2011 has got off to a successful start for the furniture industry. The good mood in the industry is also reflected in the registrations for the sleep area at imm cologne. Overall, around 80 percent of the hall space has already been rented.
“It’s fun to see that we have managed to make imm cologne the most important trade fair for my industry. No matter who we talk to these days, companies are looking forward to imm cologne expectantly. We have not only been able to gain new exhibitors for Hall 9, but many exhibitors have also expanded their space”, says Dr Ulrich Leifeld, Managing Director of the Professional Association of the Mattress Industry, headquartered in Essen, commenting on current registrations.
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28. June 2011
Categories: Business, Exhibitors, imm sleep
Tags: accessories, ADA Möbelfabrik, AKVA Waterbeds, Auping, Badenia, Bast, bed linen, bedroom, beds, Cologne, Diamona, dormiente, Dunlopillo, Essen, FAN, Fey, furniture fair, hall 9, hygiene, imm cologne 2012, international, JOKA, mattresses, Metzeler Schaum, Otten, Professional Association of the Mattress Industry, relaxation zone, Rummel Matratzen, Schlaraffia, sleeping systems, trade show, Ulrich Leifeld, ventilation, waterbeds
Just a few weeks to go now until interzum 2011 opens its doors at Cologne Exhibition Centre from 25th to 28th May. Around 1,400 exhibitors will be presenting their latest innovations to visitors from all over the world. But interzum has far more to offer than the pure product exhibitions – a whole series of special presentations, piazzas and thematic focal points spread throughout the fair are guaranteed to make the trade show even more attractive and encourage a lively exchange of ideas.
Light and materials at the innovation of interior forum
For the second time, Hall 4.2 will be hosting the innovation of interior forum, the new attraction for architects, designers and product developers with a special focus on light and materials. In addition there is an information area, a lounge, speech and meeting zone and compact, pre-specified presentation spaces for prestigious companies that form a perfect unit both visually and thematically. The declared aim of innovation of interior is to encourage eye-level communication at state-of-the-art level with partners who share the same aims and values.
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05. May 2011
Categories: Awards, Events, Innovation, News
Tags: Antonius Quodt, architects, Boulevard of Innovations, Carpentry Forum, Cologne, craftsmen, designers, European Veneer Forum, Future_bizz, German Timber Trade Federation, Germany, hall 10, hall 4.2, Hall 5.1, Hartmut A. Raiser, Hettich, ID Award, igeL e.V., innovation, International Design Award, interzum 2011, Klaus W. Göcke, Laminate Gallery, light, Lightweight Construction Association, materials, mattresses, news, nobilia, processing machines, product developers, Rehau, textile, trade fair, trade show, upholstery, veneer, Veneer & Nature Initiative, Wiemann, wood, Wöstmann, WPC materials
The princess in the fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” by the Brothers Grimm had to sleep on twenty mattresses and twenty feather eiderdowns in order to prove her noble birth – clear proof of the fact that refinement in sleeping existed even back in the golden age.
In the 21st century, this phenomenon is highly developed and different throughout the world. Visitors to imm cologne can experience this for themselves from 19 to 25 January 2009. In hall 9 of the international Cologne furniture trade fair, under the sub-heading “sleep”, a market segment that is exemplary in its completeness and professionalism will be on display.
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18. November 2008
Categories: Exhibitors, imm sleep
Tags: Auping, BBE retail experts, Dr. Ulrich Leifeld, hall 9, imm sleep, Marjan Reitsma, mattresses, meet@sleep, reclining systems, sleep systems
2011 has got off to a successful start for the furniture industry. The good mood in the industry is also reflected in the registrations for the sleep area at imm cologne. Overall, around 80 percent of the hall space has already been rented.
