Triumph for the 62nd edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Claudio Feltrin, President of FederlegnoArredo: "companies and the wood-furniture supply chain are the economic engine of this latest success
According to StudiaBo, Italian sales on world markets continue to increase in value, thanks to the increase in the share of Premium products
Salone del Mobile 2024, the 62nd edition in Milan is set for records. Impressive numbers, visitors from 130 countries. This year also EuroCucina and Salone del Bagno. The numbers of related industries are growing: 261 million euros according to Confcommercio estimates
While waiting for the new edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italian design is at the center of a wave of M&A that has changed its face. Little innovation, but some interesting news on the way
Interview with Maria Porro, president of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile: "The Salone road show went very well, almost a surprise due to the enthusiasm, even in more distant countries such as China". On the integration between design and art and on manufacturing…
The full adjusted net profit of Italian Design Brands stands at 25,6 million, the net banking position is equal to 14,2 million
Although the supply chain's turnover reached 52,6 billion, there was a contraction of -8,1% compared to 2022. France and Germany remain the top destinations for exports
All-round conversation with Claudio Feltrin, president of Federlegnoarredo-Fla who anticipates the trends for 2024. "Wood suffers, furniture holds up. The trend remains negative for both Italian sales and exports due to conflicts in Ukraine…
Interview with Maria Porro, president of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile on the eve of the three-month promotional tour abroad. There is no shortage of news: the built-in appliance companies integrated into the Eurocucina pavilions, already overbooked
In the first five months of the year, the trade balance is positive for 10,6 billion, driven by OPEC countries (+28,8%), Switzerland (+9,0%), China (+14,9%) and Turkey (+13,5%)
The 2023 report of the Mediobanca Research Area on furnishings for the home, office and community spaces has been published, which analyzes the economic-financial data of 286 national manufacturing companies with 2021 turnover exceeding 10 million euros and explores the trend…
The Italian high-end furniture company closes 2022 with a 25% growth. Export quota at 80%. More attention to sustainability with the creation of a new division
In 2022, the wood-furniture supply chain grew by 12,6%, with exports driven by France (+9,5%), the USA (+25,7%) and Germany (+9,7%)
The most important international event in the design and furniture sector is starting up again today in Milan and this year too it presents itself with many innovations. First of all, the exhibition layout all on one floor
The prospectus for the IPO has been filed. Listing on Euronext Milan expected by the beginning of May. 2022 financial statements: growing turnover (+84,8%) with 266,5 million euros in revenues
The new 2023 edition of the Salone del Mobile (Milan, 18-23 April) is about to start. The president Maria Porro explains all the novelties of 2023. For the first time the Salone del Mobile will take place on a single floor. Here are the…
Casa Fornaroli Collection: An independent Phillips auction featuring 61 objects assembled during Antonio Fornaroli's lifetime. Engineer, architect and key figure of XNUMXth century Italian design, Fornaroli was Gio Ponti's closest collaborator
The president of the Salone del Mobile in Milan explains all the novelties of 2023 in this interview. Sold out and the Chinese are back
The quarterly slowdown alarms a sector in which the only favored players have their core business overseas or in emerging markets with a high-end audience
The acquisition of Coin was canceled because Ovs prefers, in this market context, to continue its deleverage action in the interest of the shareholders. Revenues in the fourth quarter grew by 11%, Ebitda by more than 10%.
Despite the good results abroad of Parmesan (+2,9%), sweets (+28%) and wood (+22,2%), growth and development cannot be achieved by the current situation, made up of inflation and increases in raw materials first. The concern is now 2023.
On 7 and 8 September Artcurial organizes the sale with a selection of furniture and objects from the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris. An auction for lovers of rarities and French charm
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO POZZO, CEO of Driade of the Italian Creation Group - Study, emotion, provocation, eclecticism, playfulness, contamination are part of Driade's DNA which will soon offer a work desk, inspired by old school desks, for our…
After two years of pandemic, the Milan Furniture Fair is finally back, to be held this week at the Rho Fair: many surprises, but the effects of war weigh heavily
Molteni&C, one of the symbolic companies of great Made in Italy industrial design, presents the collection designed by Davide Bonicelli at the Salone. But also much more
Important Art Déco and Art Nouveau works, Italian, French and contemporary design will be auctioned on 12 May at Phillips London
With the acquisition, the L&S group of Clessidra Private Equity should exceed 130 million euros in consolidated turnover in 2022, with an export share of 75%
According to the preliminary results of FederlegnoArredo, the supply chain is growing by double digits compared to 2019. But expensive raw materials, energy and the Ukrainian crisis risk reversing the trend
A study by Intesa Sanpaolo, in collaboration with the Salone del Mobile and FederlegnoArredo, certifies the state of health of the sector, which is on course for new records - Gregorio De Felice, the bank's chief economist, highlights the points…
Exports also grow compared to 2019, as does turnover - France, the USA and Germany are the main outlet markets - The recovery on the Italian side is also strong
The objective of the branch will in fact be to guide and feed the distribution network for the companies, guaranteeing coordination and strategic management in a market that is still a reference today, both in terms of internal demand and project specifications…
According to FederlegnoArredo data, the various lockdowns and the blockage of transport have penalized the supply chain. The domestic market is a little better, thanks to a good recovery in the second half
This is the estimate contained in a report by 24 ORE Ricerche e Studi and Area Studi Mediobanca - Italy fourth in the world for production and third for exports, but Covid-19 is holding back the sector
Gagosian presents in London three new editions of furniture from the iconic Casa Malaparte in Capri, Italy. In 1937, the visionary Italian writer and luminary Curzio Malaparte, born Kurt Erich Suckert in 1898, bought a plot of land that…
Lunedes completes the acquisition of Luxy: the chair factory "of the powerful" thus merges into the company of Giuseppe Cornetto Bourlot.
Auction at Christie's on September 19th. Leading the sale is Corso auf dem Monte Pincio, 1911 by Max Liebermann, owned by influential modern art dealer and publisher Paul Cassirer (estimate: £200.000-300.000). The Collection should make…
The Venetian company, recently listed on AIM Italia, has published its first-half accounts: its high-tech luxury outdoor furniture is conquering the foreign market.
Sotheby's is auctioning important "pieces" of XNUMXth-century European and French works in Paris. Among the lots Alphonse Mucha, Diego Giacometti and Jean-Michel Frank
A design icon, Acerbis, passes to Umberto Cassina's MDF which has acquired the brand, collection and distribution network
The Focus on "Wood-Furniture Companies" created by the Mediobanca Research Office certifies that domestic demand is driving the wood-furniture sector and the North East is Italy's locomotive
Phillips in collaboration with the Italian auction house Cambi present a collection of 30 lots from the Casa Lucano apartment, designed by Gio Ponti in 1951. Appointment in London on March 21st.
The export of Italian furniture does not stop - China and Russia the most popular market outlets - The survey by the Centro Studi Federlegno/Arredo
Launched last February, the new Airbnb Plus service is experiencing strong growth in Italy: the attention of hosts to style and design is rewarded and it is one more opportunity for the most demanding customers.
The French company specializing in high-end furnishings in which the Italian financier Gianni Tamburi is the first shareholder has successfully completed its IPO - The Shushan family, the selling shareholder, has set the placement price at 20 euros.
Thursday, June 21 will be his glass made in Murano, watercolours, drawings and paintings, from the collection inherited from his daughter, to be auctioned. A real opportunity for collecting Italian design.
MEDIOBANCA REPORT on the basis of data released by Federlegno-Arredo: the furniture and wood system is accredited in 2016 with a total turnover of around 41 billion euros - Exports are estimated at around 15,6 billion , that is to say…
FROM THE BLOG "LA CASA DI PAOLA" - Design will once again be the star of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, which opens today, attracting 1.841 exhibitors from 33 countries and increasingly representing…
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Lissone as a synonym for "furniture" (as evidenced by the exhibitions that the Settimane Lissonesi dedicated to Furnished Homes in 1959, to New Furniture for Today's Homes in 1965 and to Homes in the Seventies in 1970).
In 2016, turnover in our country grew by 4,5%, to 1,7 billion - We have thus become the 5th country for Ikea sales in the world, overtaking Russia and Sweden
Excellent result for the Cambi auction house in Genoa for the first appointment of 2015 for DESIGN and which totaled sales of 1.400.000 euros with 54% of the lots sold and +64% of the…
Exceptional Sale will take place on the evening of 9 July 2015. Following the successes since the inaugural auction in 2008, this sale platform provides collectors with the opportunity to acquire outstanding sculpture and masterpieces of European furniture and decorative…
A catalog of 800 lots for the Interiors auction to be held at Christie's Paris on April 28 and 29. Twentieth-century toys for rich children and memorabilia collections.
The Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda, present at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, said that today the Premier will indicate some news on the furniture bonus which expires on December 31st
The president of Federlegnoarredo spreads the numbers of the impact of the furniture bonus on the furniture sector: "10 jobs and 3.600 companies saved" - Snaidero: "Thanks to the bonus, the slowdown on the domestic market is limited. Now you become a structural measure".
The sale is led by an exceptional coffre à bijoux, jewelery cabinet-on-stand, by Henri Fourdinois (estimate: £70,000-100,000). Recently rediscovered by Christie's in a private Portuguese collection, this unique cabinet captures the grand ambition and subtle sophistication of the great exhibitions…
Germany confirms itself as the first admirer of Made in Italy products and for this reason the MSE and ICE, in collaboration with the German Karstadt department stores, have launched the promotional campaign entitled "Studio Italia - The perfection of taste" which…
Two important international events are planned for Made in Italy in this first part of the year: on the one hand the MRket Trade Show for men's fashion in the United States, on the other the Maison&Objet for textiles, ceramics, crafts and …
The ICE Agency, in collaboration with local authorities and territorial industrial systems, promotes the "South Export Plan" which is the largest export promotion program ever implemented for the Convergence Regions
Infrastructure, construction, instrumental mechanics and energy: these are the leading sectors on which SACE is currently working in the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia), on projects for a total value of 300 million euro.
The Turin furniture company announces the order obtained for the creation of the seats of the International Congress Center in Algiers - The Poltrona Frau share advances on the stock market - "In September, 100% of the order book expected for the entire…
8,1% of the furniture sold by the company worldwide is Italian: only China (22,8%) and Poland (17,8%) surpass us as suppliers - In the fiscal year just ended, Ikea Italia's turnover was dropped by 7,8%, with -6,8% for sales of…
While waiting for the various department experts to organize the new auctions for autumn 2013 and spring 2014, Christie's in July and August has decided to offer auctions dedicated to "interiors", a way to present objects of furniture…
The Agency for the promotion abroad and internationalization of Italian companies has launched "China furnishes Italian", with the aim of supporting new communication and distribution strategies in the Chinese market of Made in Italy.
Maison&Objet, one of the most prestigious home and furnishing accessories fairs, will see the participation of 64 Italian companies coordinated by the ICE Agency
This was stated by the president of FederlegnoArredo Roberto Snaidero, in the association's press conference at the end of the year - The Italian Legno Arredo macro-system lost 39% of its value in the five-year period 2007-2012 - Snaidero's proposal: "Including furnishings…
If antique furnishings see a decrease in interest from the market, also following the change of fashions that have taken place in recent years, design instead seems to be riding a happier moment - This applies to the contemporary…
The Swedish group enters the smart-TV business: "Uppleva, connected television set" will soon be released. Uppleva means "experience" in Swedish and in this way Ikea wants to transfer its concept of simplicity, usability and economy also to the electronics of consumption, to…
Ikea has announced that it has transferred a part of its production previously located in Asia to new Italian suppliers - The Swedish group, to date, buys furniture, finishes and appliances in Italy for about 1 billion euros - The ad…
The Hanoi government has instructed the largest public investment fund (SCIC) to divest the stakes it owns in 340 companies operating in the pharmaceutical, footwear, textile and many other sectors. In addition to local private groups, also foreign operators…
Giovanni Fittante, general manager of the Consorzio Origini, which represents manufacturers of furniture and interior design, raises the alarm: 700 companies are at risk. In fact, the Government and the Chamber have canceled an article from the Development Decree that prohibits the reproduction…
