27.09.2010
Warning! Amsterdam could sell out fast
Companies planning to exhibit at EFTTEX 2011 are being urged to move quickly when stand bookings open from 4th October. EFTTA is expecting a surge in interest for the show which will take place at the Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands between 17th and 19th June next year.

27.09.2010
Final deadline for Youth Grant Scheme
EFTTA member companies planning to support EFTTA Youth Grant applications have just a few days to meet the final deadline. The EFTTA Youth Grant Scheme is designed to help introduce children to fishing. EFTTA has set aside 15% of its annual profits in order to support youth fishing projects in Europe. It wants to hear from youth fishing projects that are supported by member companies.

27.09.2010
EFTTEX venue ‘is better than ever’
The popular RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam is better than ever and will be the perfect setting for EFTTEX when it returns there in June 2011. That’s the verdict of the EFTTEX organising team following their latest site visit.

27.09.2010
Export statistics uploaded to EFTTA website
EFTTA members that need comprehensive import/export statistics from around the world can now find them online at the EFTTA website. The resource means it is now possible to discover the value of tackle imports into every country in the world. Each country‘s tackle imports are divided into Rods, Hooks, Reels and Other Tackle imported from different countries around the world. The files also give a total value of the tackle imports over a 12-month period. Pdf files for Europe and the Rest of the World are available for download by entering the Members area of the site and selecting ‘Statistics’ from the drop-down menu. The 2008 import/export trade statistics have already been uploaded. EFTTA plans to add the 2009 statistics in December.

27.09.2010
Snowbee adds its name to the EFTTA Line Charter
Manufacturers that do not sign the EFTTA Line Charter do not deserve to be part of the tackle industry. That‘s the hardline view of Snowbee, the latest high-profile company to pledge its support for the initiative which has been launched to end misleading labels on line packaging. Snowbee is also calling for the Charter to be extended from monofilament to braided line.

27.09.2010
Powerline signs deal for UK
French line specialist and EFTTA member Powerline will be selling its products in the UK and Ireland for the first time following the completion of a distribution deal with Fishing Matters.

27.09.2010
New media contact at EFTTA
Vicki Seymour is the new Membership

26.08.2010
Powerline signs line charter
French line company Powerline is calling on other manufacturers to follow its lead in signing EFTTA’s official line charter. Powerline, alongside Water Queen and Tortue, is the latest company to pledge its support for the new initiative whose aim is to ensure the end of inaccurate labelling on line packaging.

26.08.2010
Major deals for EFTTEX exhibitors
Three EFTTEX exhibitors have entered into major deals just weeks after meeting their new partners at the show. Germany’s Ockert, Plastica Panaro of Italy and American reel company Ardent have all signed deals based on meetings that took place in the hall in Valencia in June – and all are already reaping the rewards.

26.08.2010
EFTTA warns against EFTTEX ‘alternatives’
EFTTA CEO Jean-Claude Bel has warned businesses against using the goodwill and power of EFTTEX to set up alternative meeting places in the same city and at the same time as the show. His message follows the news that an international brand invited customers to a hotel in Valencia during EFTTEX 2010 instead of exhibiting at the show.