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Materials and Finishes Show hailed as an instant success, says organiser
The Materials & Finishes Show 2024
Above: The show attracted more than 6,000 visitors from across the UK and internationally
Montgomery Group, the organiser of the Materials & Finishes Show 2024 has released figures from the May 19-22 event and declared it “an instant success”.
marked the first time that the UK furniture manufacturing and joinery industries had come together under one roof since 2018. It featured 161 exhibitors and attracted 6,027 visitors from across the UK and internationally. “The team worked hard behind the scenes to build on the legacy of W Exhibition and develop a platform that reflects the UK woodworking industry both now and in the future,” said the organiser. “The line-up included over 160 exhibiting brands showcasing thousands of the latest products.”
Alongside new brands, Materials & Finishes saw the launch of a raft of new features. A key highlight for visitors was the new Live Demo Zone, with running
KRM Building Supplies gets back online with Red Technology
Above: KRM’s new ecommerce website was developed in collaboration with Red Technology
Builders’ merchant KRM Building Supplies has announced the launch of its new state- of-the-art ecommerce website (
www.krmbs. com), developed in collaboration with Red Technology. Powered by the tradeit platform, the company says this new site is set to revolutionise the online shopping experience for its trade and retail customers, offering enhanced usability, improved efficiency, and robust features tailored to their needs.
KRM’s legacy platform previously experienced issues with displaying pricing and the customary units of measure for the merchant industry. It meant it relied on a catalogue site, rather than being able to offer a fully transactional ecommerce site. With customer’s wanting to order online KRM needed a new ecommerce platform that could seamlessly integrate with its Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) K8 ERP system and deliver accurate, real-time pricing across its entire product range. “We knew our customers wanted to be able to order online as we had many enquiries from customers already using the catalogue site to quote product codes when ordering offline” said Chris Ainsworth, ecommerce manager at KRM Building Supplies. “The back end integration wasn’t going to be straightforward, so launching with an experienced ecommerce agency and systems integrator like Red Technology was paramount. They’ve been able to take the data from KCS and display it in a logical and user-friendly way to customers on the front end. So much so, that it’s also now a tool used by our internal teams to look up pricing for client jobs.”
□ Transport for London has awarded fire-retardant treatment firm HALT NFR the contract to become its approved supplier of fire-retardant timber. This will see HALT supplying all of the fire-retardant timber used in construction work across the London Underground. The treatment itself includes impregnating timber using BurnBlock.
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machinery and demonstrations from brands including AMS, Leitz Tooling, The Joinery Network, Lamello, Grecon, Trend Tool Technology and Rubio Monocoat. A CPD learning programme also delivered more than 20 hours of CPD-certified seminars and panels, all delivered by industry experts. “After so long without a dedicated event for the industry, the Materials & Finishes Show exceeded all expectations and we really enjoyed connecting with attendees,” said Ben Mitchel, marketing manager at Leitz Tooling. “It was great to see a combination of career woodworkers and apprentices/students in attendance. The demo zone was a great opportunity for the crowd to get engaged and ask questions.”
Daltons Wadkin hosts October in- house exhibtion
Leading UK woodworking technology supplier Daltons Wadkin is throwing open its doors for its latest in-house show in October.
The Nottingham-based company is inviting wood product manufacturers and suppliers to “explore the future of industrial processing technology” at the Daltons Wadkin Wood & Panel Machinery Show on October 8-10, 2024.
Features will include live demonstrations and the latest product advancements including automatic crosscut saws, CNC routers and fibre lasers, vertical and sliding table panel saws, dust capture systems, wide belt sanders, and edgebanders. Equipment displayed is capable of processing wood, composites, plastics, and metals.
Visitors are being asked to book ahead where possible for specific demonstrations. Brands on show include Kimla CNC Routers & Fiber Lasers, Salvador Automatic Crosscut Saws, Elcon Vertical Panel Saws, Stenner Band Resaws, Volter CNC Routers, SCM Classical Machinery, Wadkin Classical Machinery, and iVision Dust Extraction Systems.
Daltons Wadkin, founded in 1901, was also recently approved as an official IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) training provider.
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