http://www.zow.de/en/news.html Survey press releases and reports en http://www.zow.de/en/news-231.html Overengineering is out, Universal Design is in! The handling and operation of a product must be evident at first glance, be it a coffee pot, a camera or a cupboard. Universal Design is a form of design which is both aesthetic and functional and is not complicated by superfluous details. It aims to develop products which are equally suited to young and old, big and small and handicapped and able-bodied. At ZOW in Bad Salzuflen from 9 to 12 February 2009, visitors will be able to get an idea of what Universal Design really means. Ideas from the furniture supplier industry which make a statement.  Universal Design = intelligent design! 2008-12-19T15:20:56 http://www.zow.de/en/news-230.html Barcodes are yesterday&rsquo;s news, but RFID is the technology of tomorrow. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, an identification technology based on electronic data exchange. With this technology you can quickly pinpoint the location of a product anywhere in your company without having to handle each item individually. After all, time is money! At ZOW in Bad Salzuflen from 9-12 February 2009, Horst Koitka, the managing director of Löhne-based IT company abaco, will be demonstrating together with his partners how RFID technology works. At the RFID Factory in<br/>Hall 19, exhibitors and visitors alike can discover the benefits of this innovative technology. RFID Factory at ZOW 2009 2008-12-17T15:06:43 http://www.zow.de/en/news-229.html While markets the world over are collapsing and stock markets coming crashing down, the Chinese market is enjoying unabated growth. With annual economic growth of more than 8 % and a trade surplus of US$ 216 billion, the country is set to become an economic superpower. Shenzhen, the new boom town in Southern China, is an excellent example of this trend. China&rsquo;s first ZOW supplier trade fair for the furniture industry and interior design will run here between 19-22 March 2009 at the heart of the country&rsquo;s southern furniture province of Guangdong. China continues to grow despite the financial crisis<br />ZOW in Shenzhen acts as springboard for furniture suppliers 2008-12-15T13:44:54 http://www.zow.de/en/news-228.html While markets the world over are collapsing and stock markets coming crashing down, the Chinese market is enjoying unabated growth. With annual economic growth of more than 8 % and a trade surplus of US$ 216 billion, the country is set to become an economic superpower. Shenzhen, the new boom town in Southern China, is an excellent example of this trend. China&rsquo;s first ZOW supplier trade fair for the furniture industry and interior design will run here between 19-22 March 2009 at the heart of the country&rsquo;s southern furniture province of Guangdong. China continues to grow despite the financial crisis<br />ZOW in Shenzhen acts as springboard for furniture suppliers 2008-12-15T13:35:14 http://www.zow.de/en/news-227.html The Spanish company Greenfuel said on Monday that it plans to build a plant to produce 200,000 tons of biodiesel in Argentina in 2010. Greenfuel plans to build a plant to produce biodiesel in Argentina 2008-12-12T14:55:17 http://www.zow.de/en/news-225.html Success across the board. This year's ZOW in Moscow, which for the second time was held in parallel to Mebel at the Expocenter, featured 160 exhibitors, including a large number of Russian suppliers, and attracted around 12 800 visitors. This a 25 % increase on the previous year. Customers from the furniture industry and interior design took the opportunity to find out about the latest new fittings, surfaces, materials and semi-finished products from suppliers at the same time as attending the Russian furniture fair - the fast way to give visitors what they want. Most of the visitors to ZOW came from Russia and the former CIS States, but there were plenty of international guests in Moscow too. Full speed ahead at ZOW in Moscow<br />Supplier trade fair attracted 12 800 visitors to Expocenter 2008-12-11T14:49:15 http://www.zow.de/en/news-226.html The Spanish company Greenfuel said on Monday that it plans to build a plant to produce 200,000 tons of biodiesel in Argentina in 2010. Greenfuel plans to build a plant to produce biodiesel in Argentina 2008-12-11T15:59:31 http://www.zow.de/en/news-224.html In the spring of 2008, the Polish Furnifab &ndash; Furniture Fabric Show &ndash; enjoyed a healthy increase in exhibitor and visitor numbers and space sold. Since it started in 2003, this industry gathering has become a central B2B exhibition for the seating and upholstered furniture industry in Poland, eastern and central Europe. The next chapter in the Furnifab success story will unfold between 3 and 5 March 2009. Visitors to the international exhibition centre in Poznań can expect a whole host of new product groups and a comprehensive overview unmatched by any similar event in the region. Furniture Fabric Show in Poznań 2009:<br />Product Range greatly expanded 2008-12-05T23:45:35 http://www.zow.de/en/news-222.html "Solidarity, Cooperation and Complementarity for Universal Access and Energy Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean"<br/> R.energy present in FIER 2008 in Buenos Aires 2008-12-04T17:16:25 http://www.zow.de/en/news-221.html On 1 November 2008, Romano Ugolini took up the post of Managing Director of Survey Marketing + Consulting s.r.l., Milan. Since 2001, Ugolini has been the Sales Manager at Survey Marketing + Consulting for the regions of Southern Europe, France, Great Britain and America. Under his management, the Italian Survey team is now enthusiastically launching into the task of preparing for ZOW 2009 at the new venue in Verona. A new boost for ZOW in Italy: Romano Ugolini is the new Survey Managing Director in Milan 2008-11-28T14:30:31 http://www.zow.de/en/news-219.html There has been a real boost in the number of architects and designers visiting ZOW in Bad Salzuflen over the past three years. The organiser, Survey Marketing + Consulting is continuously increasing the attractiveness of ZOW for this target group through the numerous activities included in the social programme. At the next ZOW, the architectural lounge (&ldquo;a-lounge&rdquo;) in Hall 22.2 will be bigger and more informative than ever before. With new special exhibitions and an extended specialist programme, it is THE attraction at ZOW for all interior designers and anyone else interested in design. The 'a-lounge' at ZOW 2009 continues to grow:<br />An extensive specialist programme for architects and designers 2008-11-14T15:19:25 http://www.zow.de/en/news-218.html The eighth ZOW exhibition at Pordenone &ndash; International Exhibition for components and accessories for the Furniture Industry &ndash; has closed this year attendance figures at the fair numbered around 20,000. Is it particularly interesting to note once again, that there is still an exceptionally high rate of international attendance at the fair, which was attended by no fewer than 8,200 visits from abroad: they made up 42% of overall entrances, an increase of 10% over the number of foreign visits to last year&rsquo;s exhibition. And the number of foreign countries represented at the fair increased as well: 96 this year, up from the 92 registered last year. Yet again, ZOW Pordenone has proved that it leads in exhibitions with high rates of international growth in Italy&mdash;an amazing achievement considering that ZOW began its history as a highly regional trade fair, and very much aimed at Italian industry. ZOW Pordenone: an event even more international Innovation and design in the furniture components and accessories industry, contrasting the trend of the market crisis 2008-11-14T11:19:34 http://www.zow.de/en/news-211.html Argentina has problems of funding, this is not a secret. But it has many opportunities to get his economy off the ground, especially thanks to his food-processing richness and availability of cultivable lands.  This involves the production of biomass for conversion in biogas and liquids (ethanol, biodiesel).  The production and commercialization of biomass for energy (heat, transport&hellip;) is undoubtedly one of the interesting forms for Argentina to &ldquo;cash up&rdquo;. Argentina bets for renewable energies: Biogas and Biofuels 'to cash up' 2008-11-07T15:49:35 http://www.zow.de/en/news-212.html R.energy Expo Buenos Aires, June 10-12, 2008, invites the international industry of wind energy to fix the look in Argentina, celebrating a business and information meeting on the 10th June 2009 in Buenos Aires. Argentina wants to generate 53 % of renewable energy aprox. in the year 2025 with the installation of windmills, reaching 2.000 MW. At this moment, Argentina has only installed 29,5 MW and assumes the number 40 in the world ranking of installed wind energy. Wind energy business meetings R.energy Argentina invites the international wind energy industry 2008-11-07T16:05:48 http://www.zow.de/en/news-213.html In collaboration with the Italian Verona Fair and a German consultant, Feria de Zaragoza positions itself in the global market competitions fairground with the organization of R.energy, a meeting forum which will take place simultaneously in Brazil and Argentina. For its president, Manuel Teruel, "it's time to make the jump." Feria de Zaragoza internationalizes and organizes two events in Brazil and Argentina 2008-11-07T16:10:27