\u00a0 The calendar includes the participation of designers and manufacturers of supplies for the furniture industry in 24 international projects and fairs \u00a0 Orchestra Brasil, a project that encourages exports, has already defined the international projects and fairs it will participate next year. The calendar includes actions for commercial promotion and the positioning of the industry abroad following the guidelines of the Orchestra Brasil strategic plan, designed together with the project\u0092s member companies and organizers \u0096 the Furniture Industry Association of Bento Gon\u00e7alves (Sindm\u00f3veis) and the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) \u00a0 The Orchestra Brasil project aims to promote the competitive inclusion of manufacturers of supplies, components, technology and design services for the furniture sector in the international market. Currently, the initiative comprises 68 companies and 35 design studios. Between 2012 and 2013, the agreement for technical and financial cooperation between Sindm\u00f3veis and Apex-Brasil includes the investment of R$ 4.88 million in projects carried out in 11 target markets: United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, South Africa, Canada and Turkey. \u00a0 According to the president of Sindm\u00f3veis, C\u00e1tia Scarton, the opportunity to integrate the efforts of the suppliers of the furniture industry with the Orchestra Brasil project since 2006 has allowed the access to accurate information on the foreign market, optimizing sales strategies and focusing efforts for the real exchange of experience with target markets. “This year we added the design service to the project, thus initiating a process to optimize the results, because our companies and our designers are ready to break into more markets outside Brazil,” she says. Orchestra Brasil \u0096 projects for 2013 \u00a0 January – Colombiatex, Medelin, Colombia: January 22 – 24 (a project in partnership with Abit \u00a0– Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel Industry) \u00a0 February – Carnaval Apex, Rio de Janeiro: February 8 – 12\u00a0 \u00a0 March – Fimma Brasil, Bento Gon\u00e7alves (RS): March 18 – 22 (Buyer\u0092s Project) \u00a0 April – Saloni Milano, Milan, Italy: April 9 -14\u00a0 – KBIS Kitchen + Bath New Orleans 2013, Chicago, United States: April 19 – 21\u00a0 \u00a0 May – Interzum, Cologne, Germany: May 13 – 16\u00a0 – Brasil Casa Design, Bogota, Colombia: May 21 – 26\u00a0 \u00a0 July – Bienal Fitecma, Buenos Aires, Argentina: July 2 – 6\u00a0 – AWFS Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA: July 24 – 27 – Indy Car project, together with AWFS Las Vegas: tour with importers of Brazilian products (date to be set) \u00a0 August – Tecnomueble Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico: August 14 – 17\u00a0 – Casa Brasil 2013, Bento Gon\u00e7alves (RS): August 13 – 16 (Buyer\u0092s Project with ten importers; Image Project with five international journalists, International Seminar with tow lecturers) – Expo Nacional Ferretera 2013, Guadalajara, Mexico: August 29 – 31\u00a0 \u00a0 September – 100% Design London, London, England: September 19 – 22\u00a0 \u00a0 October – Feria de la Construction del Uruguai, Montevideu, Uruguay \u00a0 November – Matchmarkin M\u00f3vel Design \u0096 Interaction project for furniture design and supplies\u00a0 \u00a0 December – Design Miami, Miami, United States: December 4 – 8\u00a0 \u00a0 Permanent projects USA – Prospecting business \/ design opportunities focused on construction \u0096 for 12 months.\u00a0 – Showroom at Apex-Brasil Business Center in Miami featuring six companies – Maintaining constant communication strategy with the priority market for pre-and post-event action plans \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"