British Blinds and Shutters Association Exhibition 2024
The BBSA hosts the leading exhibition for suppliers of Made to Measure Blinds and Shutters. It is only held every two to three years, therefore, between exhibitions, the anticipation grows of meeting new contacts and connecting with long standing friends and customers, plus the opportunity to show and see new developments.
BBSA 24 certainly didn’t disappoint. Months of hard work preparing our stand culminated in three exceptionally busy days. It was fantastic to meet so many of our customers as well as many new contacts. We look forward to following up our discussions in the coming weeks.
We launched several new products at the exhibitions which were very well received.
We have several new recycled designs in MTM Voiles. They are between 50% and 100% recycled with full Global Recycling Standard accreditation. They come in a variety of qualities and are presented on new style hangers to distinguish them as recycled.
We have a new cassette system for our roller blinds. It can be left as a white front, but we think it looks better with a fabric front.
This cassette was presented at the exhibition with our new roller blind motors. These motors can be operated on an App via Bluetooth, with a remote controller, or voice controlled through applications such as Alexa and Google Home. The motor can be connected to all of our roller blind options.
We also have new fixing for rollers: Dual Rollers (front and back) which are great for combining daylight and blackout fabrics, plus Connected Rollers which can be used to join rollers with the minimum gap. These can be fixed (so they roll up and down together) or independent (so the blind can be rolled up and down).
Our Dual rollers & Connected rollers on display.
Although it wasn’t brand new for the exhibition, we presented a Wave style headed Voile curtain which created a lot of enquiries. We have seen huge growth in this heading as it can be used in traditional and modern settings. If you haven’t offered Wave before or are unsure about it please contact us and we can guide you.
Our Roller Blind Book featured new designs and particularly new qualities in FR. We have comprehensive FR offers across Fabrics, Voiles and Rollers. We can also offer all of these products by the metre in addition, to be made up.
We also had a lot of enquiries from customers asking if we can make up their fabrics. The answer is yes, we can do this, but we would want to see the fabric first and large volume orders need to planned as we work on a tight 7 to 10 day delivery lead time.
Finally thank you to everyone who visited our stand, it was great to meet all of you. If you are reading this and didn’t manage to attend but are interested in finding out more please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are exhibiting at the main shows throughout 2025. Our next exhibition is the Scottish Interiors Show on 25th and 26th February. Follow our social media pages to keep updated.