SICAM

Jacks are pleased to announce Peter Lloyd has joined the Sales team in the role of Product and Sales Specialist –Aluminium.

A toolmaker by trade, Peter’s previous job was at Fletchers as a key member of their aluminium franchise support team. With his extensive experience in the industry, Peter is well placed to help customers processing aluminium with their manufacturing needs – from selecting the best machinery for the job through to workshop layout, tooling, programming strategies and more.

With Peter’s wealth of knowledge and practical approach, Jacks are looking forward to expanding the product range and level of support on offer to customers working with aluminium.

Glenn Dick to Blum

Glenn Dick has joined the sales team at Blum New Zealand, taking over the Account Management role in the Waikato region and parts of Auckland from recently retired Judy Hall. Glenn comes with many connections from within the industry, having worked 20 years across the Waikato/Bay of Plenty area. His understanding of many aspects of joinery has been honed by being a qualified boat builder, focusing on interior fit-outs and working within the commercial furniture and stainless steel sink industry. Motivated by design, he brings an eye for detail and problem-solving skills to the role, where he enjoys finding solutions for his customers.

When Glenn is not visiting clients, he is spending time with his wife and young daughter and, if he is lucky, partaking in water sports activities, golf and mountain biking. You can contact Glenn at glenn. dick@blum.com.

The first global trade fair after the acute phase of the pandemic will be held at Pordenone, Italy, as is tradition, from 12th to 15th October 2021, a long-awaited return to normality ...

Over 500 exhibitors have signed up for the upcoming edition of SICAM, the International Exhibition of Components, Accessories, and Semi-Finished Products for the Furniture Industry. After the enforced break last year, this twelfth edition of the Italian expo finds a market in dire need of meeting up in the flesh after such an extremely difficult season, though positive in economic terms.

“It is undoubtedly a delicate time for the economy which is forcing everyone to make precise, strong, brave choices”, says Carlo Giobbi, the founder and patron of SICAM. “We have designed a ‘Covid-free’ event, taking measures to comply with current regulations issued by national and regional authorities and ready to adapt to any new situations that might crop up, backed by the certainty of having the skills and tools necessary to ensure a safe trade fair for exhibitors and visitors.

“We all share the desire to return to normality, to personally bear witness to this need to give the word ‘trade fair’ the only meaning it can and should have, that is a meeting between people. We all managed to adjust to the restrictions imposed by lockdown, favouring digital events and refined work methods, but will never replace a trade fair event, physically meeting up with people, either planned or by chance, and having the opportunity to better understand things and touch them with your hands.”

The number, and above all the list, of exhibitors signed up for Pordenone is the best calling card for a lively, efficient trade fair rich in content. Worth noting is the return of many important names from the world of surfaces who have decided to come back to Pordenone, along with the growing presence of companies from the ceramics, taps and fittings and stone segments, completing the portfolio of an event where you can find everything you need to make any item of furniture for any domestic or contract space, regardless of some absences from the hardware segment.”

The global travel situation will naturally be a decisive factor in the visitor number at SICAM, but early registrations seem to indicate that the trade fair may enjoy a significant share of visitors from across the globe as well as Europe.

Visitors need to register and can do so at https://www.exposicam.it/en/p-707/online-registration/