The 72nd International Softwood Conference has been held in Taormina , Italy, from 16 to 18 of October in a very warm and beautiful location welcoming more than 200 delegates from all the World.

Thanks to Federlegno Arredo and its president Claudio Feltrin , together with the subgroup Fedecomlegno and its president Alessandro Calcaterra and Massimo Micali from Agelegno coordinating with EOS and ETTF federations , masterfully conducted by Keith Fryer from UK.

From left: Morten Bergsten (ETTF) , Alessandro Calcaterra (Fedecomlegno) , Massimo Micali (Agelegno) , Bruno Mirrione (Mirrione Legnami) , Angela Lembo (Federlegno) , Marcello Lo Castro (Lo Castro Legnami) 

The little 500 below was an interesting illustration of this conference. The market has shrinked except India which is powering ahead and some countries in the MENA region.