How to Exhibit

SOLEX is the biggest three day event in the Outdoor Living Trade calendar.

SOLEX is a must attend event. It is the ideal trade show for LOFA members to showcase their best-selling ranges and newest collections. It is the perfect place to meet new and existing customers within the industry, and members have seen a significant growth in the demand for their products after this event.

As a member of LOFA, SOLEX offers you:

Competitive exhibitor rates.
Free entry into the SOLEX catalogue.
Dedicated website www.solexexhibition.com.
Free web profile.
Free customer invitations.
Free parking.
Subsidised space.
Free use of porters to help load and unload your products.
Free use of Forklift trucks.
Free opportunity to share your news in GTN SOLEX Sun.
Entry into New Product Awards which comes with a £1000 Marketing Support winning prize.
Hand-picked visitors who are looking for your product.

Are you an outdoor living supplier?
Do you want to put your products in front of high-end retailers in the industry?
Then SOLEX is right for you, organised by the Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association the exhibition is expanding and you can be part of one of three new exhibition zones!

LOFA MEMBERS ZONE

Filled with an inspirational group of companies all focused on the outdoor living industry, our LOFA (Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association) members offer the most unique outdoor entertaining ideas from BBQs, Furniture, Fire pits, Spas, Shading, lighting, chimeneas and a wide range of accessories. All adhering to the LOFA Code of Practice, this group of companies are the best brands within the outdoor living sector.

NEW ENTERPRISE ZONE

Open to new start-ups and businesses enabling them to get onto the industry ladder and help them on their way to becoming LOFA Members.

Open to companies with a turnover up to £500,000 and have not been trading for more than 2 years.

SUMMER GARDEN ZONE

This zone is for companies that only want to be part of SOLEX. Quality standards set by LOFA will still need to be upheld by these companies in this section. All their products will have to meet current UK regulations so we can be sure the products they are supplying to the industry are safe and manufactured to a high standard.

SOME GREAT REASONS TO EXHIBIT AT SOLEX 23

The Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition attracts quality buyers and visitors from multiple and independent garden centres, high street and department stores, online retailers, DIY stores and other industry professionals
The exhibition space is more reasonably priced than other shows within this genre
SOLEX offers free marketing, which includes a full web profile, entry into the SOLEX show guide, customer invitations, the opportunity to share your news in the GTN SOLEX Sun as well as on the SOLEX Exhibition website
Entry into the New Product Awards of which the winners will win marketing prizes and free PR & Social Media promotion
Free Porterage and Forklifts – staff to help you unload and load your vehicles before and after the event
Free parking to visitors and exhibitors throughout the event
The only event organised by the industry for the industry

This relaxed and friendly exhibition is a great place to do business, SOLEX has everything you could possibly want or need. It is the perfect place to launch new products, discuss new ideas and increase brand awareness and it is the perfect place to meet the quality buyers that SOLEX attracts.

If you are interested in exhibiting at SOLEX 2023, and would like to be part of the only exhibition organised by the industry for the industry.

For more information on exhibiting at SOLEX please contact solex@lofa.com.

Join LOFA and become part of a growing organisation of companies representing the very best of the Outdoor Leisure Industry.

LOFA welcomes applications from companies within the garden and outdoor leisure industry.

Join LOFA Here!

Welcome to SOLEX - The Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition

The outdoor living event organised by the industry for the industry