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Glee offers innovators launch support

Start-up businesses and innovators have been invited to reserve their space in the Innovators Zone at Glee in September.

Designed to help nurture valuable grass-roots product development and one-off design ideas, the Innovators Zone scheme will be exclusively available to small-scale manufacturers and those with prototype or pre-entry level designs. For a low-cost, one-off fee, entrepreneurs will receive a ready-to-use 4m. shell-scheme booth, a high profile location within the show, plus ongoing marketing support from Glee’s marketing and PR teams in the lead up to, and during, the exhibition.

The aim, said i2i’s Matthew Mein, Glee event manager, is to bridge the gap between market-ready new product launches from established companies — such as those are highlighted within Glee’s dedicated new product showcases — and pre-commercial product ideas.

He said: “Launched in 2009 the Innovators Zone has helped over 150 companies to take their first tentative steps into the industry, with many going on to achieve phenomenal success. Our aim is to benefit both the entrepreneurs taking part, and decision makers from across the industry who are looking for brand new commercial opportunities. 

“Perhaps an inventor has something they have put together in their shed, or they’ve got a great new idea but they don’t know how to get it to market or get it exposed.  Glee’s Innovators Zone could provide the stepping stone into the industry that they have been looking for.  With thousands of buyers and influencers visiting the show each year participants will have an unrivalled platform to achieve their goals — whether that means meeting suppliers or manufacturers, finding an agent or distributor, attracting the retailer’s eye or sourcing investment.”

Mein said offering an entry level package to all participants would maximise the opportunity afforded by the Innovators Zone. “We appreciate that at this stage of their product development a trade event may be an expense they could not otherwise afford."
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