USA Export: ASTM F2057-23 is the mandatory standard of garment storage furniture

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted in favor of voluntary stability standard ASTM F2057-23 as a new mandatory safety standard for clothing storage furniture required under the STURDY Act “Stop Tip- overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth”. This results in the suspension and cancellation of the final CPSC regulation whose
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RAL-GZ 430: the German furniture quality label

The market is becoming progressively more attentive and receptive to issues such as quality, health and safety of furniture products, as they are present in the home and work spaces in which we tend to spend more and more time. What is RAL: the German furniture quality mark The RAL quality label identifies a ‘global’
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EXPORT CANADA: new formaldehyde limits for wood-based products

On July 7th, 2021, “Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations” was published in the Canadian Official Gazette. The final regulation prohibits the import and sale of wood-based products with formaldehyde emission levels above the established limits. In addition to aligning the requirements for formaldehyde emission limits with those already laid down in the United
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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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Export USA: EPA TSCA Title VI updates on formaldehyde emissions

On August 21, 2019, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, published a final rule that provides technical amendments to the December 12, 2016 formaldehyde rule. The amendments will further align EPA’s TSCA Title VI regulation with the California Air Resource Board’s Airborne Toxic Control Measure to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood and provide clarity on certain
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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

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  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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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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Export United States, EPA regulation on formaldehyde emissions

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The U.S. Environment Protection Agency anticipated to the 1th of June 2018 the entry into force in the United States of the “Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products Rule” TSCA Title VI, adopting the limits of formaldehyde emissions of the “California Air Resources Board” CARB P2. This regulation requires producers, importers, distributors and panel
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Nigerian Market: a new list of furniture products allowed to be imported

New sales opportunities for Italian exporters in Nigeria. The Nigerian Customs Authority has recently revised the list of products forbidden to be imported, by deleting a number of  furniture  products that can now be placed on the local market, opening up new sales opportunities for Italian companies. Check out here the list of bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, outdoor and office
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