A great edition of SICAM ended in Pordenone: four days of intense work for operators coming from 102 countries, an absolute record for the fair, crowding the halls and bringing a business atmosphere full of strategic planning in all stands. The visiting companies have been over 7.000, of which 64% Italian and 36% from the rest of the world.
SICAM 2016 demonstrates how important it is for the accessories and components industry to count every year on an appointment that opens new opportunities and new markets. This year the visits from several countries of continental Sub-Saharan Africa and also Middle East have been registered, countries representing new frontiers for the next decades. Germany confirmed itself as a target market once again, ranked first among the foreign visiting countries. Many those from France and Great Britain, always at the top for the Italian export in the furniture sector, and from Russia, always visiting the fair in the most recent editions. Also buyers and industry professionals of other emerging countries were again in Pordenone, facing this market thanks to SICAM.
This year SICAM has registered an increase in the presence of designers and architects: the 560 exhibiting companies showed a very large range of products: the preview of a great season for new furniture in 2017. Attractiveness and the value in terms of business relations of the event have been both reconfirmed: the number of applications for 2017 already collected during the show is demonstrating it. The international market requires the appointment of Pordenone, where every year decision makers and designers choose the most innovative components and define the next season's trends for the furniture in all continents.
The next appointment of SICAM is the edition 2017, to be held in Pordenone next October 10th to 13th.
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.