Made Expo: waiting for the 2011 event

The next edition of Made Expo, one of the mostimportant architecture and building trade shows in Italy, will be held inOctober 2011.

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This increase in the number of visitors is notablymeaningful if you think that we are going through a world crisis that isaffecting many fields, including construction, but that does not seem to havehad negative consequences on the trade show, on the contrary: Made Expo isstill the main event of the sector in Italy, as well as an important meetingpoint and a chance to relaunch the field of architecture and construction, awide field which includes many differentsubgroups.

Following the success achieved in 2010, the next tradeshow has been organized since a long time, and it will take place from the 5thto the 8th of October. There is still one year to go, but theorganizers have already started working, as evidenced by the events that willtake place in the next months and that can be considered as the appetizers ofthe trade show. First of all, Made Expo on tour: a set of meetings that will beheld in different Italian cities from November 2010 to June 2011, to give thecompanies of all over Italy the possibility to take part in debates on some ofthe most important issues connected to the world of construction andarchitecture. The cities where the events will take place are Bari, Padua,Milan, Bologna, Naples and Rome, and the main issues to be discussed will beenergy and acoustic certification, construction site safety, finishingmaterials, aesthetic innovations in construction, planning software, structuralrequalification.

For the trade show you will have to wait a bit more,but it is worth waiting for: with a 90,000 m exhibitory space and over 1,700exhibitors, including 254 coming from abroad, Made Expo is certainly one of theunmissable events for those who work in this field. The trade show includeseight sectors, to represent in an exhaustive way all the subgroups that make upthe world of construction and architecture: structures, construction systemsand materials; building envelope (window, door and external cladding); interiorarchitecture and finishing (flooring, interior finishing, curtains, stairs); installationsand renewable energy; construction supply chain planning and services; planningand construction information technologies; worksite equipment, technologies andsolutions; sports facilities, swimming pools, fitness, urban furnishings.