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.

Wood technology and the furniture industry: the downturn continues

Despite the negative data, the Made in Italy sector continues to be one of the excellences of national supply
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 25/09/2024

Wood technology and the furniture industry: a first quarter 2024 with a minus sign

According to Acimall data, exports mark 6.1 percent less than in the same quarter of 2023, imports 23.9 percent
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 19/07/2024

Confindustria Macchine is born from the union of Acimall, Acimac, Amaplast and Ucima

First step toward a new project that will allow Acimall to offer new services and a new vision to its members
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 19/06/2024

Xylexpo 2024: a complete view of the woodworking world

From 21 to 24 May at Fiera Milano-Rho, woodworking and furniture industry technologies updated in terms of digitalisation and sustainability will be on show
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 10/05/2024

Wood and furniture technology: a still positive 2023

Sector companies have invested and consolidated their position in Italy and in markets around the world
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 28/12/2023

Wood Technology: Second Quarter Figures Confirm Decline in Orders

The new Industry 5.0 Transition Plan could lead to a recovery of the Italian market as early as the coming months or as early as the beginning of 2024
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 29/08/2023

Woodworking technology: first quarter 2023 also shows signs of a slowdown

However, the numbers must take into account the exceptional results achieved in the second half of 2020 and for the whole of 2021
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 26/05/2023

Technologies for woodworking: 2022 also ends with a positive sign

Production reached a value of 2,646 million euros, 4.6 percent more than the record set in 2021
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 30/12/2022

SCM edgebanders and squaring-edgebanders: high versatility and quality even for the most complex processes

Technological solutions designed to meet the different production needs of high design, from industry to craftsmanship
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 28/11/2022
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Xylexpo 2022: a success beyond expectations

The data confirmed the role of Xylexpo and above all rewarded the choices made for this edition
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 24/10/2022

Xylexpo 2022: functional exhibition spaces and a new digital dimension

Fieramilano Rho will offer exhibitors the enhancement of the digital dimension through Digital Signage and the new interactive digital platform Expo Plaza
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 22/08/2022

Scm Group celebrates seventy years of activity: solidity, internationality, innovation and people

Since 1952 a long history of worldwide successes and acquisitions, first in the processing of wood and then of other materials
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 28/07/2022
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Xylexpo 2022: starting point of a new cycle of innovation

From 12 to 15 October 2022 the exhibition at Rho Fieramilano with all the technologies for processing wood and its derivatives
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 20/06/2022

Wood and furniture industry technologies: a decidedly positive 2021

The technology sector has overcome a two-year period of serious difficulties, returning to pre-covid data
Category: Machines and Software for the furniture industry
Publication date: 20/05/2022

Scm collaborates to the relaunch of the San Patrignano Cabinet Making

The high craftsmanship laboratory of the recovery community acquires technologies in step with the needs of design and wood-furniture
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 21/04/2022
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Wood technologies: fourth quarter 2021 also extremely positive

Excellent results thanks to 60% growth on the domestic market and 38.6% growth on world markets
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 25/02/2022

Woodworking technologies: positive signals from the Eumabois General Assembly

Officially presented also the new Eumabois website with a completely renewed and modern graphics
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 27/12/2021

Wood and furniture technologies: an exceptional first half of 2021

Orders for wood-furniture machinery and tools up 100.3% over same half of 2020
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 20/09/2021

The biennial 33.BI-MU and Xylexpo together at FieraMilano-Rho in October 2022

A new, large exhibition project dedicated to manufacturing technologies
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 02/07/2021

Ligna 2021 postponed in autumn: it will be held from 27 September to 1 October

To guarantee exhibitors and visitors maximum safety conditions and keep the fair up to expectations
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 15/11/2020

Xylexpo postponed: next appointment will be in 2022

The conditions prevented the smooth running of an event with an international dimension.
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 27/07/2020

Smart technologies and digital services: SCM provides woodworking companies with remote support

With the innovative
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 06/04/2020
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Xylexpo 2020: showcase of technologies and supplies for the furniture and wood industry

One of the main international trade fairs for industry experts
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 20/02/2020

SCM presents the human-sized Smart Factory at Ligna

A new interaction between man and robot, highly flexible and modular
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 06/06/2019
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

European Investment Bank finances SCM Group

50 million euro for research and development projects with a view to 4.0
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 30/04/2019
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

LIGNA 2019: the future of the woodworking industry

The event confirms its increasingly international profile
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 24/04/2019

SCM at Xylexpo 2018: great success for the new IoT system for Industry 4.0

The Group also won three awards at the XIA - Xylexpo Innovation Awards
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 28/05/2018
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Xylexpo 2018, a fair dedicated to internationality and innovation

A selected audience, with decision-making powers and appropriate skills
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 17/05/2018

Innovation and technology: Xylexpo looks to the future

The event sees the presence of all the protagonists of the sector
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 30/04/2018

SCM at Xylexpo 2018: cutting-edge technological solutions

Great success for "Scm Digital Days", SCM's digital and smart Open House
Category: Woodworking machines and software
Publication date: 30/01/2018
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Xylexpo 2018: a quality fair in a growing market

An international appointment where the protagonist is technological innovation
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 25/01/2018

Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 19/12/2017

Scm Group: 2019 financial results confirm its financial solidity and reward innovation

The Group closes 2019 with a turnover of more than 700 million euros.
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 24/01/2020
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Technologies for the wood and furniture industry: an excellent 2018

National production was 10.6% higher than in the previous year
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 27/05/2019

Pre-sales Acimall: also the positive 2018 for the wood technology sector

Economic data show a growth of 9.5% compared to 2017
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 01/03/2019

The performance of Italian technologies was positive also in the first quarter of 2018

Exports confirm their driving force for the sector
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 11/06/2018

Acimall economic survey: positive also for the fourth quarter of 2017

Optimistic forecasts for 2018
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 13/03/2018

Category: Industry news
Publication date: 29/12/2017
Company: SCM GROUP S.p.A.

Preliminary results 2016 by Acimall

Positive trend for woodworking technology
Category: Trade associations
Publication date: 09/02/2017