APLF - Fashion Company Profile
APLF is a Hong Kong-based organiser of trade fairs for the leather, materials and fashion-accessories industries, best known for its long-running Hong Kong leather fair and the Prime Source Forum sourcing conference. It is a business-to-business events company - it sells exhibition space and conference places to industry professionals, not products to shoppers - and it is listed in this directory for the sourcing role its fairs play in the apparel supply chain.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating
- Type
- Trade fair organiser - a joint venture of Informa Markets and SIC Group
- Headquarters
- Hong Kong
- Founded
- Its first fair, the Hong Kong Leather Fair, was held in 1984
Company Profile
APLF's events bring tanneries, materials suppliers, manufacturers and brands together in Hong Kong and other Asian venues, and its Prime Source Forum addresses sourcing strategy for apparel executives. Event names, partners and schedules change over time, so professionals should confirm current editions on the organiser's own website. The fairs' earlier record is kept on the history page linked below.
The ownership appears two ways across the record - a joint-venture formed by UBM Asia and the SIC Group of France in the older text, a joint venture between Informa Markets and SIC Group in the newer. The parents(?:'|') own profiles: Informa, organised into five operating divisions running events, exhibitions, intelligence products and research brands from CRC Press and Routledge to Lloyd's List; and SIC Group, part of the Conseil National du Cuir (the French Leather Council), one of the leaders in the organisation of international events. UBM Asia, in the older layer, operated from Hong Kong with 450 staff in 11 major cities and more than 100 media products including over 80 trade shows.
APLF History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
APLF History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What is APLF?
A Hong Kong-based organizer of trade fairs for the leather industry - its inaugural event in 1984 was the Hong Kong Leather Fair, the city's first Mega-Fair, in the historical record.
Which events does APLF run?
APLF - Materials Manufacturing and Technology, Fashion Access and the Prime Source Forum in Hong Kong, plus the All China Leather Exhibition, China International Footwear Fair and Moda Shanghai.
Who owns APLF?
It is a joint venture between Informa Markets and SIC Group (an older account names UBM Asia and SIC Group), in the historical record.
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