Furniture Industry Events

Informa Australia are the organizers of Australian International Furniture Fair.

Informa Australia is the nation’s leading event organizers. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialized corporate training. We are based in Sydney’s CBD and employ around fifty staff. We are part of the global Informa Group PLC, listed on the London Stock Exchange (INF).

Our portfolio comprises of events that are conceived within Informa and focus on industry needs that we have identified or through partnerships with industry associations and media titles.

• Located in the upholstery capital of the world
• One of the strongest order-writing markets in the country.
• 1.6 million square feet of space
• Around 600 exhibitors from all over the world
• Average of 30,000 retail furniture buyers attend the market
• Buyer attendance from all 50 states and many foreign countries
• Market Promotions Program to assist with recruitment of buyers
• Complimentary parking adjacent to the facilities
• Complimentary shuttle service
• Complimentary buyer appreciation breakfast
• Complimentary wheelchair and scooter rentals available during market for retailers.
• Single story shopping convenience
• Bi-annual furniture market every February & August
• Show days are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• National Buyer Award presentation Thursday night of market
• Manufacturer’s Representative Award presentation on Friday night of market

The Midwest Furniture Show is a regional furniture, bedding and accessories show that is run by the Midwest Furniture Club, the largest IHFRA chapter in the United States. Each year the show attracts around 25 exhibitors and 300 retailers from across the Upper Midwest.

The cost for exhibitors is remaining at $3.50 a square foot for spaces over 500 feet. A deposit of $2 a square foot is necessary to hold the reservation. Smaller spaces (under 500 feet) are available for service companies, advertising and marketing firms, transportation companies and accessory vendors at a rate of $4 per foot.

Warsaw Home – International Interior Design Trade Fair which is organized by independent organizer – Warsaw Home Expo Sp. z o.o.. During the event manufacturers and distributors representing furniture, decorating, components and accessories have an opportunity to present their goods and ideas. Warsaw Home is the event of a mixed concept, a business oriented platform for international transactions as well as the site, where passionate of a good style in interior design can meet. Warsaw Home is the site where architects approach designers, businessmen, boutique owners and end users .

Warsaw Home consists of 5 below listed topic sectors:

1. Selected Design
2. Furniture
3. Deco – decorations, textiles, lighting
4. Kitchen & Dining – furniture and accessories for kitchen, household appliances
5. Interior Finish – floors, wall coverings (ceramic tiles, panels, structural concrete, walls of green), doors, fireplaces, bathroom fittings.

The fourth run of the Warsaw Home and accompanying events will be held between 3– 6 of October 2019.

Following the successful launch of interior design days in Shanghai (idd shanghai) in November 2018, the organizers of the interior business event, imm cologne, recently announced to continue the concept of idd shanghai in 2019.

Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, says: “As the organizer of one of the world’s most important interior business events, we are delighted to open up the Chinese market to manufacturers from German-speaking countries with idd shanghai. The label “Made in Germany” is immensely popular in the dynamic Chinese market with its keen consumers and large design-savvy community. We want to leverage this excellent starting point for the German, Austrian and Swiss furniture industry and expand its contacts with China.”

As the Chinese offshoot of imm cologne, idd shanghai 2019 will be hosted from November 20 to 22, 2019 in Shanghai in parallel to the Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai. For three full days, idd shanghai will take up residence in an exceptional venue, 800 Show. Formed of old factory halls, the trendy building complex is centrally located in direct proximity to the Shanghai Exhibition Centre.   

idd shanghai is the perfect platform for design “made in germany” with a high-quality program of talks

The exclusive event in Shanghai will focus on presenting German furniture manufacturers from the premium and luxury segment, along with Austrian and Swiss premium brands, to a design-savvy audience of Chinese designers, architects, project developers and discerning end consumers. In addition to visitors from the Shanghai area, the event will attract an audience from across the country thanks to a roadshow that Focus Media Co., Ltd. is staging in ten major Chinese cities. The manufacturers who have previously appeared at the event include names such as DEDON, DRAENERT, Jan Kath, Kettnaker, Rolf Benz, Schönbuch and Thonet.

As in the previous year, the exhibition covering the full spectrum of interior design will be accompanied by a high-quality programme of talks, organised by idd shanghai in partnership with Focus Media Co., Ltd. The line-up will feature renowned designers from both China and Germany.

Further information on interior design days shanghai can be found at: www.idd-shanghai.com.       

Consistently ranked amongst the top 10 worldwide, the Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) welcomes every March, quality exhibitors and buyers from all over the world. MIFF creates exceptonal business and networking opportunities for hundreds of thousands of participants.