Interior Lifestyle China opens its doors next week at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre with more than 200 exhibitors confirmed

International Home Accessories show to host on-site online interviews

Jacob’s Creek wine, care of Pernod-Ricard, returns as sponsor for Interior Lifestyle China

Interior Lifestyle China opens its doors next week at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre with a programme of 13 seminars and special exhibits. Running for four days, 19 – 22 November, the show will also house an array of high-end interior and lifestyle products from around the globe. More than 200 exhibitors are confirmed, including companies from Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, UK and China.

The fair will feature the latest interior and lifestyle products including glass, porcelain, ceramics, cutlery, kitchen tools and appliances, arts and crafts, candles, other gift items, accessories, and soft furnishings.

International Home Accessories show to host on-site online interviews

In addition to purchasing high quality luxury household and consumer goods products at the fair, attendees will have the opportunity to take part in a range of exciting and informative special exhibits and seminars:

International Home Accessories Show interview – World renowned furnishing and accessory designers, buyers and brands will gather with the editor-in-chief for an exclusive online interview at Interior Lifestyle China. This show will be hosted by magazine and online consumer goods site e-jjj.com.

From Scratch to Success Panel Discussion – Moderator, Ms. Leslie Chen of Grotto Design Creations, will lead an open discussion on creating and maintaining brand perception in China

Process Warm Showcase – Supported by the interior magazine , this event will showcase a number of successful local designers’ work.

Brand presentations – These demonstrations will be hosted by Miji, Tayohya and WMF.

Design Masters’ House – A series of demonstration rooms featuring different lifestyles with exhibitor’s products. The Art Display & Decoration Comittee of China and the interior magazine support this event.

Designer and Manufacturer Showcase – A showcase bridging the gap between manufacturers, industrial designers and consumers and supported by the interior magazine .

Business Match Making Program – Management executives from key department stores and retailers will meet with brand names and exhibitors.

Designer Cocktail – Networking event as supported by the Art Display & Decoration Committee of China.

China Houseware Market Developing Conference – Experts and government authorities will present market analysis to discuss the latest developments in the local interior products industry. This special conference takes place on Wednesday, 19 November from 13:30 to 15:00.

On Design Shanghai gallery as presented at Frankfurt’s Ambiente. Featuring a range of well-known designers from around the world.

2008 Home Style Awards – The ceremony is the first of its kind in China and presentations will be made to the winners on the evening of Wednesday, 19 November 2008 at the Moller Villa.

Also available at the event will be Wine Tasting kiosks by Cheese & Fizz and Metier Atelier and On-site Cooking Demonstrations by Zwilling, Peugeot, Emile Henry WMF, Schulte-Ufer, Gorenje, Silit, Yoshikawa, Metier Atelier and JIMIX.

Jacob’s Creek wine, care of Pernod-Ricard, returns as sponsor for Interior Lifestyle China

A high quality yet affordable brand, Jacob’s Creek is enjoyed in over 65 countries, making it Australia’s most popular wine. The range has been awarded over 3, 500 show awards worldwide. Jacob’s Creek wine – sponsor of Interior Lifestyle China – will be served in cooperation with various onsite brand demonstrations and tasting programs throughout the fair.

For more information on Interior Lifestyle China 2008, please visit www.il-china.com or email amra.durakovic@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com

Danny M. Chien, a Taiwanese citizen and resident of Shanghai, China, and Style Craft Furniture Co., Ltd., were each indicted today by a federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., on one count of smuggling, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Departments Environment and Natural Resources Division and Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

The company, a manufacturer of wooden baby furniture located primarily in China, imported approximately $15 million in declared value of wood furniture in 2004-2005. Read more »

The debut “Interior Lifestyle China” opens its doors next week at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Running for four days, 13 – 16 September, the show will house a vast array of high-quality and luxury household and consumer items from all over the world. Around 180 exhibitors are confirmed, including companies from Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan and Thailand. Interior Lifestyle China will be the first fair of its kind, establishing a high-class marketing and sourcing platform for international brand names in the China market.

The fair will be divided into three areas: Dining, Giving, and Living. In the ‘dining’ area, visitors will find glass, porcelain, ceramics, cutlery, kitchen tools and appliances, and other dining and cooking-related products. ‘Giving’ will house products such as arts and crafts, candles and other gift items. Furniture, accessories, and soft furnishings will make up the ‘living’ section of the fair. Read more »

ZOW will be held in China for the second time on September 12th-15th, 2007 at SNIEC in the Chinese boomtown Shanghai. The event will take place in parallel with the Furniture China show. Office, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), which is organizing the ZOW show. Two-thirds have already registered, and more bookings are expected to be finalized shortly. It has not taken ZOW long to build up an enviable reputation as an efficient business platform for the furniture industry and suppliers to the industry in China. The Chinese are impressed with the unique workshop concept, the efficient organization and the communicative character of the show.

Anyone who is familiar with ZOW knows that the show is one of the major events for the furniture industry and supplies to the industry worldwide. In only a few years, the show has built up an enviable international reputation at venues in Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and China. Complete, bundled exhibitor packages, open stand design with ample space for effective communications and a comprehensive range of services for trade visitors including free admission and catering are the real reasons why the show is so successful. Read more »

Asia’s landmark event for the furniture industry is getting ready for business in autumn, when it will open its doors from 12-15 September in Shanghai.As the first significant international event after the summer break in Europe, Furniture China returns with 1, 600 exhibitors on 220, 000 sq.m. exhibition space.Featuring Asia’s best designs and quality products, the show is expected to draw over 70, 000 visitors, including 12, 000 international buyers. In an attempt to balance growth, available exhibition space and visitors’ convenience, the organisers have appointed two venues to take pressure from the overbooked Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

The lack of exhibition space will be relieved in 2008 with two additional exhibition halls scheduled to be finished at SNIEC, adding 23, 000 sq.m. of floor space.Three more halls, with a floor space of 35, 000 sq.m. will be completed in 2009 and another set of three in 2010.It is expected that the 17th China International Furniture Expo in 2011 will become a show of about 350, 000 sq.m., then being the world’s second largest furniture show. Read more »

Since its establishment in 1998 the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) has grown in scope and size every year. Today it is recognized as being the most important and most international exhibition in China’s leather industry. ACLE 2007 will be held again concurrently with China International Footwear Fair (CIFF) and Moda Shanghai on September 5 – 7, 2007 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), Pudong, Shanghai, China.

ACLE offers an industry-wide spectrum of exhibits ranging from raw materials (including hides, skins and exotic leather), semi-finished and finished leather, man-made leather, process chemicals and dyes, tanning machinery, components and accessories, synthetic / natural materials, shoe machinery, CAD-CAM systems, etc. Read more »

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is in advanced talks for acquiring a major stake in Chinese retailer Red Star Furniture Group, reports quoting sources close to the deal said.

Warburg Pincus expects to acquire a little less than 50 per cent stake in Red Star even as China’s fast-growing home furnishing market draws increasing foreign interest.

The Shanghai-based Red Star is privately owned and operates 33 outlets, mostly in the affluent east coast. It sells furniture and home furnishings, targeting mostly to homeowners who are spending heavily on decorating newly purchased apartments. Read more »

Furniture business owners from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais are to travel to China in September to take advantage of business opportunities presented at Furniture-13th International Furniture Fair.

The event will run from September 12 to 15 and over 1,500 exhibitors vying for a slice of the US$4.3 billion that Chinese consumers spend each year on buying furniture.

According to Paul Liu, the president of the Brazil-China Chamber for Economic Development (CBCDE), China’s furniture market is six times bigger than the European market. Read more »

Asia’s landmark event for the furniture industry is getting ready for business in autumn, when it will open its doors from 12-15 September in Shanghai.

As the first significant international event after the summer break in Europe, Furniture China returns with 1,600 exhibitors on 220,000 sq.m. exhibition space. Featuring Asia’s best designs and quality products, the show is expected to draw over 70,000 visitors, including 12,000 international buyers.

In an attempt to balance growth, available exhibition space and visitors’ convenience, the organisers have appointed two venues to take pressure from the overbooked Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). The new venues, Pudong Exhibition Centre and the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, are located at a maximum of ten minutes’ drive from SNIEC. All venues are connected by shuttle buses and are most convenient to reach by public transportation or taxi. Read more »

Another Shanghai expo and it’s Furniture this time, which has long been a unassuming heirloom in many families. With children, parents and grandparents living under one roof, pieces are simply passed on to sons and daughters within the household, enriched by the wear and tear from each succeeding generation. But if you’re not lucky enough to inherit pieces, why not buy them?

It is the sense of history and intimacy that has earned these furniture pieces, on display at the Shanghai International Furniture Expo, the attention of potential buyers.

Some of them are old enough to qualify as “antique ” – making them highly desirable items on the collectors’ lists. Read more »