing innovations and creativity together is vital for both the exhibitors and the visitors. h+h cologne is the best platform for this purpose. All of the people we talked to have emphasised the fact that the personal exchange is indispensable. This is why we are delighted that h+h cologne attracted such a convincing number of guests this year."
The motto of this year's first-class and technically demanding event programme was "be creative. be unique". Discussion rounds, lectures and workshops that provided the trade audience with plenty of inspiration and know-how were offered again on the Talk Sofa and in the course of many workshops. Here the focus lay on practice-oriented tips and information that the participants can utilise for their own business.
Art meets business: "Woolinale" celebrates its premiere at h+h cologne
But not only the industry places great hopes in h+h cologne and its visibility. On the occasion of the first "Woolinale" held in Germany, the 1st International Yarnbombing Festival, ambitious hobby knitters and artists of international acclaim profited from the power of attraction of the trade fair and presented themselves to the international trade audience in front of and at the Entrance South. In this way, interested parties, who were not allowed to attend the trade fair, h+h, were able to experience the pieces of art close-up.
Coming events
h+h americas, 21 to 23 June 2023, Rosemont/Chicago, IL
h+h cologne, 22 to 24 March 2024, Cologne
