25 February 2020

EVENTS

XYLEXPO 2020 INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE

On February 18, Milan hosted the traditional international press conference introducing next Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held from 26 to 29 May 2020 at the FieraMilano-Rho expo center. The location was the Enzo Jannacci Auditorium, on the 31st floor of the Pirelli skyscraper. The agenda opened with an interesting roundtable discussion involving Paolo Borgio of Fiera Milano, Massimo Goldoni, president of the committee that gathers all the exhibitions organized by Confindustria member associations, and Luigi De Vito, vice president of Eumabois, the European federation of Acimall’s “peer” associations. The three speakers offered different points of view on the exhibition, but most of all about the topic that dominated the first part of the press conference, namely an open conversation about the role of an exhibition in an increasingly digital economic and social context...(read more)

EVENTS

POSTPONED WOOD BUILDING FORUM

Due to the current health situation, the 9th Wooden Building Forum scheduled for February 27, 2020 at the Hotel Parchi del Garda in Lazise sul Garda (Verona) has been postponed to a later date..(read more)

 
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BIESSE

LATEST INNOVATIONS AT XYLEXPO

For Biesse Xylexpo 2020 (26-29 May) is an unmissable chance to present its most significant technological wood machining innovations. During the 27th edition, Biesse will be in “Action”, ready to present important new developments in terms of technologies, software and training...(read more)

 

FAIRS

 THE SALONE DEL MOBILE.MILANO

The 59th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano will be held from 21 to 26 April, at Fiera Milano in Rho. With many worries about the Chinese defection and some rumors of "postponement" caused by the "corona virus". The official numbers mark a variation with a minus sign both on those of 2019 and 2018: more than 1,600 exhibitors, 25 percent of foreign companies; six hundred exhibitors at the Salone Satellite for a total of 2,200 companies....(read more)

 

COMPANIES

SIEMPELKAMP PLANT FOR WOTECH

In December, the Egyptian company Wood Technology Co. (WoTech) placed a milestone project regarding “Green Technology” at Siempelkamp. Representatives of both companies signed the contract for an Mdf plant with an annual production capacity of 205,000 m³ which will process the annual plant rice straw as raw material...(read more)