Asia-Pacific Sourcing is the ordering and communication platform where manufacturers from Asia meet European and North American buyers for home and garden: tools and hardware, garden furniture, grills, camping, sport, household and pet products, every two years in Cologne. Almost all exhibitors travel from far away and fly back with what they can carry. We make sure finished photos and videos are part of that — delivered before you reach the airport.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 March 2027 |
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| Venue | Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, 50679 Köln |
| Frequency | Every two years in March, three days, trade visitors only |
| Profile | International sourcing fair for home and garden products from the Asia-Pacific region: tools and hardware, garden furniture and equipment, grills, camping, sport and toys, gift and seasonal items, household, kitchen, appliances and pet supplies |
| Audience | Exhibitors are manufacturers and exporters from Asia; visitors are buyers from DIY chains, garden centres, retail groups, importers and online retailers in Europe and North America |
| Our travel time | About 60 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
A stand at Asia-Pacific Sourcing shows a whole export programme on a few square metres: pliers next to garden shears, a grill next to folding chairs, kitchen gadgets on shelves, often in a system stand without its own lighting. Hall light turns chrome into white patches, plastic into grey surfaces and packaging colours unreliable. We set up a portable table rig with our own light and a neutral background on the stand and photograph products in series — same perspective, same light, colour matched — so the images can go straight into offer folders, online catalogues and emails to buyers.
System stands can still be shown well: before opening we photograph from positions where product wall, logo and meeting table come together, and lift the stand with our own light so it does not look smaller in the picture than it is.
The purpose of this show is the conversation between manufacturer and buyer. We photograph these situations without flash and without interrupting — sample in hand, price list on the table, handshake. These pictures show your customers at home which European retail groups you are talking to. Plus team portraits in consistent light and a short statement from your sales director in English, subtitled, for website and LinkedIn.
Briefing, engagement and invoice run entirely in English; payment by card or bank transfer, without German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Tuesday is the strongest day: stock complete, most buyer appointments, empty aisles in the hour before opening. A four-hour package on Tuesday covers range, stand and conversations. Edited images and the highlight video are delivered within 24 hours — you have the material before you leave on Thursday, and your colleagues at home see the show while it is still running. Because the fair takes place only every two years, the material lasts until the next edition.
Table rig with our own light on the stand — tools, household and garden in the same perspective, colour matched.
Grills, garden furniture and camping gear set up on the stand, with a person for scale.
Sample in hand, handshake at the table — pictures that show who you talk to in Europe.
System stand lifted with our own light, product wall and logo before the doors open.
30-second recap and vertical clips, delivered before you leave.
Statement from your sales director in English with radio mic, subtitled for website and LinkedIn.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Cologne is included.
Yes. Edited images and highlight video are delivered within 24 hours via download link. If you shoot on Tuesday, you have everything on Wednesday.
Yes. We lift the stand with our own light and concentrate on range, team and conversations. Two hours are enough for 40 to 60 product shots plus the stand.
Yes. Briefing, shoot, delivery and invoice are in English. For companies outside the EU we invoice without German VAT.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your hall, stand number and the product groups you want to feature. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
