13 May 2025 - 15 May 2025
Austria
Hall no.4, booth A06 & B05 Kärntner Messen Klagenfurt, Valentin-Leitgeb-Straße 1, 9020 Klagenfurt, Carinthia/Austria
Cradle-ALP – Circular Alpine Space community
Matchmaking Event: Wood-Furniture Innovation & Circularity
Monday, May 26, 2025 - 15:00 – 18:00
This event is dedicated to promoting circular innovation in the wood-furniture sector, bringing together companies, designers, researchers, and other stakeholders from the Alpine Space region (Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia & Switzerland) who are committed to tackling shared challenges and building new circular value chains.
The conference will provide an overview of the regulatory framework affecting the sector and explore innovative practices such as design for disassembly, modularity, surface treatments for reclaimed wood, and 3D printing with wood-based materials — offering practical insights and solutions for SMEs in transition toward circularity.
The event will be followed by a matchmaking and networking session open to all SMEs. If your company is developing circular wood-based products or looking for business or technological partners across borders, this is your opportunity to connect, exchange, and collaborate within a growing transnational community.
As part of the Cradle-ALP project, this matchmaking event is one of five sector-specific initiatives — Composites & Polymers, Chemistry & Materials, Textile, Packaging, and Wood/Furniture — designed to support SMEs in the Alpine Space in advancing circular innovation through strategic cooperation
Event Agenda:
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15:00 - 15:15 – Welcome and overview of the contents of the day
Andrea Galeota – CCIAA Padova -
15:15 - 15:30 – Presentation of support services offered by Cradle-ALP partners
Marco Galanti – Project Manager, t2i – Technology Transfer and Innovation -
15:30 - 15:45 – Brief overview of the regulatory framework in the Wood-Furniture sector
Arch. Alessandro Cibin – Fire Reaction Testing Laboratory, t2i -
15:45 - 16:00 – Design for Disassembly (DfD) and Modularity
Dr. Erika Francescon – SuatinMe Sustainability Consultancy Agency -
16:00 - 16:15 – Surface treatment of reclaimed river wood
Ing. Eva Tenan – MATECH R&D Materials DivisionFederico Basso – 3B Sawmill - Altamateria -
16:15 - 16:30 – From Waste to Wonder: 3D-Printed Wood Closing the Loop of Circularity – The ProM Facility Experience
Paolo Gregori – Trentino Sviluppo -
16:30 – 18:00 – Online B2B meetings via the Cradle-ALP Circular Alpine Space community on the B2match platform