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.

Marmomacc even more international

The 50° Marmomacc edition, the most important Show dedicated to the business and to the marble culture, takes place in Veronafiere from the 30th September to the 03rd October. Growing International character, both on the exhibitor side (936 foreign companies) and on the commercial delegation side (11 countries more than 2014). Marmomacc proved as promotion global platform for the Italian stony export that, on the first six months of the year, grazed 1,6 million Euros. At the opening was present Enrico Zanetti, undersecretary of the Economy and Finance and Giorgio Squinzi, Confindustria President. Commercial delegations from 55 states, 11 more than the last year, 936 foreign companies on 1.524, coming from 55 countries in the world and with the debut of Albania, Bosnia Erzegovina, Camerun, Georgia and Venezuela; visitors from 140 countries. The stony division sees the Italian Industry among the protagonists of the global exchange: primacy confirmed also by data regarding the national export, spread by the Marmomacc-Confindustra Marmomacchine Observatory. In the first six months of 2015, Italian export have reached approx 1,6 million Euros, growing 5,2% for the finished and rough stony materials and 28,8% for the machinery field and for the extraction and processing technologies. The Marmomacc role as companies internalisation platform, this year, has been reinforced by the extraordinary promotion Plan for the Made in Italy by the Economic Development Ministry (MiSE), in collaboration with ICE-Italian Trade Agency and with Confindustria Marmomacchine, which has allowed to bring to the show two big delegations of 100 top buyers and 100 foreign architects, involved in b2b meeting, training courses and visits to the local companies. Thanks to the investments and to the activities to favour the incoming of the Veronafiera operators, for the first time is present to Marmomacc an institutional mission from Iran of the Industry Ministry, of the Commerce and Industrial Activities of the mineral sector. In formal visit a delegation of the Commerce Department of the Brazilian State of Vitoria, a 60 architects group from Rabat, Marocco, and delegates of some Egyptian top companies of the construction sector. Marmomacc takes place at the same time of Living the Time, the Veronafiere convention about interior design and contract. Main participants: Ettore Riello, Veronafiere President, Enrico Zanetti, undersecretary of the Economy and Finance, Giorgio Squinzi, Confindustria President, Roberto Marcato, councillor of the Economic and Energy Development of the Veneto Region, Marco Ambrosini, councillor of the Economic Activities of Verona town and Giovanni Sacchi, ICE President for the coordination of the promotion services of the Italy System.