Panels & Furniture Asia July/August 2022

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which Binh Duong, with more than 1,200
enterprises operating in the wood industry,
is the leading locality.
Binh Duong’s value reached $6.12bn,
accounting for 43% of the total export
turnover of the country’s wood and wood
products. As such, to suggest Binh Duong
as “Vietnam’s furniture capital” is not
far-fetched, and it is also why the province
is the prime location to hold a wood and
woodworking trade exhibition.
“Here, participating and visiting
businesses will receive the true values
they desire when coming to the exhibition,
similar to international wood industry
exhibitions, this will certainly be a huge
opportunity and a strong lever for the
growth of the industry.”
Nyugen Liem
Chairman of BIFA
BIFA Wood Vietnam 2022 will be a place of
trade, connecting suppliers with potential
customers, diversifying import and export
markets and businesses looking for new
markets. This takes into account the impacts
of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the
supply chain and face-to-face interactions
are disrupted, which led to the wood
industry making efforts to promote sales
on e-commerce platforms to minimise the
negative impacts to export activities.
Nguyen added: “Meanwhile, many
international buyers have also tended
to trade in the Vietnamese market. The
industry’s phenomenal growth has made
Vietnam a formidable competitor, surpassing
China as the world’s manufacturing power.”
After the success of BIFA Wood 2018, in the
context of adapting to the pandemic, BIFA
Wood Vietnam 2022 is expected to return
stronger and more professional. It aims
to create trading opportunities between
businesses, exchange information and
the latest trends in the market, and create
business cooperation to further deepen the
chain of vertical links in the industry — from
suppliers of raw materials and accessories
to providing machinery and technology
as well as manufacturers and trades
providing opportunities for cooperation and
sustainable development.
During the four-day exhibition, the BIFA
Wood 2022 will also host seminars on
automation technology in the wood industry
and the source of wood materials from the
US and Europe. The event will house a total
of 1,000 booths and is expected to attract
more than 5,000 visitors.
“This is a great trading session for visitors and
exhibitors alike, with opportunities to unlock
the business possibilities in Vietnam and the
South East Asian region,” concluded Nguyen.
A GLIMPSE OF EXHIBITING PRODUCTS
Exhibiting companies include Nanxing
Machinery, a manufacturer of computerised
numerical control (CNC) equipment and
edgebanders sold across the world; Cabinet
Vision South East Asia, whose computer-aided
design (CAD) / computer-aided manufacturing
(CAM) software solutions are widely deployed
in the woodworking industry; Jowat, a
developer and supplier of adhesives used
across various industries; and more.
Read on to find out what some of the
exhibiting companies will be featuring for BIFA
Wood Vietnam 2022.
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