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Thessaloniki 10 With almost 80 years of continuous operation, TIF – HELEXPO is the leading Greek organizer of exhibitions & conferences and one of the most important in the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin. www.helexpo.gr Presented by 3 Table of contents Company overview 6 History 8 Facilities 10 Thessaloniki 10 Athens 15 Business Units 16 Profile per unit 16 Exhibition’s & Events statistics 20 Key Financials 21 Corporate Governance 22 Strategic Partnerships & Memberships 24 Location 26 Greece 26 Thessaloniki 29 Athens 32 Market Analysis & Trends 34 Key Strengths, Opportunities & Outlook 37 Contacts 38 Presented by 5 Company Overview Introduction TIF – HELEXPO (hereinafter also referred to as “Company”) is involved in geographic areas such as Romania, Serbia, the national exhibitions & conferences organiser of Greece and Bulgaria, Albania, FYROM and Kosovo. the owner of the two most important exhibition and conference centers in the country, one in Thessaloniki and the other in In addition, TIF – HELEXPO works closely with the Greek Athens. Diaspora (i.e. businessmen and politicians of Greek origin living abroad) in order to forge strong international ties and acquire TIF – HELEXPO organises more than 15 international trade knowledge and expertise concerning foreign markets and fairs in Greece and also co-ordinates the national participation industries. of Greece in major exhibitions and trade missions abroad. Moreover, the Company hosts at its venues an important During eight decades of continuous operation, TIF – HELEXPO number of other trade fairs organized by third parties. has accumulated vast experience and expertise in managing trade fair and conference infrastructures as well as organizing TIF – HELEXPO plays an important role in the Greek exhibitions and other similar events. economy, as it continuously strives to create new business events and innovative services that promote extroversion and Nowadays, apart from organizing regional fairs and being the support companies build and expand business networks. official counsel of the state in matters of trade fair policy, TIF – HELEXPO also manages the facilities of the Thessaloniki Aiming to enhance its role as a leading regional exhibition and Exhibition Center and of the Athens Exhibition and Congress congress center in the greater Balkan region, TIF-HELEXPO Center “HELEXPO MAROUSSI”. focuses in forging strong partnerships and being actively Activities & Business Units The vast majority of revenues derives from activities related to In 2013, trade fairs organized by TIF – HELEXPO attracted exhibitions & trade fairs, congresses & other events and real more than 3,500 exhibitors and around 455,000 visitors. estate, which comprise the three main business units of TIF – HELEXPO. In addition, more than 40,000 people participated in around 80 conferences held in the premises of TIF – HELEXPO. 1. Exhibitions & Trade Fairs Through its real estate business, TIF – HELEXPO rents out 2. Congresses & Other Events numerous buildings located within the Thessaloniki Exhibition Center grounds, including retail space of around 5,000 m2, the 3. Real Estate Business landmark OTE-Tower, an open space cinema and a building hosting the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. 6 TIF – HELEXPO S.A. Corporate Profile Location of Facilities Thessaloniki Athens The headquarters of TIF – HELEXPO are located in The Company owns and runs the “HELEXPO MAROUSSI” in Thessaloniki. The majority of the Company’s facilities are Maroussi, Athens, a multipurpose facility able to host trade seated at the heart of the city, among two university campuses, shows, exhibitions and corporate events. “HELEXPO major touristic sites and shopping districts. TIF – HELEXPO MAROUSSI” is centrally located in the Greek capital, next to consists a contemporary landmark for the city due to its ideally the Olympic Sport Center 2004 and on one of the most central location and substantial size. important business and commercial districts of Athens, Kifissias Avenue. Located at the city center, TIF – HELEXPO is approximately 15 minutes drive (15 km away) from “Makedonia” International It is located around 15 minutes drive from Syntagma Square, 3 Airport of Thessaloniki, 5 minutes driving distance from the minutes from the National Highway (PATHE) and 20 minutes central Train Station (2.5 km away) and the city’s ring road and from the International Airport of Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos”. very close to all major attractions and points of interest. Olympic Sport Center Tsimiski Kamara District Shopping Mall Veikou TIF - HELEXPO Grove HELEXPO White Tower MAROUSSI Thessaloniki Greece Athens 154, Egnatia Street 39, Kifisias Avenue, Maroussi 546 36, Thessaloniki, Greece 151 23, Attica, Athens, Greece Coordinates: N 40o 37’ 49” / E 22o 57’ 15” Coordinates: N 38o 2’ 0” / E 23o 47’ 41” Presented by 7 History Brief Overview & Milestones Introduction Innovation Milestones The idea of the first Thessaloniki International Trade Fair (TIF) Since the beginning of its existence, TIF has been an was born in 1925. The father of the event was Nikolaos enormously important event for Greece and for the whole Germanos, member of the Greek Parliament, who filed a neighboring region. Innovation presented for the first time in petition to the Ministry of National Economy on April 28th, 1925 Greece and the Balkans is an alternative way to look into TIF’s requesting the permission to organize the first international glorious past. trade fair in the country. 1926-1936 The first Thessaloniki International Fair was inaugurated on • The 1st TIF took place in October 1926. October 3rd, 1926, thus marking a new important chapter for the region’s economy. TIF was definitely transferred to its • The Pasteur Institute presented a potential treatment for current facilities in 1937. Its operation was temporarily syphilis and rheumatism (1926). interrupted due to World War II and the consequent Greek civil • Hungary’s delegation exhibited radiotelephony (1927). war, while in 1950 TIF was financed by the Marshall plan for • TIF launched a domestically engineered lighting system the reconstruction of the pillaged exhibition center. along with “Phos”, a Greek company producing light bulbs (1929). During the ‘50s and the ‘60s TIF attracted 400 Greek exhibitors • The Austrian tobacco’s delegation introduced the first “light” annually, while foreign exhibitors reached an average of 1,500 cigarettes (1931). per event. In fact, in the year of 1967 visitors reached a record- breaking number of 1.7 millions. The largest TIF pavilions were • Telefunken presented the first global radio receivers, while constructed during the ‘70s and are still in operation, whereas the first air-conditioning unit operated at the Italian pavilion the first sectorial exhibitions, the International Fur Fair and the (1935). International Marble Fair, were organised in 1973. • Chemical warfare masks were launched in TIF (1936). 1951-1960 • The “Magic Garden of Philips” was presented in Thessaloniki, exactly after it was presented at the Festival- of-Britain in London (1951). • Closed-circuit TV was presented in the American pavilion (1954). • An automatic knitting machine was exhibited at East Germany’s pavilion. A radiotherapy machine was presented at the American Pavilion (1955). • Electric milking machines, electric incubators and electric water pumps were introduced for the first time (1956). • Czechoslovakia’s delegation presented the car maker SKODA and a forty-passenger tram was carrying the visitors around TIF-HELEXPO premises (1956). • General Electric presented potential uses of solar power by roasting chickens (1957). • The Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) presented the dimmer switch and the “stroboscope”, an automatic touch system for electrical and electronic appliances (1958). • Greek-American George Kritheris presented the first microwave oven (1960). 8 TIF – HELEXPO S.A. Corporate Profile 1961-1980 2001-Today • “KAMOME” introduced a Japanese washing machine • “Aibo”, Sony’s dog-robot, was presented along with the (1961). National Technology and Research Institute’s football • A garburator and Greece’s first car alarms were launched. player-robot and the Hellenic Marine Research Center’s The PPC presented telecommunications satellites (1963). bathyscaphe ‘Thetis’ (2005). • Organization of Hellenic Telecommunications (ΟΤΕ) • Democritus University presented the first ethanol powered introduced the first automated telephones (1964). motorcycle. University of Ioannina launched a 3D system of reconstructing coronary arteries (2006). • SABA presented unique home and car radio/tape recorders (1965). • “COSMOTE”, a Greek mobile operator, introduced “smart eyes”, a navigation system which helps people who face • The PPC installed a TV studio which hosted the first TIF’s hearing and vision problems (2006). broadcast. AEG – Telefunken introduced the colour television while entry phones were demonstrated at the • The tour guide-robot along with the Aristotle University’s Italian pavilion (1970). rescue-robot were presented (2008). • “Pitsos”, a Greek electric appliance-maker, presented the • The original AT&T Williams Formula 1 racing car was first super-automatic bio-programme washing machine presented along with the tailor made student formula car of while PPC launched the first photovoltaic panels in the Aristotle University Racing Team (2008). Greek market (1974). • TIF-HELEXPO promoted the environmental friendly way of • Various technologically advanced medical equipment was thinking by planting
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