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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.

Acimall: positive figures for the second quarter of 2014

Acimall has made some interesting data relating to the period from April to June this year. From now traditional economic survey, conducted on a representative sample, shows a decided increase in orders. In the second quarter of 2014, orders from the domestic market saw a growth of 32.9 per cent compared to the same period last year. Excellent results also in terms of sales over the border, with orders from overseas markets higher by 28.5 percent compared to April-June 2013 at the total orders rose by a substantial 28.7 percent. One thing certainly encouraging, but must be contextualized in the economic scenario of the reporting period, very positive, as the following months were not able to not be affected by heightened political tension, ethnic and religious in many markets, often strategic. A significant deviation which should be read also the light of the previous period (January-March 2014), we can certainly define “significantly depressed“. The rebound was nonetheless substantial, comforted by a similar trend reported by several other compartments of the Italian mechanical engineering. According to the data Ucimu-systems to produce, for example, machine tools for the metal in the same quarter registered a 14.4 per cent more than in the same quarter of 2013, a 38.2 per cent more round on the domestic market. Returning to the woodworking technology have to add that the order book stood at 2.9 months (it was 2.5 in the period January-March 2014) and the beginning of the rise in prices is estimated at stake 0.8 per cent, up from 0.6 per cent of the O end of March. The qualitative survey reveals that 42 percent of respondents indicating a positive trend in production, and 47 percent stable, while 11 percent declare a productive level down (it was 18 per cent in the previous three months). Employment is considered stationary by 84 percent of the sample and growth in the remaining 16 percent. Disappears, luckily, the forecast of 27 per cent of the sample of a further reduction of staff occurred in January-March. Available stocks are stable in 74 percent of the interviews, down 21 percent and growing in the remaining 5 percent. The forecast survey outlines the short-term dynamics of the sector. Despite the explosion of orders, for the foreseeable future entrepreneurs manifest some concern, demonstrating an economic environment particularly sensitive to international events, too often dramatic. With regard to the domestic market, 16 per cent of the sample indicates a decline, 79 per cent basically stable and 5 per cent growth (balance of less than 11, compared with the balance equal to 14 of January to March). 26 per cent of the sample is convinced that in the coming period there will be an increase in orders from abroad, which will instead be stable for 63 percent, while 11 percent expect a decline (positive balance of 15, was 46 in the previous quarter).