Timber iQ August - September 2019 // Issue:45 | Page 5

NEWS
Successful trade show for
REHAU
A record-breaking 74 000 visitors travelled to Cologne in Germany for
the REHAU trade fair for furniture industry suppliers.
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exhibit which allowed REHAU to showcase the very latest
surface technologies that offer intelligent and emotive added
value. The interactive design of the special exhibit thrilled the
international audience and also enabled more new products to
be demonstrated using real applications: the new colour
concepts for surfaces, the patterns, the versatile RAUVISIO
surface range and the RAUVOLET tambour door collection that
makes smart room layouts possible. Through these numerous
innovations, REHAU clearly showed where the future of
furniture design is headed – towards creating individual living
concepts with products that have many variations.
“interzum 2019 was a resounding success for us. With this
year’s highlights from our surface, edgeband and tambour
door system ranges, we were able to present a wide selection
of new, innovative products and enhanced services. We
showed the direction REHAU intends to take in the future:
towards smart furniture solutions that combine design and
functionality in equal measure,” says Thomas Ponater, REHAU
sales manager of the division furniture solutions.
elebrating 60 years, REHAU can look back at a week of
interesting, exciting and motivating discussions with
furniture experts from all over the world. “With our
#futureapartment concept and new products from our
edgeband, surface and tambour door system ranges, we
inspired our audience and also won them over with solutions
that are ready for use,” says Jochen Luft, REHAU sales
manager for the industry.
The event began with Matthias Pollman, head of
Koelnmesse’s trade fair management division, presenting
REHAU a certificate in recognition of the company’s loyalty to
interzum. REHAU has taken part in every interzum trade fair
since it was first held in 1959 and this year, interzum was
bigger and more international than ever before. The trade
fair attracted 74 000 visitors from 152 countries to Cologne,
where they discovered inspiring concepts for living
environments of the future.
There was plenty of inspiration to be had at the REHAU
stand. Taking centre stage was the ‘future apartment’, a special
Visitors networking and interacting at the REHAU trade fair in Cologne, Germany.
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// AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2019
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