A stage-setting party for LIGNA, the world's largest woodworking event, brought together an international cast of exhiibitors and international press Sunday night.

This year, the topic of homeliness in furniture and its interiors is the focus of GERA Leuchten’s trade fair attendance at the interzum in Cologne.

The damping or electrification of drawers, pull-outs and flaps, plus innovative solutions for medicine cabinets and corner cupboards – many innovations that definitively influence the furniture industry are showcased in public for the first time at the interzum international trade fair. For it is only in Cologne that the 1,500 or so exhibitors can reach so many decision-makers from the German and global furniture industry, along with planners, designers, architects and interior designers. From 13–16 May 2013 these companies will again have the chance to provide new pioneering impetus for the industry.

In the furniture supplier and interior design industries, the interzum global trade fair in Cologne is the most important industry event for presenting newly developed products to a large audience for the first time, and for examining their impact in product studies. Many exhibitors reorient themselves around the two-year cycle of the Cologne trade fair in order to bring key innovations to the market.