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INDUSTRY NEWS FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES EUROPE
Recycling Furniture can recycle 98per cent of any O n e of t h e s e fa i r S i s
item of furniture that they collect from FIRA, Ma lay sia n I nt er nat io na l
breaking down the products into each of its Furniture Fair (MIFF), a
different components for recycling. Furniture is recognized fair in Asia for the
notoriously difficult to dispose of, especially furniture sector. UBM plc has
products such as office chairs which contain acquired outright the MIFF exhibition on behalf
many different elements and can be difficult to of UBM Asia from its private owners. The
disassemble. acquisition of MIFF enhances UBM's strong
position in the furniture exhibition market,
Fira With A New European Standard For School complementing Furniture China in Shanghai, the
Furniture
Index fairs in India and Interiors in the UK. In
The new standard for 2011 the event generated revenues of
school furniture replaces approximately RM 20m (£4.1m). The business's
the previous 2006 version
with immediate effect. The 2006 version
gross assets as at 30 November 2011 were £5.4m.
assumed that the only fixed height chairs David Levin, Chief Executive Officer of UBM plc
without arms were used in schools. The new said: "These acquisitions build on our well-
standard covers more product. The key changes established strategy of acquiring strong events
in the new standard are:
that serve structurally growing markets and
l A requirement that any chair or table has been communities, and particularly events which
assessed to appropriate sizemark requirement operate in growth economies. We see attractive
of EN 1729-1.
growth prospects for each of these events and
l Addition of requirements for swivel chairs look forward to those prospects being enhanced
l Addition of requirements for chairs with arms
l Additional requirements for chairs with
footrails
l Removal of impact stability test for tables
In general, test loads and cycles have not
changed, and therefore most products that have
previously been assessed to EN 1729-2: 2006 will
meet the requirements of the 2012 version.
UBM Acquires MIFF
UBM plc announced acquisition of four
tradeshows for a total cash consideration of
£19.4m and deferred consideration of up to £4.4m.
as they join the UBM family of events.”
For Furniture With Design Shaker
This year´s For Furniture trade fair brings a new
project called Design Shaker. Goal of this project
is to support the topic of design – by exhibiting
chosen products of Czech or foreign exhibitors in
a special hall, or by discussions at round tables
with participation of the most important
designers and theorists of design. Also the
Czech artist, architect, designer and university
professor known worldwide – Bořek Šípek
promissed his participation at this trade fair.
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