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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.

Foundation Rosario Messina
After the establishment of the Foundation's official Rosario Messina took place on February 4 in the presence of the notary, March 6, at the headquarters of the Province of Monza and Brianza, all founding members came together for a more thorough presentation of this ambitious training project. To do the honors Dario Allevi, President of the Province of Monza and Brianza, which gives off the work stressing that “vocational training is an essential lever to maintain and reaffirm the industrial and productive vocation of Brianza, an area that has shown to be able to team up between public and private. “ Alongside Allevi, the President of Roberto Snaidero FederlegnoArredo essential promoter of this work training and education, which he presented in detail all levels.
The first step on the road to operational training in fact, dates back to September 2013, with the launch of the Training Centre of the crafts of wood furniture, which is a basic course for young people coming out of the middle school, functional to the satisfaction of the right- duty to education and aimed at providing employment in local firms. The newly-formed Foundation Rosario Messina was the natural development of the chosen path, and was born as a result of the decree of December 13, 2013 of the Directorate-General for Education, Training and Employment of the Lombardy Region has approved expressions of interest for the establishment of new foundations of institutions higher technical and design new ways of higher technical education (under Prime Minister Decree dated 25 January 2008) for the triennium 2013/2015. Just within the Foundation was established the Technical Institute for the development of the home in the made in Italy “Rosario Messina,“ which delivers the training of Technician for the product, marketing and internationalization in the Wood Industry furniture.
The Higher Technical Institutes are a real novelty for the Italian school system; established in 2010, are in fact a new industry training and an opportunity for young graduates who want to form within the technology areas identified as priorities by the European Community, as strategic for the labor market.
The newborn ITS wants to make stable and articulate the educational offer to the pursuit of technical specialization, strengthen vocational and technical education in the field of scientific and technical sector, as well as collaboration between the territory, the world of work, research scientific and professional training, promoting the orientation of young people in technical professions.

In particular, the paths provided, lasting 4 or 6 semesters (for a total of 2000 or 3000 hours of which at least 30% of internship in a company), are intended for young people and adults of working age who are graduates of secondary education higher, and at least half of the teaching is delivered by trainers coming directly from the companies. The ITS Foundation Rosario Messina develops a path strongly oriented to the inclusion in the labor market and responsive to the needs of figures of professionalism within the industry Wood Furniture. The figure of the higher level technician in fact, work to promote products made in Italy related to the supply chain, which knows the production process and the specific technical characteristics. It also develops the ability to cure strategic planning, particularly in international markets, preparing the marketing plan and product communication, studying the placement in a specific segment of the market through industry analysis, benchmarking, research trends and potential by the new digital media; ultimately prepares, manages and controls the level of sales of products and services, monitoring customer satisfaction. The superior technical marketing generally works in the context of the management of companies in the supply chain Wood Furniture for the development of international markets and contributes to the coordination of sales, advertising and public relations and areas upstream (production and design), managing the four levers of marketing (product, price, advertising and point of sale).