Biesse surprised visitors to its exhibition space by presenting a new logo and visual identity. Raphaël Prati, Biesse’s chief marketing & communications officer says the bright corporate colours represent its strategy-centred on “multi-materiality and being…
After a Covid-induced break of four years, the Ligna trade show was back and Kallfass was delighted to return. Kallfass says the visitor frequency at its fair booth was high and included South African companies.…
The Weinig and Holz-Her brands met with lively interest from Ligna visitors. The Weinig Group used the occasion to inform the industry about its investments in research and development, building a new logistics system, lifetime…
Sawmilling automation specialist, Kallfass, has expanded its product portfolio for cross-laminated timber (CLT) production with its own CLT press. With the new press, Kallfass can now supply a complete mechanisation system, from the package pick-up…
The 21-year-old final-year Industrial Design student at the University of Johannesburg, Tshepiso Motau, is the winner of this year’s South African Furniture Design Competition. The winner was announced at a ceremony hosted by the Department…
Nine aspiring, young, black entrepreneurs presented their businesses to a panel of three “dragons” from leading retailers, Mr Price Home, Homewood, and Sheet Street, at KwaZulu-Natal’s eThekwini Furniture Cluster (EFC) Business Accelerator’s second “Dragons’ Den”…
By Paige Sherriff, Project Manager at the eThekwini Furniture Cluster (EFC) In the first months of 2022, I’ve found myself having the same debate on three different occasions with furniture manufacturers. The starting point for…
