BIELEFELD, Germany — At this year’s Surface in Motion (SIM) in Bergamo, Italy, Dr. René Pankoke, Managing Partner of Hymmen, will present on June 4, 2026, the production technologies his company develops for the furniture industry.

On June 4 and 5, 2026, the B2B industry network möbelfertigung, in cooperation with interzum fo-rum Italy, will host the Surface in Motion Italia in Bergamo for the second time. The congress is aimed at the wood-based materials industry, users, furniture manufacturers, interior designers, and upstream suppliers. Join industry experts as they exchange insights on highly actual topics such as design, technologies, and trends.

Hymmen contributes to furniture manufacturing with advanced production technologies for high-quality furniture surfaces. Using practical case studies, Dr. René Pankoke will clearly illustrate the respective advantages in his conference presentation.

The first case study focuses on the British kitchen manufacturer Wren Kitchens, which applies Hymmen’s Calender Coating Inert (CCI) technology to achieve either a high-gloss or super-matt finish on its kitchen surfaces.

 In the second case study, Pankoke explains the effi-ciency benefits of double-belt press technology to produce kitchen worktops at Egger in Poland.

Alternatively, manufacturers also use laminating lines for worktop production. However, these are primarily employed for surface coating and edge wrapping of furniture panels, or for coating furni-ture back panels. 

Finally, insights into Hymmen’s digital printing technology for furni-ture manufacturers are not to be missed. The digital décor and structure printing solutions from Hymmen offer impressive new design possibilities with maximum flexibility and cost efficiency. The patented and field-proven Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLEplus) can be integrated either down-stream of Hymmen’s own JUPITER series single-pass digital décor printers or following a multi-pass printer. Integration into a liquid coating line is also possible.

Surface in Motion is part of interzum forum Italy and is open to all trade fair visitors free of charge. The event will be simultaneously translated into Italian and English, with Italian as the main confer-ence language. Attendees can look forward to high-caliber speakers and top-level networking.