ABSTRACT
The plans to create an international bureau that dealt with matters of discordance among the capitals of the fur industry remained a pipe dream. The Internationale Pelzfach Ausstellung (IPA) was one of the last international trade exhibitions of its kind to be held in Saxony and it specifically aimed to promote the Leipzig fur industry both at home and abroad. This chapter purposes to situate the initial exposition plans within the social structure of the industrial district. It turns to some specialised sections presented for a more select, and international, public. The congresses held in the margins of the IPA were at least as important in promoting international trade as the exhibition itself. The congresses gave the IPA an important transnational dimension. The chapter leads firms of the Leipzig fur industry integrated local concerns such as 'the international position of Leipzig' into their business and personal activities.
