EXPOCAIPIC: still without confirmed date and venue
By mid-January 2026, no decision had yet been made regarding its staging, at least not in its traditional format.
CAIPIC, the Argentine Chamber of Industrial Suppliers of the Footwear Industry, continues to explore alternatives in line with the possibilities of its members who, like the other links in the chain, are going through a period of marked recession driven by the current economic and industrial policy in force in the country.
In its latest edition, held in May 2025 at Costa Salguero, the suppliers’ fair underwent a significant change in participation conditions, which enabled Brazilian companies to take part through coordination with ASSINTECAL of Brazil, the association that groups that country’s suppliers. This added value to the offer and broadened the event’s regional reach.
More recently, in order to continue providing services to manufacturers and industrialists, a group of 25 CAIPIC member firms exhibited materials and components for the Autumn-Winter 2026 season at the beginning of October 2025, at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires. The event, called GÉNESIS CAIPIC, aimed to showcase trends for the manufacture of footwear and manufactured goods.
In the short term, suppliers and manufacturers are now awaiting CAIPIC’s decision on the potential staging of the May edition, dedicated to the Spring-Summer 2026/27 season.
Despite the critical period the Argentine footwear industry is going through, due to the announced changes in labor, tax and general economic matters, the supplier-manufacturer segment remains on alert, awaiting an improvement in the consumption and production market in order to open a new stage with greater certainty and outlook.