Since January, the Furniture Industry Research Association has welcomed fourteen full members as well as three international and one associate member. New members include mattress retailer, Dormeo UK, office fit-out organisation, Hog Furnishing Ltd, and Hille Educational Products Limited, which …
Buckinghamshire New University is asking furniture manufacturers to complete a short survey to assist with one of its European projects, entitled Wood2Good. The wood sector in Europe has close to 3 million workers and 380,000 enterprises generating an annual …
New: “ORGATEC Space” and “ORGATEC Mobile” Competence Centres Six months ahead of the event, the forecast for ORGATEC 2014, which opens its doors at the Koelnmesse exhibition centre from 21 to 25 October, is outstanding. In the autumn, around 600 …
Feria Valencia presented a large presence of entrepreneurs from their project ‘Align’, an initiative that, from public administrations, technology schools, sectoral organizations promotes entrepreneurship and new business initiatives in the area of habitat. The aim is to promote new …
Peter McLean, AFA Strategic Advisor, comments on the importance of collaboration in the furniture industry, “Collaboration is one way of extracting the hidden value that sits within and across the furniture industry supply chain. Adopting a collaborative business mindset …
The EMRA’s (Electrical Manufacturing & Retailing Awards), held at London’s Twickenham stadium brought together the biggest and best in the world of electronics to celebrate quality, innovation and design. Smeg were thrilled to be nominated in three different awards …
Morgan is delighted to have been awarded two Design Guild Marks for the latest Brompton and Pimlico original seating collections. This recent double award for 2014 brings the total number of Design Guild Marks to six for Morgan, since they …
On June 16, 2014, two furniture associations will be jointly hosting an industry seminar looking at flammability matters. The Technical Flammability Seminar, run by the British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) and the Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA), is aimed at manufacturers …
Icons, A-listers, prominent personalites and like-minded aficionados of style and elegance gathered recently amidst the minimal chic interiors of the new and bespoke Smeg Showroom in Cape Town for an exclusive and prestigious grand opening. Situated on the corner of …
molo celebrates its 10th Anniversary and introduction of two new designs by Stephanie Forsythe + Todd MacAllen, benchwall + thinwall. benchwall is an expandable, flexible bench with a 6’ (1.8 meter) tall back, so that it functions as an …