FURNITURE FORUM. About the Exhibition

FURNITURE FORUM - is the major annual event for furniture industry in Belarus, a comfortable area for promotion and effective communication.

In 2009 it is organized in April, 14-17, in the National Exhibition Pavilion, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.

The FORUM combines 5 Exhibitions and a diverse Supporting Program, which take place during the fair. Seminars, master-classes, conferences and round-tables tough upon the actual questions of furniture production and sale.

The exhibition program presents:

MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE FURNITURE FORUM:

1. Furniture for living quarters: upholstered furniture, cabinet furniture, furniture for bedroom, children and youth furniture, furniture for bathrooms, fitted cupboards, furniture for rest, exclusive furniture, antiquarian furniture.
2. Fashion furniture made of valuable wood
3. Furniture design and production (new technologies in furniture-making, software for furniture enterprises)
4. A new direction - stylish interiors!!! (interior design and finishing, interior furniture)
5. Interior decoration pieces and elements: mirrors, art glass and stained glass windows, interior ladders, textiles in interior (bed linen and accessories, blankets, cushions, coverlets), window dйcor (portiere fabric, curtains, mechanism and accessories for curtains, jalousie), interior lightening (exclusive lamps, domestic and decorative lightening, internal lightening systems), interior stairs and fireplaces, pictures, reproductions, small sculptures, ceramics, phytodesign.
6. Specialized mass media.

1. Materials for furniture production
2. Edge and facing materials
3. Varnished materials, glues, decoration pieces
4. Furniture accessories: mirrors, art-glass, glass figures
5. Artificial stone, Plexiglas
6. Furniture dйcor elements
7. Furniture lightning
8. Componentry for fitted cupboards
9. Shelving systems, gauze storage systems, materials for trade and fair equipment
10.In-out systems and lifting tackles
11.Furniture and fixing accessories
12.Glass and mirrors furniture
13.Furniture textile
14.Upholstery materials, mattresses, bedsteads
15.Transformation mechanisms
16.Professional electro instrument
17.Materials and elements foe the interior finishing: windows, window-stills, doors, parquet, laminated plastic, walls and stairs dйcor.

1. Furniture for offices, banks and administrative buildings: studies, workplaces, talking rooms, computer’ furniture.
2. Furniture for public premises: preschool and educational institutions; libraries and reading-rooms; hotels, sanatoria’s and holidays homes; museums, theaters, cinemas; conference halls.
3. Special furniture

1. Furniture for kitchens and dining-rooms: design, ready suites of furniture, dinner-zones, studios, cabinets, sideboards, showcases.
2. Attendant wares for kitchen developing: sinks, built-in sinks, taps.
3. Systems of space planning and filling, lifting systems for kitchen cupboards.
4. K itchen implements: Plates and dishes, kitchen utensils, textile, ceramic ware.

1. Large and small dimension home equipment: fridges and freezers, microwave ovens, toasters, air heaters and humidifiers, irons, vacuum-cleaners, waste shredders.
2. Built-in domestic appliances for kitchen: oven, cooking panel, drawing, built-in fridge, dish-washing machines.

INFORMATION SUPPORT

The advertising campaign is aimed to cover the maximum number of furniture industry professionals, as well as potential furniture buyers. For that organizers print and distribute promotional brochures, provide e-mail newsletters, advertisement on radio, TV, in specialized and daily press in Belarus and abroad (Russia, the Ukraine, Taiwan, Malaysia, China; in specialized national and foreign internet-resources.

FURNITURE FORUM is a professional holiday for furniture-makers. Traditionally during the FORUM there will take place the 3-rd contest for ladies in the furniture industry “Miss furniture beauty’2009” and the Consumer Preferences Contest “Peoples’ Recognition’2009”

Exhibition “Minsk furniture salon” is the base project of the FORUM. During the 15 years it has been showing stable growth of all the statistics figures.

Over 15 000 visitors
Over 2000 target specialists
Over 7000 sq.m. of exhibition space
Over 160 exhibitors

- to show the high potential of Belarusian furniture industry
- to contribute to the Belarusian furniture competitiveness rising
- to show the modern design trends in furniture, interiors, accessories, furniture materials
- to contribute to external promotion of the Belarusian furniture, to search of new partners and distributors, as well as to trading network development.
- to recruit technologists, sales and design specialists, to the participation in supporting program and professional communication.

Significance and scale of the FORUM is confirmed by the annual detailed survey of exhibitors and visitors. The survey of the FURNITIRE FORUM 2008 has shown the exhibitors’ major criteria for participation:

47,9% have found new clients
44,7% have strengthen their market positions and connection with their patrons’.
65,6% have conducted up to 200 effective meetings
93,7% have realized their goals and aims
97,9% have made firm plans to take part in the Furniture forum 2009

42,3% trade segment
34,6% furniture producers
9,2% designers and architectures
8,5% furniture accessories and materials produce and trade
7,7% interior finishing segment
3,9% researchers and students
2,3% other

Nicolaevich Alexander, International Department Manager
Tel./fax: (+ 375 17) 299 82 99; 291 23 26

The exhibition program presents:

MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE FURNITURE FORUM:

15-th international specialized exhibition “MINSK FURNITURE SALON”

6-th international specialized exhibition “FURNITURE TECHNOLOGIES”

salon “OFFICE-COMFORT”

salon "KITCHEN"

salon «HOUSETECH»