For the past nine events, the Thailand International Furniture Fair (TIFF), organized by the Department of Export Promotion (DEP), Ministry of Commerce, Royal Thai Government, received a warm welcome from visitors all over the world. This year, the Department of Export Promotion, Koelnmesse GmbH, Germany, with the full cooperation of the Thai Furniture Industries Association, and the Furniture Industry Club of the Federation of Thai Industries arranged the Thailand International Furniture Fair 2006 / interior design asia 2006 : TIFF/ida Bangkok 2006 to promote TIFF/ida Bangkok 2006 as an Asia’s Premier showcase for the furniture industry.
TIFF/ida Bangkok 2006, held on March 8th – 12th 2006, had showcased over 1,239 booths by occupying 50,000 square metres. The event presented the furniture’s latest trend and design of home, outdoor and office furniture and related products which made from wood, mainly rubber wood from plantations, metal, leather, fabric, and so on.
Exhibitors
This year, around 279 exporting companies participated in the fair, with 1,239 booths in over 50,000 square metres. About 90% of which were from Thailand, whilst the reminder consisted of exhibitors from Germany, Italy, HK, Malaysia, Australia, China, Singapore
Type of Products |
No. of Companies |
No. of Booths |
1. Design Hall |
38 |
200 |
2. Office Furniture |
8 |
42 |
3. Bathroom Furniture |
7 |
20 |
4. Bedroom Furniture |
20 |
168 |
5. Carpets |
3 |
7 |
6. Children Furniture |
5 |
8 |
7. Dining Tables and Chairs |
14 |
63 |
8. Garden / Outdoor Furniture |
17 |
71 |
9. Kitchen Furnishing |
4 |
10 |
10. Living Room Furniture |
44 |
175 |
11. Upholstered Furniture |
36 |
322 |
12. Interior Furnishing |
15 |
42 |
13. OTOP |
12 |
12 |
14. Barter Booth |
14 |
16 |
15. ida Bangkok |
19 |
58 |
16. International Pavilion |
23 |
25 |
Total |
279 |
1,239 |
Visitors
There were about 80,000 visitors on trade days from all over the world. The majority of the visitors were from Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia and the Korea South Republic and other visitors were from Germany, Taiwan, the Philippines, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Indonesia, Ireland, China, U.A.E., Myanmar, Turkey, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Cambodia, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Hungary, Korea North, South Africa, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, Brunei Darussalam, Mexico, Finland, Iran, Egypt, Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Chile, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Kenya, Lebanon, Macao, Ghana, Guatemala, Maldives, Nepal, United States Miscellaneo, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Malta, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, Venezuela, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Jordan, Martinique, Mauritius, Morocco, Slovak Rep., Yemen, Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Johnston Island, Libya Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Monago, Puerto Rico, Romania, St.Helena, Swaziland, Trinidad, U.S.S.R. and Ugand
Special Activities
1. Opening Ceremony
8th March 2006, at 10.00 a.m., at Challenger Hall, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani.
2. TIFF/ida Bangkok 2006 on Internet : www.thaitradefair.com
3. “Design in Thailand” Exhibition :
8th – 12th March 2006, at Design Hall (Challenger Hall 3) IMPACT.
Activites consist of :
1. Design in Thailand” exhibition that showcases masterpieces created by
Thai designers of the 2005 Thai Furniture Designer Development Project
2. Living etc & Modernform Design Contest 2005
3. Showcases of design furniture collection from the 2005 Japanese Consumer
Research Project
4. Thai furniture designs that won awards from UK-based Furniture News magazine.
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