Video Summary NHS 2007

National Hardware Show 2007

Orlando, FL at The Orange County Convention Center - May 8-10, 2007

Pictures from the show

The National Hardware Show® and Lawn & Garden World® is an annual gathering that connects retailers, dealers, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers to the home marketplace by showcasing products, building relationships and educating the industry through insightful conference sessions, seminars, and research. At the show you'll see the latest in innovation, design and cutting-edge trends for the home interior, exterior and lawn and garden.

Show Report

Hello, this is Juan C. Blanco, Invent-Tech’s Director of Product Licensing, with our summary of the National Hardware Show 2007. Leading up to this event, Invent-Tech was particularly excited about the possibility of taking advantage of participating in what essentially amounted to 4 major industry trade shows under one roof!

What we are referring to is the fact that this year’s edition of the National Hardware Show actually featured 3 other events that ran concurrently and that also held tremendous potential value for Invent-Tech and the inventions that it represents.; also housed in the expansive Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida between May 8th and 10th were Lawn and Garden World, the Homewares Show 2007, and the Gourmet Housewares Show!

The Invent-Tech trade show team spent a considerable amount of time during these three days canvassing the many aisles that were replete with companies receptive to receiving new product idea information about Invent-Tech inventor products. We also had the opportunity to stop in at the booths of two hardware products companies that are already in our Innovation Direct program and that were exhibiting right down the aisle from us! In fact, one of these companies made it a point to tell us during a subsequent visit to the Invent-Tech booth that they were extremely pleased with their experience in dealing with Invent-Tech so far, and that they had further interest in 4 inventions from the latest batch we had sent them!

The Invent-Tech booth also was the recipient of a substantial amount of consistent and relevant traffic during all 3 days of this terrific event. Among the visitors was the Director of Corporate Merchandise Purchasing for a quarter billion dollar direct mail company dealing in all sorts of products, and the newly-appointed Director of Merchandising for a multi-million dollar company that has shown advanced levels of interest in various Invent-Tech inventor products since we first met them in 2004.

Additionally, representatives of companies specializing in everything from kitchen accessories to automotive items stopped by and provided their business cards, proving once again that there is no telling which industries will be represented at any given trade show event, regardless of the show’s main theme!

With so many potentially fruitful business relationships that could flourish from the contacts made at this show, our Manufacturer Response Team has already immersed itself in the follow-up process with many of these entities.  As our relationships with these companies develop further, we will bring you all of the pertinent details on our Invent-Tech Network Blog.

Speaking of the Blog, as a reminder, it is accessible through our website. During each trade show event, multiple updates live from the exhibit floor are provided throughout each day of the proceedings. Also, be sure to check our website after each trade show for a full array of photos from the event. Invent-Tech heads out for its annual trek to the Big Apple next month, for Licensing International 2007. Join us then!

Pictures from the show