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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.

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Häfele Italia celebrates 30 years always looking to the future

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This year Häfele Italy is celebrating its 30th anniversary: on February, 1st 1986 Häfele’s Italian subsidiary was established in Monza. Since then it’s been thirty years of know-how and experience in the field of technical hardware, total customer assistance, high quality and innovative products; customer proximity and entrepreneurial dynamism are the heart and soul of Häfele brand.

A valuable subsidiary
“We don’t just talk about values, we live them” declares Sibylle Thierer, the Managing Director of the overall Häfele Group, who was appointed as Häfele Italy’s CEO from 1995 to 2001. From the very beginning it was Häfele’s goal to be close to its customers and to the market in order to gain a better understanding of their needs and quickly identify opportunities and improvements. Häfele’s mission statement of customer proximity and entrepreneurial dynamism requires a strong corporate identity, which is in turn shaped on well-defined values such as open-minded family spirit, team reliance, challenge acceptance and a strong relationship with customers. In Häfele customer proximity teams up with a peculiar idea of innovation, based upon a well-established family-owned and family operated company. This has led in time to an ongoing and intertwined growth in terms of turnover, employees and headquarters. Häfele Italy developed through time both from an economic point of view (in 2000 and 2007 it exceeded the threshold of 10 and 20 million EUR turnover, respectively) as well as from the employee  side (from 10 to the current 96 employees). Häfele Italy has been building the identity and the reliability of its brand through years, thanks to its internationally acknowledged wide assortment of products, its 360-degree technical assistance and commercial after-sale customer care. It features a sales network of 40 specialized salesmen covering the overall Italian territory.

Häfele Italy: the new headquarters
The ever-growing revenue, the consequent employees development as well as the positive economic outlook led Häfele Italy to logistic upgrades; the first transition occurred in 1991 when the subsidiary moved to its new headquarters in Lentate sul Seveso (MB). Last year Häfele Italy moved to the current headquarters in via Della Valle, 67 bis in Carate Brianza (MB). The location choice reflects the logistic and strategic advantage of being close to the flourished furniture market of the Brianza and Milan district. The new operative headquarters includes offices and warehouse.

Häfele assortment and customers
Cabinet makers, planners, architects, retailers and industries represent Häfele’s target groups; every company can access to Häfele’s wide range of products (approximately 6.000 articles available at the Italian warehouse and approximately 50.000 articles available at Nagold logistic center) designed to meet specific needs as well as different quality and price levels. The assortment includes the internal Häfele brands (developed and manufactured by Häfele in one of its six production centers in Germany and Hungary; two examples above all, Loox LED lighting program and Free family of flap fittings) and the external brands. Industries can also rely upon the know-how and worldwide experience of Häfele Engineering international division for customized products and projects.
www.hafele.it

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