Panels & Furniture Asia May/June 2022

NEWS
BIFA WOOD VIETNAM
TO RETURN IN
AUGUST 2022
In light of border control and quarantine
measures, BIFA Wood Vietnam, a wood and
woodworking exhibition held in Binh Duong,
Vietnam has been postponed to 8-11 Aug
2022.
“Currently, Vietnam borders are still closed
and quarantine is required upon arrival,”
elaborated William Pang, co-organiser of
BIFA Wood Vietnam and publisher of the
Panels & Furniture Group of wood magazines.
“Moving our event to August will give
Vietnam and other borders more time to
establish quarantine-free travel for visitors
BIFA Wood
Vietnam 2018
and exhibitors, and more time for exhibitors to
freight their exhibits or machinery for the show.”
BIFA Wood Vietnam will be held in a new
exhibition hall, the WTC Binh Duong New
City Expo Centre, which was completed in
mid-2021. Visitors can look forward to leading
international woodworking machinery, plus
hardwood, softwood and wood materials for
the manufacturing of panels, flooring, doors
and windows, and other industry trends and
developments.
Prior to that, the 2018 edition treated
4,200 visitors to 183 exhibitors of the latest
technologies and products in the furniture
manufacturing and woodworking sector.
For more information about BIFA Wood
Vietnam, visit www.bifawoodvietnam.com. P
“INTELLIGENT ENGINEERING FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS”: SIEMPELKAMP REPOSITIONS ITSELF
Siempelkamp has announced that they will be
starting the spring of 2022 with a new claim,
“Intelligent engineering for future generations”,
which stands for the group’s proposition to
strengthen existing expertise with new content.
Engineering is considered to be the core
competence of Siempelkamp, anchoring new
concepts and technologies tailored to current
challenges in the market.
From now on, this core competence
will be flanked by two news features
reflected in Siempelkamp’s claim. First is
“Intelligent engineering”, which integrates
Siempelkamp’s specialty in digitalisation
into the new positioning. Automation for
efficiency and productivity in increasing
processes are the focuses of all business
units.
The digital plant twin, the Prod-IQ MES system,
and new approaches to machine learning are
a few examples of Siempelkamp’s approach
to increasing productivity, designing quality
products, and to also ensure maximum
efficiency in the area of raw material use and
plant design.
The second feature is “Future generations”,
which focuses on the responsibility to shape
industries and society in a sustainable,
modern, and long-lasting way.
Examples of their sustainability concept
include research and development in the area
of alternative raw materials and recycling
to protect scarce resource wood. Also, the
product portfolio, which is geared towards
energy efficiency, supports sustainable
production while reducing its impact on the
environment.
“Our new claim ‘Intelligent engineering
for future generations’ bundles key values
such as responsibility and pioneering spirit,
ambition and sustainability into a coherent
overall concept. This positioning stands
for the energy to align our technological
competence even more strongly with
the future topics of digitalisation and
sustainability,” said Martin Stark, CEO of the
Siempelkamp group. P
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