The 7th Vietnam International Furniture Fittings, Components and Accessories Exhibition opened its doors to the public from Sept. 27th to 30rd at the Phu My Hung International Exhibiton Center (Temporary Halls), Ho Chi Minh City. With 15,956 visitors and buyers registered for the fair, it was a most dynamic exhibition. The exhibition’s floor space covered around 13,500 sq. meters, with nearly 500 booths of 245 well-known exhibitors from 21 international countries and areas in participation. These included companies from: Belgium, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the U.S.A., Israel, Australia and Vietnam – creating a very international and cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Furnitec reached an impressive milestone this year with the most number of endorsements from international woodworking- and furniture-related industries and associations. The show was supported by: the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufactures (EUMABOIS), the Taiwan Woodworking Machinery Association (TWMA), the VDMA Association (Germany), the ACIMALL Association (Italy), ICE – Italian Trade Commission - Ho Chi Minh City and the AHEC –American Hardwood Export Council. The support from all these organizations truly contributed to Vietnamwood’s ever-increasing worldwide importance and professionalism.

The fair presented both advanced as well as practical woodworking technologies and equipment. It attracted industry representatives, entrepreneurs, decision-makers, government representatives and numerous journalists from around the world. This event proved the high value of the Vietnamese market and allowed exhibitors to be able to easily meet with their target customers and also achieve their sales goals because of the quality and number of visitors.

The vast majority of exhibitors have shown interest in participating and exhibiting, with much larger spaces, at the next edition of the show which is scheduled for September 24th – 27th, 2009. The organizers conservatively expect an attendance of about 18,000 professional visitors and buyers to Furnitec 2009.