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Hardware for furniture, upholstery, kitchen, coatings and furnishing systems.

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.

THE POSITIVE TREND ENDURES FOR WOOD TECHNOLOGY

This seems to be suggested by the figures of the industry survey carried out by Acimall’s Studies Office in the third quarter 2015: the positive trend endures for wood technology. In the July-September period, Italian woodworking technology recorded another growth of orders, with an optimistic business climate for the third consecutive quarter. The survey reported a 7.2 percent increase in orders compared to the same period of 2014. A 6.9 percent increase, also compared to the same period of last year, was achieved by orders from abroad, while the Italian market grew by 12.5 percent, versus 11.9 percent decrease in the previous quarter. Unlike the recent period, we can hardly conceal our satisfaction for this double-digit growth on the domestic market, which might bring even more significant developments for industry companies as a result of the “super-mortgages“ introduced by the Italian financial act and the benefits they should bring in early 2016. This trend is more than positive and share by all mechanical industry sectors, which closed the third quarter 2015 with sustained growth rates. The book of orders is around 2.9 months for the statistic sample (2.8 in the previous quarter); price increase since the beginning of the year amounts to 0.6 percent. In the quality survey for the period under scrutiny, 32 percent of respondents indicated positive production trend (versus 57 percent three months ago), while 52 percent expect a phase of stability and 16 percent a decrease. The outlook for employment is stable (no variations for 63 percent, increasing for 21 percent, decreasing for 16 percent). Available stocks are increasing according to 11 percent of interviewees, stable according to 68 and decreasing for the remaining 21 percent. According to 32 percent of the Acimall sample, in the next quarter orders from abroad will increase further, while 63 expact a stable trend and 5 percent a decrease. On the domestic market, 16 percent have negative forecasts and 68 percent stable, while 16 percent of interviewed companies are more optimistic and see expansion.