The highlights of the 2020 edition of “MEM Industrial” and the new partnership with “Tecnomueble” were announced on January 22 by Christian Pfeiffer, Global Director of Woodworking Fairs at Deutsche Messe AG, Carlos Cook, Vice President of the Mexican Association of Suppliers to the Wood and Furniture Industry (AMPIMM) and Bernd Rohde, CEO of Hannover Messe México.

Also present at the press conference were Abelardo Arreola Jiménez, President of the Association of Furniture Manufacturers in Jalisco (AFAMJAL), Palmira Arnaz, Coordinator of the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) in Mexico City, Manuel Pérez Cárdenas, Head of the Office of the Presidium of the Association of Chambers of Industry (CONCAMIN), Congresswoman Martha Olivia García Vidaña, Secretary of the Commission for Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Edgar Conzuelo Contreras, CEO of Protectora de Bosques, Estado de México, Marco Ruíz Ruíz, Vice-President of the National Chamber of Woodworking (CANAINMA) and Héctor Silver, CEO of Mahexa Forestal.

During the opening ceremony, Christian Pfeiffer said: “MEM Industrial is the leading platform in Latin America for woodworking technology, including preliminary work and accessories for the furniture industry”, while Bernd Rohde took the opportunity to announce the recent partnership between “MEM Industrial” and “Tecnomueble”, linked to the AFAMJAL association: “This new partnership with AFAMJAL and the other partnerships of ‘MEM Industrial’ with leading international organisations such as the European Association of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers (Eumabois), its German counterpart VDMA, AMPIMM, CONAFOR, the civil society organisation Reforestamos and CANAINMA, have consolidated ‘MEM Industrial’ as the leading trade fair for the supply of machinery, equipment, materials and inputs for the woodworking and furniture industry in Mexico.”

According to AMPIMM (Association of Subcontracting Industries) Vice President Carlos Cook, the fair is “the most important showcase for suppliers of inputs, materials and services for furniture manufacturing. It is undoubtedly the most important trade show in Mexico for the sector, and I am convinced that it will soon become one of the leaders in North America.

The President of AFAMJAL, Abelardo Arreola, added that “MEM Industrial’s partnership with TecnoMueble will be of great benefit to the industry, as it will bring together the two largest exhibitions of furniture machinery and accessories in the country”.

According to CONAFOR (National Forestry Commission) coordinator for Mexico City, Palmira Arnaz, partnerships like the one with ‘MEM Industrial’ promote “joint actions that put municipal forestry companies in direct contact with suppliers of machinery, technologies and materials”, while Manuel Pérez Cárdenas, head of the office of the CONCAMIN (Federation of Industrial Chambers) presidency, added that platforms like this one are essential, since Mexico must “promote sustainable, diversified development in order to make progress on the economic front”.

“MEM Industrial” is a specialized trade show for woodworking and furniture, organized by Hannover Fairs México, a subsidiary of Deutsche Messe. Some 130 exhibitors will be taking part in the fair on an exhibition area of over 14,000 square meters. The Centro Citibanamex, where the event will take place from 22 to 24 January, is expecting 7,000 visitors, covering the entire spectrum from forestry experts and CNC machine manufacturers to industrial designers and carpenters.

The “Tecnomueble” in Guadalajara is the largest exhibition of machines, raw materials and accessories for the Mexican furniture and wood industry. Here products such as wood and veneers, tools, machines, textiles, adhesives, hardware, paints and coatings, abrasives, accessories and much more are exhibited.