Veronafiere Group
The Veronafiere Group is a modern, international network providing companies and value chains with innovative, safe and tailor-made solutions to promote their business.
Through its subsidiaries, investee and associate companies the Group has consolidated its positioning on the exhibition market by expanding its range of services and its capacity for action on the global scene.
Today, the Veronafiere Group offers:
- b2b and b2c events in Italy and abroad;
- 300,000 square meters of exhibition facilities, in a modern, safe exhibition centre in Verona;
- digital b2b platforms to integrate and augment the potential of attended events;
- market intelligence tools;
- training and professional updating academies;
- design and construction services for exhibition stands;
- congress activities
Veronafiere Servizi S.p.A. is the Veronafiere Group company specializing in the design and construction of customized exhibition stands and set-ups. Founded in 1979, in 2019 it took on direct control of Eurotend S.p.A., a company dealing with rental, sale and installation of marquees, and Dumas Intex S.p.A., a company specializing in set-ups for trade fairs and events, with branches in the United States and China.
Piemmeti S.p.A is the Veronafiere Group company specializing in events dedicated to the wood supply chain, be it for generating heat and energy or for use in the building and furniture industry. Acquired by Veronafiere in 2006, Piemmeti S.p.A. organizes Progetto Fuoco, the most important trade fair event in the world for the biomass heating sector, as well as Italia Legno, PF Tecnologia and Wood Experience.
Veronafiere do Brasil is the subsidiary of the Veronafiere Group founded in 2012 to operate on the South American market. It owns 60% of the shares of Milanez&Milaneze, the Brazilian company that manages the country’s two main marble and granite trade shows – Vitória Stone Fair and Cachoeiro Stone Fair – as well as Mec Show, an exhibition on engineering, automation and energy, and Wine South America, an international wine exhibition.
Veronafiere Asia Ltd is the Chinese holding company of the Veronafiere Group. It holds 51% of the shares in Shenzhen Baina International Exhibitions. This newco was founded in 2019 in partnership with Pacco Cultural Communication Group. It organizes b2b trade fairs and events in China that target the Asian market. Since 2020, Veronafiere Asia Ltd. has organized the Wine To Asia exhibition in the Shenzhen Exhibition Centre specifically for operators in the wine sector.
Metef S.r.l. is the Veronafiere Group joint venture that owns the Metef brand, an international exhibition dedicated to aluminium, foundry, metals and innovative materials technologies, launched in Italy by Edimet in 1997. The acquisition by Veronafiere S.p.A. took place in 2012 and a 50:50 joint venture was then set up in 2020 with BolognaFiere to develop new synergies and ensure further growth for the brand.
VPE (Verona Parma Exhibitions) was founded in 2017 by Veronafiere and Fiere di Parma. The new 50:50 company was set up to bring together the respective skills of the Vinitaly and Cibus brands and thereby develop new system initiatives to promote the wine & food supply chain. In 2018, VPE acquired a 50% stake in Bellavita Expo, an English company active in the Made in Italy agro-food trade show sector.