Furniture and supplies, the Interzum fair debuts in Bergamo

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After the pandemic, following the crisis in the supply chains which caused so many difficulties for design and furniture companies (as indeed for the entire industry), there was a progressive phenomenon of shortening of the production chain, which has also seen a growing number of companies in the sector integrate strategic parts of the value chain internally, including through acquisitions.

The importance of control over the supply chain has become fundamental to being competitive and even more so for the Italian furniture industry, which increasingly invests in quality and value-added services. It may also be for this reason that Koelnmesse, the Cologne Fair, has chosen Italy – and in particular Bergamo – to create a new spin-off of Interzum, a biennial event in the subcontracting sector for the furniture industry which has the its main edition in Cologne, but also takes place in Guangzhou, China, and Bogota, Colombia.

Interzum Forum a Bergamo

It will debut at the Bergamo Fair on 6 and 7 June, with the aim of hosting 200 exhibiting companies from all over the world in the Function & Components, Materials & Nature, Textile and Machinery sectors. Interzum forum italy will alternate with Interzum Cologne, in even years. «It is a project that responds to the needs of this historical moment, in which companies are looking at concentrated, short-lived and effective events – explained Thomas Rosolia, CEO of Koelnmesse Italia -. To date, the two halls of the exhibition area are almost full and we hope to reach 200 exhibitors”.

The event is aimed at different subcontracting chains, which in recent years have gone through significant evolutions: companies that traditionally produced and transformed for the furniture sector have also turned their attention to the nautical contract, camper and automotive sectors. automotive.

In Bergamo we will also talk regarding trends, new technical and technological solutions, new materials, products and processes with low environmental impact, digitalisation for production and services. The program also includes meetings, activities and collateral events – partly borrowed from Interzum Cologne and partly newly conceived – which will include Talks, Trend Stages, Product Stages, Matchmaking and special event areas.