The German manufacturer SGH - Parkettfreund acts under the brand name Parkettfreund as the leading complete supplier in the section of aluminium profile systems, accessories for floor coverings, installation tools, maintenance, care and repair products as well as underlays for parquet and laminate.
Parkettfreund offers besides its standard range also various product innovations, like for example special profiles as corner protection angles, wall finishing profiles or profiles with carpet claws. These and more novelties will be presented at the fair BAU 2011 in Munich from 17th to 22nd January 11 in hall B6, stand number 129.

Küberit’s new system Step-Clip champion is a versatile solution for renovating stairs made of parquet, laminate and cork. Due to the champion-technology it is suitable for floors of 7-14mm thick. Step Clip Champion can be fastened in 3 different ways: the angled fastening, the straight fastening and straight fastening to concrete steps.

FN Neuhofer Holz offers “FN deco-shelf” multifunction shelf system. The system, together with its patented aluminium profiles, offers almost endless possibilities for large-scale wall, furniture or interior solutions for all rooms. This saves end users the search for matching elements, as the system offers practical and intelligent all-in-one solutions for any room (dining room, kitchen, workshop, office, bathroom, cloakroom, playrooms and bedrooms), which can be used immediately thanks to the quick-fit design. Every room situation can be extended, reduced or adjusted in any way using corresponding accessories.
The concept in brief: use of laminate, parquet, cork and linoleum floors, panels, tiles or decorative panels for walls; special profiles for connecting individual floor tiles; with profiles suitable for various floor/panel thicknesses, dimensions: 5.8 mm - 8 mm/0,228 - 0,315 inch; 9.5 mm - 12 mm/0,374 - 0,742 inch; 12.8 mm - 15.3 mm/0,504 - 0,602 inch; the FN universal profile is used for thicknesses of 16 mm/0,630 inch or more. Comprehensive range of accessories for any type of application. Patent and design patent pending.

The General Meeting of Eumabois (European Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers’ Federation) elected Franz-Josef Buetfering (photo) from the German VDMA Association as its new President for the 2008-2010 three-year period. The Meeting also approved the schedule of the trade fairs it will support during 2008, with the return, among others, of the Lesdrevmash Moscow Show, the Beijing WMF Show, Bangalore’s Indiawood, Dubai’s Woodshow, Kuala Lumpur’s Aseanwood, along with the new entries of the Expopromueble in Mexico City and Formobile in San Paolo.