📰 Blue Paper: 2022 regulatory update

  An effective regulatory update is a way to guarantee companies the technical support to identify the standards (national, European and international) applicable to their productions. The objective of the monitoring that is regularly carried out by our technicians is to summarize the main regulatory changes that are determined by the entry into force of
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Resistance of surfaces to temperature changes: the new UNI 9429

The main standard for assessing the effect of temperature changes on the surfaces of wooden artefacts and furniture has been updated. The standard does not apply to leather surfaces, coated fabrics, natural and synthetic textiles. The main changes introduced concern the typology and evaluation of tested samples: as far as the typology is concerned, the
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Conformity and safety of the furniture product

The World Health Organization considers a building to be healthy and safe ‘if it is able to protect the health, promote the physical, social and mental well-being of its occupants through design, construction, maintenance and location that support a sustainable environment and a cohesive community’ (euro.who.int). Ensuring the safety, comfort and health of the people
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Normative update report 2021

As every year COSMOB intends to provide technical support to companies in the sector through the continuous monitoring of the regulatory framework. The objective is to summarize the main regulatory changes introduced in the current year in order to provide companies with useful information so that they can more easily adapt to the new standards.
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Exhibitors at SICAM 2019

From October 15 to 18 we will be exhibitors at SICAM (held in Pordenone) in occasion to the annual meeting for the international industry of components, semi-finished products and accessories for the furniture. Our participation at SICAM will be a novelty that will mark an year characterized by several important achievements related to the introduction
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Workshop EXPORT FURNITURE – Pesaro

PROGRAM 09:00 Registration of participants 09:15  Welcome greetings 09:30 Intertek  Product conformity programs: – General characteristics and main objectives –  The process of verifying the conformity of a product Insights and news on the certification processes of the following international countries: – Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Kurdistan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia and EAEU *,
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Workshop EXPORT ARREDO

  PROGRAM 09:00 Registration of the participants 09:15 Welcome greetings 09:30 Intertek Conformity of the products programs: – General characteristics and main objectives – The process of verification of the products conformity News on the certification processes of the following international countries: – Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Kurdistan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia and EAEU *, Tanzania,
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Formaldehyde: regulatory update

Formaldehyde is a highly volatile colorless gas which is taken by inhalation from the body and therefore carcinogenic to humans (as declared by the “International Agency for Research on Cancer”) and it is present in the glues used for the production of furniture. In order to protect the health of the consumer, the use of formaldehyde
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Sistema Abitare Strategic Project

Marche Region, “Sistema Abitare” Strategic Project: grants up to € 40,000 for internationalization projects. COSMOB, in collaboration with Federlegno and Confindustria Marche, is pleased to present the call for proposals for “Sistema Abitare”, developed under an institutional agreement with  Marche Region, which aims to promote the renewal of the “Wood-Furniture” sector of the territory and
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The first “Made in Italy Furniture” Certificate

In the past few days the first “Italian furniture origin” certification has been officially granted according to the new product certification joint scheme of Catas and Cosmob. To receive it the company Fantoni (Osoppo, Udine), has completed all the inspection and verification steps for its collection of office desks “Woods”, checking both the production process
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