interzum forum italy, the new biennial event that opens its doors to visitors today in Bergamo’s trade fair centre, has announced the winners of the first edition of the interzum forum italy award 2024.
The winners were announced and celebrated at the gala evening, held yesterday in the beautiful Hotel San Marco in the centre of Bergamo.
The jury included Jessica Alexander, Former Executive Director at National Bed Federation; Segzin Aksu, Designer; Mario Bisson, Associate Professor POLI.design; Franco Bulian, Director of Catas; Sasha Peters, Innovation consultant and materials expert and Dick Spierenburg, Designer.
The winners were as follows:
FUNCTION & COMPONENTS
Category: Innovation
Company: MarcaClac di Cattaneo Sergio
Winning product: MarcaClac Sistema®
MarcaClac Sistema® by MarcaClac di Cattaneo Sergio is a patented technology for creating custom-made furniture and furnishing elements with a self-supporting, flexible and functional construction method, which enhances the reuse and sustainability of the entire system.
JOINT WINNER
Category: Innovation
Company: Scilm Spa
Winning product: Prima Base
Prima Base by Scilm Spa is a furniture base that allows great freedom in the creation of the bases of kitchen furniture in which equipment or appliances are installed which increasingly require special applications and processes for housing. Supplied complete with plugs, according to customer specifications, it is designed to accommodate common feet.
Category: ESG & Sustainability
Company: SITITALY SAS DI DAVIDE ROSSETTO
Winning product: Micol Lounge R1
Micol Lounge R1 is a padded system with a single-material polyurethane structure, both rigid and flexible, designed for complete disassembly of the products both for correct disposal and reuse and for easy repairability and replacement of parts ensuring extreme durability. The flexible component is produced with raw materials made up of 51% recycled material.
MATERIALS & NATURE
Category: Innovation
Company: ICRO COATINGS S.p.A.
Winning product: g_ink
g_ink by ICRO COATINGS S.p.A. con Socio Unico is a water-based stain for wood and metal surfaces based on ‘Upgraded Recycled Graphite’, a secondary raw material obtained by recovering industrial graphite from Hi-Tech companies. The graphite, subsequently transformed and improved, becomes “Upgraded Recycled Graphite”, refined and combined with other strictly eco-sustainable ingredients.
Category: ESG & Sustainability
Company: Bonomi Pattini Giuseppe e Figli SpA
Winning product: UPB Boards Made of Resysta®
UPB Boards Made of Resysta® by Bonomi Pattini Giuseppe e Figli SpA is a panel made with 100% recycled and recyclable rice husk. The panel, with aesthetic characteristics equal to wood, guarantees high resistance to water and UV rays and thanks to the thermoplastic capacity of the material the panels can be thermoformed.
TEXTILE & MACHINERY
Category: Innovation
Company: Morgan Tecnica SPA
Winning product: REX
REX by Morgan Tecnica SPA is a cutting machine that guarantees energy savings of 50% compared to traditional cutting machines of the same range. Part of the “REX Range” is also designed to be easily transportable, thanks to a compact design and a structure that can be divided into two easily assembled blocks, guaranteeing performance and quality.
Category: ESG & SUSTAINIBILITY
Company: SIMALFA®
Winning product: SIMALFA® 365 Debonding Adhesive
SIMALFA® 365 Debonding Adhesive by SIMALFA® is a water-based adhesive that facilitates the complete separation of the foam layers, allowing their reintroduction into the production of raw material. Thus facilitating the recycling and upcycling of valuable materials and making it possible to produce new mattresses from the recovery of used ones.