The community of the wood and furniture industry is preparing for an intensive June. The new dates of Xylexpo, the biennial international technology exhibition to be held next June 9-12, 2026, have created the best conditions for strategic synergy with interzum forum Italy, planned few days before – June 4-5 – at the Bergamo fairgrounds. Close dates, exhibition centers just a few dozens of kilometers apart, similar categories: these are the trumps played by both events to win the challenge of an industry looking for recipes to revive the exhibition movement, combining advanced technologies, materials, ideas, projects, tools, trends and design.
Over the next few months, the two events will offer a range of joint events to promote an alliance that will allow visitors and exhibitors to experience the evolution of the entire value chain: technical, design and business developments concentrated in few days, from materials to products, from technology to services, without forgetting the big topics of sustainability, digital transformation and “Innovation 5.0”.
“This partnership represents the new direction taken by Xylexpo”, said Dario Corbetta, exhibition director. “The collaboration with the semifinished materials industry, the concurrency with Plast – the exhibition for the industry of plastics and rubber – and the debut of the expo & conference Composites Future, dedicated to technology and materials for the composites business, are strong evidence of our determination to provide visitors and exhibitors with a comprehensive exhibition, built on solid foundations to generate new value”.
27-11-25
Many Italian and international companies have already submitted their registration to the next edition of Xylexpo 2026, the biennial international exhibition for the wood and furniture industries scheduled at FieraMilano-Rho next June 9 to 12.
The early-bird benefits offered to companies registering within November 30 have worked also this year, driving many companies to speed up their registration despite the “wait-and-see” mood that is affecting also the global industry of technology for wood and furniture.
“The next edition of Xylexpo – said exhibition director Dario Corbetta – will keep its promise of setting up an international event that provides a clear view of “made in Italy”. The event will have a dual approach: on one side, a place where Italian companies have their own “home exhibition”, what we now call the “comfort zone”; on the other, an opportunity for companies from all around the world to get directly in touch with the Italian market, one of the most relevant on a global scale.”
The focus topics for the events scheduled during the four-day exhibition are set. The first day will be dedicated to wood construction; the highlight will be the first edition of Holzbau Forum Italia at Xylexpo, presenting an agenda focused on the closer and closer integration of technology, design and construction. The topic of the second day will be drying, featuring the presentation of the new “Drying handbook” by Conlegno and the University of Florence. On day three, the spotlights will be cast onto finishing technology and products, while the last day will be dedicated to tools. The agenda will include more events, presentations, interviews, testimonials and insights in collaboration with institutes, universities and experts.
A rich calendar is also being defined for Composites Future, the expo & conference dedicated to technologies and materials for composites, making its debut In Hall 18 in collaboration with Plast, the exhibition of technology for the plastic and rubber industry, held concurrently. The morning program for Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 will feature the “Composites Future Academy”, talking about materials, modeling of innovative materials and the related technology. On the same days, the afternoon session will be dedicated to the “Composites Future Demo Area”, offering the opportunity to experience the production of composite materials and presentations of modeling and processing methods for composites.
10-11-25
In Milan, from 9 to 12 June 2026, concurrently with Xylexpo and Plast
The starting flag is waving for companies interested in exhibiting at the first edition of Composites Future, the biennial exhibition for the composite materials industry (technology, equipment, materials), held in Hall 18 of the FieraMilano-Rho expo center next June 9-12, 2026. Exhibitors registering to the expo and conference within November 30, 2025, will benefit from a reduction on participation fees.
The event is part of the new exhibition format “Matec-materiali e tecnologie”, a springtime date dedicated to the manufacturing industry, including Plast – exhibition of technologies for the plastic and rubber industry – and Xylexpo, biennial international exhibition of wood and furniture technology. Three exhibitions for one big event with a focus on “multimateraility”, with an expected attendance of 1,700 exhibitors and 60 thousand visitors, 30 percent from abroad, with a net exhibition area close to 70 thousand square meters.
The event – promoted by Assocompositi, the Italian association of composites and similar materials – fills a gap in the exhibition calendar, adding an intensive schedule of meetings, in-depth presentations and practical demos that will illustrate the evolution of this important industry in the manufacturing arena, highlighting the close link with technologies for other industry that have been extensively applied also in the domain of composite materials.
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