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The 49th CIFF Guangzhou was held in two phases between 17-20 Jul 2022 and 26-29 Jul at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou Pazhou, Guangzhou, China, ... [more...]
The outdoor furniture market in Europe is one of the best performers in the furniture sector, according to a new report focused on this sector just published by CSIL. Total annual sales of outdoor furniture in Europe are estimated by CSIL to be around €3.3 billion. Following a slight reduction in 2020 the sector recorded a double-digit rebound in 2021, well above the sector average.... [more...]
The very first IKEA store in South America opened in Santiago de Chile on 10 August 2022. A second store is planned to open in the near future, also in Santiago. Falabella, the... [more...]
Elastic floor coverings with click connections can become deformed if they are partially exposed to heat from above, such as from solar radiation. None of the applicable normative... [more...]
The Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources has announced a $1-million contribution to the Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario (WMCO) to support a study involving 10 collaborating wood... [more...]
Employees who have a stake in the company they work for through capital investments stay with it longer - even if they have good opportunities elsewhere and are generally willing to change... [more...]
In order to give waste wood a maybe even longer second life a research team at the University of British Columbia has invented a treatment to turn it into so called "healed wood". The process... [more...]
According to the current study by the Thünen Institute “Assessment of Possible Production Leakage from Implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy on Forest Product Markets”, the economy and environment... [more...]
A new CSIL report highlights major structural changes in Europe’s furniture sector. Although some of the trends have been underway now for at least a decade, recent events have brought about accelerating change.... [more...]