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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.

IDEA: a new event to plan the future of furniture

It will develop in Bergamo Fiera, from 12th to 15th April, at the same time with the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Salone del Bagno and Eurocucina, the first edition of IDEA (Innovation Design Expo Area), an event born for conceiving and plaining the future of the compartment of furniture through the collaborative comparison among the great producers of machines for the wood processing, the suppliers of components and the designers.   IDEA proposes to analyze the great opportunities introduced by the technological innovation, by the increasing demand of sustainability and by the positive forecasts of the international market. It is expected the presence in Bergamo of designers, architects and operators of furnishing for interiors coming from the whole world. To IDEA, in a sort of backstage of the whole sector, it may be enter into the top of some processes of creation of furniture for better directing its own projects and plans for the future. This thanks also to the rich programme of conferences, continually updated on the site  HYPERLINK “https://www.ideafiera.it“ www.ideafiera.it.   Among the great names which will bring incentives and novelties of interest to the public of the employees, there is IKEA that will intervene Friday 15th April at 11 a.m. in the room Caravaggio, speaking, in the first one of the two scheduled interventions, about More from Less: light weight board materials namely of the future “light“ of furniture and of furnishing. It deals with a mega trend for IKEA that mostly intends to incorporate the market demand of a more sustainable and smart production. Economy and ecology constitute in fact important objectives for a sustainable approach to the natural resource of the wood. The great Swedish player, that will also intervene to IDEA on Customer in focus: lower emissions in board based furniture, he will be represented by Lars Lindvall and Paul Romano, respectively Engineering and Quality Manager Category Flatline and Global Purchasing Manager of IKEA Sweden. It is also interesting the communication of the Center for the Industrial Studies in Milan: Alessandra Tracogna, Director Country Analysis and Forecast Unit of CSIL, she will illustrate the forecasts of the international market for the current year and 2017. To facilitate the visit in Bergamo, at the disposal of of the visitors a dense network of free shuttles, in departure from the stations of Rho Fiera and Milan Cadorna. It is also already activated the electronic box-office for the free entry to the event.