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  • The Boat Show Allt för Sjön 2025 – An Inspiring Season Kickoff in Stockholm with a Vision for the Future

    The Boat Show Allt för Sjön 2025 – An Inspiring Season Kickoff in Stockholm with a Vision for the Future

    The 88th edition of the boat show Allt för Sjön has recently concluded. Over the course of two long weekends, spanning a total of eight days, thousands of visitors gathered to celebrate the joy of life on the water. With a new inclusive concept and a broader audience, the exhibition strengthens its position as the leading meeting place in the Nordics for everyone who loves water and boating.

  • Photo: Joel Wåreus

    Allt för Sjön 2025: Focus on Innovation and Sustainable Growth

    In a time when the boating industry faces challenges, Allt för Sjön, held In Stockholm at Stockholmsmässan in mars, demonstrates strong confidence in the trade fair medium as an invaluable platform for connecting with customers, industry colleagues, and boating enthusiasts.

  • Photo: Angelica Liljenroth

    Multi soap winner of the Formex Sustainability Award

    For the third year in a row, the Formex jury has selected a winner of the Formex Sustainability Award. This year, Tvåla & Tvaga won the prize for their thoughtful household soap, Skina.

  • Photo: Angelica Liljenroth

    TAIL Living takes home the win in Formex Design Talents "Best in Show" spring 2025

    Formex Design Talents is the competition for emerging designers who are not yet established, offering them the opportunity to meet the industry and showcase their products to buyers, producers, and the media. From these nominees, one submission is ultimately selected as the winner of 'Best in Show,' and today the winner, TAIL Living, was announced.

  • Formex Focuses on Sustainability at Café Conversation Piece

    Formex Focuses on Sustainability at Café Conversation Piece

    When Formex opens its doors on January 17, sustainability will take up more space than ever before at the fair. The 250 square meter Café Conversation Piece in Hall A is entirely dedicated to sustainability issues and has been created by IMMA – Malin Jensen, Maria Lagerman, and Maria Soxbo – who were behind the exhibition Hållbart? at Formex last autumn.

  • Sustainability in Focus – New Exhibition at Formex Explores Eight Perspectives

    Sustainability in Focus – New Exhibition at Formex Explores Eight Perspectives

    When Formex opens its doors on August 27th, the focus will be on a topic that has never been more relevant: sustainability. Formex is making a significant investment in this area and is presenting a brand-new sustainability exhibition this year, created by Malin Jensen, Maria Lagerman, and Maria Soxbo. The exhibition "Hållbart?” explores eight different interpretations of sustainability.

  • Seven entries nominated for Formex Sustainability Award

    Seven entries nominated for Formex Sustainability Award

    For the second consecutive year, the Formex Sustainability Award will be presented to honor a product that stands out in terms of sustainability. Exhibiting companies have submitted applications with products this fall and the jury has nominated seven of the entries. All entries will be showcased at Formex in January 2024, where the winner will also be announced.

  • New railroad event paves the way for deals worth billions

    New railroad event paves the way for deals worth billions

    During the period 2022–2033, the Swedish government has decided to invest SEK 165 billion in the operation and maintenance of the existing Swedish rail network and another SEK 437 billion in new railroads and roads. This initiative has a total budget of SEK 881 billion.
    The planned railroad investments in the National Infrastructure Plan 2022–2033 are very extensive, with major investments in t

  • Long live the fairs – Nordbygg, an awaited industry meeting

    Long live the fairs – Nordbygg, an awaited industry meeting

    Finally, we could see each other at Nordbygg again! After two years of pandemic and a postponed fair, Nordbygg 2022 was a long wait for the public construction sector. This year’s edition has had many positive reviews and many lyrical faces have been seen in the exhibition halls.

  • Photo: Bosse Lind

    Visitor registration for Nordbygg is finally open

    We can finally start counting down to a new instalment of Nordbygg 2022 this Spring. You can already secure your ticket to the fair, since visitor registration opened up a few days ago. Inspiration, new products, interesting seminars and rewarding meetings are just some of the things that Nordbygg will offer on April 26-29.

  • Photo: Kieback & Peter

    Breadth and depth are Nordbygg’s strengths

    The breadth of Nordbygg’s content as well as the depth are two of several things that make the fair appreciated by both exhibitors and visitors. Villeroy&Boch Gustavsberg and Kieback & Peter are two examples of exhibitors in 2022 that illustrate the breadt

  • Nordbygg’s Peter Söderberg with Karl-Gunnar Karlsson from Swerock.

    ECO-Betong from Swerock wins Nordbygg’s Gold Medal for 2020

    ​ECO-Betong from Swerock has been declared the winner of Nordbygg’s Gold Medal for 2020. The award is jointly backed by Nordbygg, industry magazine Byggindustrin and Svensk Byggtjänst. This year, the jury choose to recognize a product with a long history of constant development that could have a crucial impact on the future: climate-enhanced concrete, symbolized by ECO-Betong from Swerock.

  • The Design Bar 2019 created by Anderssen & Voll, produced with material from Swedish Woods members. Photo: G. Kaiser.

    Swedish Wood becomes Sustainability Partner for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2021

    Today it was confirmed that industry organization Swedish Wood will be the Sustainability Partner for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. This represents a long-term commitment to sustainability for both the fair and Swedish Wood, with a focus on knowledge about using natural materials and recycling to create a more sustainable and circular event.

  • Nordbygg rescheduled for spring 2021

    Nordbygg rescheduled for spring 2021

    Nordbygg has been moved to April 20-23, 2021. The decision has been taken in close consultation with Nordbygg’s partners in the construction and real estate industry.
    Nordbygg, which was originally meant to take place last week, was initially shifted to the fall of this year, but has now been rescheduled for next year. The new date is April 20-23, 2021.
    In the past month alone, a great deal

  • Rikard Skärebo, Production Manager at Stockholmsmässan.

    Stockholmsmässan is switching fuel and reducing its climate footprint

    Stockholmsmässan is the first Swedish exhibition center to convert its entire fleet of vehicles to run on 100% renewable fuel. Using Triboron technology and filling the tank with vegetable oil will cut fuel consumption by 5%. This in turn will make Stockholmsmässan’s CO2 emissions 45 tonnes lower per year, thus meeting one of the exhibition center's sustainability targets for 2020.

  • Photo from the movie "Respect" focusing on Swedish furniture manufacturers perspectives on sustainability. Premiering at the fair February 4.

    Environmental focus at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    As the little sister of the construction and real estate sector, with its considerable environmental footprint, it is particularly important for the furniture world to clean up after itself. Nordic companies have come further than most and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair brings together many of the most progressive players.

  • Food of the future: worms, grasshoppers, or human flesh?

    Food of the future: worms, grasshoppers, or human flesh?

    Are humans too selfish to be able to live sustainably? Is cannibalism the solution to future food supply needs? Does Generation Z have the answers to the world's food challenges? Is it possible to trick consumers into making the right choices? The food challenges we will face in the future pose many questions. Some of them will be answered at GastroSummit at Stockholmsmässan.

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