World capitals of cutlery meeting

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Aalst (Netherlands) I Albacete (Spain) I American Bladesmith Society I Batangas (Philippines) I Copenhagen
(Denmark) I Elverum (Norway) I Eskilstuna (Sweden) I Gabrovo (Bulgaria) I Gembloux (Belgium) I
Guimarães (Portugal) I Ibach (Switzerland) I Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa I Maniago (Italy)
Mikulasovice (Czech Republic) I Montreal (Canada) I Onkaparinga (Australia) I Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Seki (Japan) I Sheffield (United Kingdom) I Solingen (Germany) I Tandil (Argentina) I Uusikaupunki (Finland)
Yatagan (Turkey) I Yangjiang (China) I Ybbsitz (Austria) I Zlatoust (Russia)
World
capitals
of cutlery
meeting
F R O M 12 TO 15 MAY 2016 - T HIER S - F R AN C E
T h e
W o r l d
C a p i t a l s
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C u t l e r y
The World Capitals
of Cutlery Meeting
F R O M 12 TO 15 MAY 2016 - T HIER S - F R AN C E
Provisional programme
THURSDAY 12 MAY 2016
7:00 pm: Welcome Ceremony at Usine du May
FRIDAY 13 MAI 2016
9:00 am: Talks on the world cutlery capitals with their history,
their joint initiatives, their economic areas, etc.
12:00 noon: Buffet lunch
2:00 pm: Talks on training and recruitment in the cutlery sector
Debate on the legislative terms for the sale of knives
Throughout the day: Business convention with all the stakeholders in order to promote services
for cutlery making (supplier, makers and manufacturers)
8:00 pm: Gala evening
SATURDAY14 MAI 2016
9:30 am: Visit to the Musée de la Coutellerie (Cutlery Museum)
11:00 am: Unaccompanied visit of Coutellia international fair
7:30 pm: Unaccompanied tour of Thiers (festive evening in the town centre)
SUNDAY 15 MAI 2016
7:30 am Return to the airports or stations in Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand
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Thiers,
cutlery
french capital of
Thiers has been the leading French centre of
cutlery production for several centuries.
The origin of its specialisation goes back to the Middle Ages:
as legend has it, crusaders from Auvergne, during the
First Crusade, are said to have brought back the secret
of production from the East; in actual fact, steel making
in Thiers dates back to the 14th century. The growth in
cutlery-making enabled the town to export its products,
as early as the 16th century, to Spain, the Netherlands and
Lombardy. Blades of all sorts are run over the grindstones
driven by the water power of the River Durolle. The Thiers
production area even has its own knife, the Thiers®, symbol
of its expertise.
M e e t i n g
Subcontracting for Cutlery
Business Convention
THIS BUSINESS CONVENTION ALLOWED YOU
TO DISCOVER MANY MANUFACTURERS AND
SUBCONTRACTORS OF CUTLERY.
These business meetings will take place in a dedicated area
that will just be for professionals in the sector.
To this end, we propose that you, the historic capitals of
cutlery making, invite your cutlery companies to take part
in this convention. In this way they will be able to discuss
and expand their business in an international environment.
REGISTRATION PROCESS: For this business convention to
run smoothly, registrations will be made beforehand
on a dedicated web portal for which we will give you the
URL. These pre-registrations will make the organisation of
the meetings easier and will enable everyone to meet the
professionals they target.
Participants will fill in detailed technical questionnaires
and position themselves as suppliers and subcontractors of
the cutlery industry or clients (cutlery companies).
Participants will ask for meetings with each other via the
platform using a search engine. The reason for their request
to meet shall be specified and they themselves can also be
requested by other participants.
Participants will be able to accept or refuse the requests
sent to them.
The organiser will only extract validated requests and will
use all of these to organize the meetings schedules in
the best possible way. A personalised schedule of these
pre-programmed meetings will be sent to each participant.
Today, 70% of the knives and sharp items in France
come from the Thiers area. 300,000 products are made
every day, bearing in mind that there are nearly 20,000
“made in Thiers” models: professional knives,
kitchen gadgets, sharp-edged tools, table knives
and flatware, pocket and recreational knives,
wine accessories and tools, etc. The businesses
in Thiers were able to look to the future by
expanding their activities into different
sectors: medical, plastics technology,
the aeronautics industry, etc.
The sector includes about a hundred
small-scale businesses; 90
subcontractors or suppliers
operating in the various
stages of the knife-making
process. This generates
a business activity
corresponding to
1,620 jobs.
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We accompany you…
FROM YOUR ARRIVAL IN LYON (STATIONS
OR AIRPORT) OR CLERMONT-FERRAND (STATION
OR AIRPORT), WE WILL ACCOMPANY YOU
FOR THE DURATION OF THIS WORLD CAPITALS
OF CUTLERY MEETING.
SERVICES PROVIDED:
The organiser of this meeting will take care of the following:
• Transport for delegations: shuttles will be provided to
welcome you when you arrive in France at two meeting points:
Clermont-Ferrand (station or airport) and Lyon (stations or
airport).
• Accommodation: reservation of hotel rooms by us from
Thursday 12 May 2016 (evening) to Sunday 15 May (morning).
• Shuttle transport in Thiers: transport around the town during
this meeting to get from the hotel to the meeting points.
• Food: buffets and meals to give you a taste of our specialities.P
PARTICIPATION OF DELEGATIONS:
We propose that you form an official delegation (up
to 5 people) to represent your town and your cutlery
tradition.
In addition to your official delegation, you can invite
businesses (limited to 5 people) who would like to
come and discover Thiers and its companies.
THE ONLY OBLIGATION is that your businesses shall take part in the
business convention on subcontracting for the cutlery industry.
They will then be taken care of upon their arrival at the same
time as the official delegation.
IF YOU REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION,
PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
OF PUY-DE-DÔME AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
[email protected]
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SPECIFIC PARTICIPATION IN A SUBCONTRACTING
FOR CUTLERY BUSINESS CONVENTION: