Salone del Mobile on the starting blocks with 2,100 exhibitors from 37 countries
From 8 to 13 April in Rho Pero. The lighting sector is the protagonist. Global uncertainties weigh on exports
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An industrial policy tool - more useful than ever in these difficult times - and a strategic showcase for the internationalisation of companies, especially towards the emerging and more dynamic markets. But also a cultural platform, intended above all as a design culture, which is the very essence of Italian design, and a cultural offer in a broader sense, through a programme of high quality events, with names such as Bob Wilson and Paolo Sorrentino.
Exhibitors from 37 countries
.The Milan Furniture Show returns from 8 to 13 April recording, as always, a sell-out in the Fiera Milano spaces in Rho, with over 169,000 square metres of exhibition space and more than 2,100 exhibitors, including 168 "new entry" brands and 91 returns, but also with an increasingly consistent presence of exhibitors from abroad: 38% of the companies present come from 37 countries, a percentage that rises to 45% in the pavilions of Euroluce, the biennial event dedicated to the lighting sector.
In particular, the most represented countries, after Italy, are Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, France, Romania, Turkey, the Netherlands and Thailand. Visitors, on the other hand, will come from over 150 countries.
"Since 1961, Salone del Mobile has been an ecosystem that combines business, culture and networking, generating concrete value for industrial manufacturing in a dynamic dimension, reflecting the transformation of design, living, business and project culture," says Maria Porro, president of Salone del Mobile. This year we are more committed than ever before to attracting operators from consolidated and emerging markets, stimulating competitive elementssuch as sustainability and a cultural offer that stimulates new reflections on the future".
The sector: declining exports in 2024
In times of great uncertainty, the Exhibition aims to offer companies and professionals in the sector not the solutions, but the tools and stimuli to tackle the difficulties. "In a truly complex and uncertain international climate, the most demanding and challenging week is approaching for the made-in-Italy design industry and the supply chain that is its driving force," says Claudio Feltrin, president of FederlegnoArredo. "Yet the history of our sector has shown us that in times of difficulty, the ability to innovate and transform crises into opportunities emerges even more decisively.
