INDEX - International Design Exhibition | 24 – 27 September 2012 | Dubai World Trade Centre | UAE

INDEX Kitchen & Bathroom Supporting Partners

	ASEBAN - Spanish Association of Bathroom Equipment Manufacturers One of the objectives of ASEBAN is to defend the interests of the business community and to boost the internationalisation of companies in the bathroom fittings sector, through various promotion activities abroad. In fact, it already has many opportunities for international expansion, as in a short time the concept of the bathroom has become an important aspect of homes, with a significant improvement in the design and quality. Another of the objectives of ASEBAN is to play a major role in improving and reinforcing the competitiveness of companies in the sector through activities aimed at improving the production, image, marketing and sales by companies, for which it is developing various programmes supported by official organisations. For more information visit: www.aseban.com

	Interior Design Association The IDA is the professional body representing Interior Design practices working principally in the International commercial interiors market. Market sectors include: corporate; hospitality; healthcare; education; retail and exhibition & museum design. The IDA will promote and protect the interests of members and encourage the highest possible standards of design service and professional performance. For more information visit: www.theida.co.uk

	International Interior Design Association The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional networking and educational association with more than 13,000 members practicing worldwide in more than 50 countries. IIDA is committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and advancing interior design through knowledge, value and community. IIDA advocates for interior design excellence; nurtures a global interior design community; maintains high educational standards; and supports its members and the profession with visionary leadership. For more than 37 years, IIDA has helped reveal new design talent through a variety of education initiatives and Interior design/architecture competitions honouring local talent, including the Interior Design Competition, Smart Environments Awards and Sustainable Leadership Awards. For more information visit: www.iida.org

	IPEX IPEX (The Foreign Trade Institute of Castilla La Mancha) is a state-owned company that carries out activities and services aimed at supporting and promoting foreign trade for CASTILLA LA MANCHA´S companies. IPEX has attended and supported the furniture section of the INDEX International Design Exhibition since 2006. For more information visit: www.ipex.es

	MUEBLE DE ESPAÑA Creativity, innovation, tradition: these are just a few peculiar traits that come to mind when you think of MUEBLE DE ESPAÑA, a brand that represents a comprehensive offering across the furniture decoration spectrum. Mediterranean colours, playful lines, noble woods and marquetries converge in MUEBLE DE ESPAÑA, turning it into a worldwide reknown key player of the interior design market. For further information visit: www.muebledeespana.com

	Pro- Brixia Pro-Brixia is the branch office of the Chamber of Commerce of Brescia (Italy), which promotes and supports small-to-medium size companies from the province of Brescia in international markets. For more information visit: www.probrixia.it

	UBIFRANCE UBI France, the French agency for international business development, comes under the aegis of France’s Ministry for the Economy, Industry & Employment. UBIFRANCE lies at the heart of France’s public-sector export support framework. With 65 Trade Commissions in 46 countries, UBIFRANCE offers a comprehensive range of products and services aimed at accompanying French-based companies in their development on export markets, such as: - Knowledge-based products and services, from business information to consultancy and monitoring services, in order to help companies elaborate a strategy for international expansion - Promotional operations in order to foster partnerships with companies outside France. For more information visit: www.ubifrance.fr

	VCCI VCCI Trade and Service One Member Company Limited (formerly Trade and Service Company - popularly known as TSC) was founded in 1988 by The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Our headquarters in Hanoi has a group of high-quality staff and various professional departments and has branches in main cities of Vietnam. Our main functions include: - Promoting exhibitions and trade fairs, in Vietnam and abroad, acting as the overseas exhibition organisers’ representative in Vietnam - Holding seminars and conferences in Vietnam and abroad - Meeting with business and government agencies - Identification of potential business opportunities and business partners; contract negotiations - Information on legal and investment policies in Vietnam - Market entry services - Pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies, applications for Investment licenses and licenses for opening representative offices & branches of foreign economic organisations in Vietnam For more information visit: www.vcci.com.vn

	Taiwan External Trade Development Council For more information visit: www.taitra.com.tw/index.asp

	Taiwan Furniture Manufacturers Association For more information visit: www.tfma.org.tw

	Association of the German Trade Fair Industry For more information visit: www.auma.de/_pages/start_e.aspx

	Association of the German Woodworking and Furniture Industries (VDM) For more information visit: www.hdh-ev.de/english/index.html

	Consorzio AX Artigianexport Terni

	Consorzio Deruta 1282 - Autentiche Cercamiche For more information visit: www.deruta1282.com

	Extenda - Trade Promotion Agency of Andalucia For more information visit: www.extenda.es

	Limoges Chamber of Commerce & Industry, France The Chamber represents the general interests of trade and industry in the Haute-Vienne department, comprising of 9,460 commercial, industrial and services companies employing 62,500 in the department of Haute Vienne. Supervised by both the ministry for Industry and the ministry of SME's, Trade and Craft Industry. For more information visit: www.limoges.cci.fr