Ideas, luxury and technology for the record Shop – Il Giornale

Pamela Dell’Orto

“what ends today is the record of the salon.”

Word of Roberto Snaidero, president of the Furniture Fair, the pride and visiting card of Milan and Italy in the world now in its 55th edition. “We had a record attendance, primarily for visitors,” he says (over 372mila, 4% more than in 2014), “but above all the Italian companies have demonstrated a great performance, both design and in the quality of products”. The success of this exhibition, which closed yesterday with the festive mass of the archbishop of Milan, Angelo Scola, is the fruit of the work of many Italian companies and not (3 out of 10 are foreign), their high quality products and innovation but not only: “with the Federation, we presented the Milan furniture Fair in the world with road shows and exhibitions in partnership with Federmobili, Federation of furniture sellers, I’ve seen with a positive image compared to other years. We have urged colleagues to give a sign of optimism for the future, and we made a great team effort. For this we had a large presence of foreign buyers (about 60 per cent of the total). ” This edition of the Show, which saw 2,407 exhibitors over an area of ​​270 thousand square meters, has been an international showcase of the latest innovations in products and solutions, as well as a forum for ideas, creativity, innovation and technology. And, thanks to a sector (economic recovery) alone moves almost 25 billion euro, it reported Milan at the center of the world. “Milan is the world capital of design”, continues Snaidero. “We gave a great show of strength, both as a product and at the level of ideas, innovation, creativity, product quality and innovations also in technology, especially in the pavilions dedicated to bathroom and kitchen. From tomorrow we start again to work on the issue next year. ” First, however, the Milan show will go away in Moscow, in October, I Saloni Worldwide protagonists who see the best Italian companies that want to invest in the Russian market, and in November for the first time in Shanghai.