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FN Neuhofer Holz, Europe’s market leader for floor, wall and ceiling accessories is now one of the first in the branch to use the iPhone and iPad.
The Austrian family firm has been present in the international App store for a short time with its ‘FN Digiprint configurator’ app. This enables you to test how the most diverse of profiles will look in your own personal living space at the touch of a button. What do you need? An iPad or iPhone with a camera, the download of the ‘FN Digiprint configurator’ then off you go: point the device at the relevant ambiance, take a photo and drag in one available digitally printed profile after another. There is something to suit all tastes in the FN Neuhofer range without a doubt.
Of course, the app also works for those who have an iPhone and iPad without a camera. Standard walls and floors are installed which can be individually adapted according to the profiles. Truly helpful whilst not being a creative gimmick.
The range is continually being extended with further profiles.

Welcome to SURFACES 2013

Organizers of Surfaces 2013 have opened registration for attendees at www.surfaces.com. The show will take place Jan. 29-31 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The NWFA will host a pavilion at Surfaces dedicated to the wood flooring industry. The pavilion will be located on level one of the Bayside Exhibit Hall.
Companies interested in exhibiting in the NWFA Pavilion should contact Kerry Cree at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

MADE EXPO wraps up big success for building and construction industry

During its 4 days MADE expo, the international architecture and building fair (Milano, 17-20 October 2012), has shown all the capability of the constrution world to react strongly to the current economical situation while launching a clear message to Institutions and markets alike.
231,729 visitors (-8.6%), of which 31,235 came from abroad, mark an important and encouraging result within a gloomy international economical scenario.
MADE expo’s 1,532 Exhibitors confirm the event's position as Italy’s leading industry trade Show attracting national and foreign professionals from across the planning and construction sectors.
The next edition of MADE expo, to be staged from 2-5 October 2013, will mark a turning point for the Show’s overall strategy completing a gradual transformation process which got underway starting with the 2012 edition. Within the new reorganization frame starting in 2013 MADE expo will be taking place biennially on odd years to meet the industry’s requirements and will align with Europe’s most important events dedicated to the building and construction sectors; specialization will be stepped up with product sectors refocused in 6 specific exhibit areas while a network of contacts with international buyers will be developed which will support Exhibitors with their export activities and will also help them tap into new markets.

PHILIP BUISSERET appointed the new secretary general of CEI-Bois

Following the decision of Filip De Jaeger to leave CEI-Bois by end of this year the Board of CEI-Bois has appointed Mr Philip Buisseret as new secretary general of CEI-Bois as from 1st January 2013.
Mr Buisseret (50), of Belgian nationality and lawyer by education, joins CEI-Bois from the steel packaging organization APEAL where he is holding the position of managing director. He has a long career in representing and managing industry associations in Brussels, both at national and European level in the services and beverage sector.
Philip Buisseret is very much committed to take on the role of Secretary General of CEI-Bois and support the woodworking Industry in addressing the European opportunities and challenges. “When I heard of this position in the woodworking industry, I did not hesitate for a minute to apply for the job,” says Buisseret. “Wood’s a winner.
It’s a warm, natural and noble material that offers many possibilities for many applications from packaging to construction and from joinery to decorative products.
Wood also has an exceptional environmental profile, which makes it a more sustainable and attractive alternative for other materials. Finally, when managed sustainably, wood offers a solution for global warming and GHG pollution.
It will be most satisfying to convey these positive messages to the European policy makers and markets.

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