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Furnishing Idea is the portal dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, designed to bring together different professionals such as architects, designers, carpenters, furniture makers and manufacturers active in the furniture market who represent the reference point in terms of innovation and quality of the product offered. On the other hand, the portal aims to provide a valid information service focused on products, projects, events and fairs and everything that revolves around the world of components, semi-finished products and accessories for the furniture industry.

 

The portal is divided into different sections where you can explore the different products according to different categories, get in touch with manufacturers, download catalogues to keep up with industry trends and watch videos of interviews with the best professionals and manufacturers.

 

In the articles section you can find all the information about the most innovative product technologies, such as furniture materials, furniture accessories and systems, furniture machinery, furniture hardware, manufactured by manufacturers with a solid experience in the field. In the companies section there is an overview of the manufacturers registered on our portal, divided by product category, where you can contact us for any request. Our portal also has a special catalogues section to allow professionals and operators in the sector to view in a practical way all the catalogues relating to the various products (furniture hardware, upholstery materials, furniture paints, etc.). In addition, to allow easy consultation of the products, our portal has reserved a product section, organized by categories, where you can find out about the technical characteristics, materials and functionality of each product. The video section, on the other hand, presents numerous video interviews given by professionals and manufacturers that report news, insights and informative content on the best technologies in the sector.

 

In addition, to keep you constantly informed you can also consult our Journal section which contains all the Furnishing Idea magazines dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, such as the edition dedicated to Sicam or Interzum, two of the most important trade fairs in the sector. The magazines can be consulted from the portal or easily downloadable in pdf format.

 

Thanks to the trust placed in us by many manufacturers, our portal is now recognized both nationally and internationally. In fact, there are already many internationally recognized and established companies in the sector, including the AIPEF group (Italian Flexible Expanded Polyurethanes Companies) which promotes scientific information on the use of flexible polyurethane foam in the sectors in which it is used.

Energy: skyrocketing bills and out-of-control production costs, FederlegnoArredo's alarm
Many companies in the wood-furniture supply chain are struggling with high energy bills; the continuous increase in gas and energy costs is risking the collapse of many Italian companies in the sector.

Claudio Feltrin, president of FederlegnoArredo, launches a cry of alarm"If Europe and / or the Italian government do not act quickly to implement measures aimed at blocking the now unsustainable increases in gas and energy, they must be aware that they will slow down entire production chains, including that of wood-furniture, which will be forced to stop production, to put workers on layoffs and to lose competitiveness on the markets ".

 

The risk of blackout in the wood-furniture supply chain

The situation precipitated within a few days for the wood-furniture supply chain, starting with the most energy-intensive sectors, such as those of panels producers who represent the first link in the supply chain. With the price of the panels increased by about 40% in the last six months and by 220% in 18 months, for the vice president Paolo Fantoni, “We have entered an area of ​​negative margins”.

"Our entrepreneurs - said Feltrin - have no choice but to stop production in the coming weeks and ask for the redundancy fund for their employees".

Serious situation confirmed by Giacomo Badagnani, head of the plant of SAIB SPA, a manufacturer of panels, who a few days ago to the microphones of Tg3 said: “We are working below cost. The increases in gas and electricity do not allow us to continue with production. We have opened the layoffs and what we call a production lockdown is already foreseen ”.

 

FederlegnoArredo's requests

"I believe it is in the interest of the entire political class to prevent the many supply chains on which the Italian GDP rests from stopping, otherwise the future government will have to deal, first of all, with reviving a country with zero heartbeats. For this reason - concludes Feltrin - we ask, in addition to a European and / or Italian ceiling on the price of gas, the doubling of the tax credit for companies that have lost margins and turnover and the protection of the use of wood, in order to avoid it being cheaper to burn it than to process it and produce added value. The recent openings that seem to come from Germany to a European roof are an important signal, an opening so that we can act quickly and in a determined manner. Businesses can no longer wait ".

 

Positive first quarter 2022 data

It is interesting to note that the data for the first quarter of 2022 for the sector were encouraging. The export of the regions was in fact more than positive according to the data elaborated by the FederlegnoArredo Study Center.

Analyzing the overall trend of the Italian regions for the wood-furniture sector, exports are almost all growing with Lombardy which, with a share of 28%, confirms itself as the first region for exported value for the wood-furniture sector, increasing by 22.8% on the first quarter of 2021.

Lombardy is followed by Veneto (+ 14.6%), Friuli Venezia-Giulia (+ 26.4%), Emilia-Romagna (+ 14.1%) and Tuscany (+ 28.1%).

Salone del Mobile.Milano: a turnout beyond expectations underlines the desire to restart

Over 262,000 attendees represent an exceptional result and confirm the catalyst force of the event
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 14/06/2022

High cost of energy: strong impact also on the companies of the sector

Unionplast, FederlegnoArredo and Confindustria ask for urgent measures to the Government
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 01/02/2022

Alpi wooden surfaces: the new collections under the banner of the combination of color and graphics

Developed in collaboration with Raw Edges and Piero Lissoni, they tell the story of the company's ability to continuously reinvent wood
Category: Multilaminar veneers
Publication date: 26/11/2021
Company: Alpi SpA

Maria Porro, elected President of Salone del Mobile.Milano

Our goal is a strong, united, inclusive, sustainable and creative Salone del Mobile.
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 21/07/2021

Harmonize binding formaldehyde parameters in panels

The EPF General Assembly wants to standardise the rules in all EU countries
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 27/08/2019

The Resysta panel: versatile and sustainable based on 100% recyclable rice husk

The multifunction panels are distributed exclusively for Italy by the Bonomi Pattini Group
Category: Panels, veneers and semi-finished products
Publication date: 16/01/2019
Company: Bonomi Pattini Giuseppe e Figli S.p.A.

The 2018 Catas Academy program

The new issues addressed by the wood-furniture supply chain
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 27/02/2018

Italian furnishing industry: 2017 preliminary results

Positive results confirm the recovery of the sector
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 13/02/2018

Category: Industry news
Publication date: 10/01/2018