Digital networking in modern living environments

At the Interzum fair in Cologne, Häfele will answer the exciting questions of our time. With digital networking, innovative furniture technology and holistic solutions, the company can live up to its own claim of "Thinking ahead" at the booth in Hall 7.1, C 040. It will become clear how easily the smart world of the furniture industry and furniture makers can be realized with the Häfele product range and its many new products.

"Smart furniture meets smart home"-what was still a dream of the future two years ago at Interzum-can now be done in no time and realized with Häfele Connect technology. The company provides proof of its expertise. For example, in a micro-apartment with smart components and in a kitchen with sophisticated lighting controlled by a smartphone or tablet.

This year, too, the Häfele trade fair booth offers a grand feast of innovations. On 1400 square meters of stand space, it will be a gathering place for the international and creative exchange of thoughts and ideas. It is well worth a visit for furniture and kitchen manufacturers, as well as furniture makers, interior designers, architects, planners and project specialists.

Digital Breakfast at the beginning of the exhibition day
The highlight of each exhibition day begins at the Häfele booth with the "Digital Breakfast"; each day at 9:30 a.m. a high-profile lecture on relevant topics about the future of the furniture industry. Dr. David Bosshart, director of the GDI Institute Zurich, will speak Wednesday and Thursday about Digital Living and Micro-Living, or compact living, and the future of the furniture business.

Present and future in motion
Those interested in new ideas will find them at the Häfele booth. Here the future has already begun in many areas. "Digital Living, we make it easy "is the slogan. Among other things, it describes the new generation of Loox LED lighting: easier planning, easier installation, easier operation and the basis for a new and smart product range. Under the umbrella of Häfele Connect, linking and controlling smart Häfele products, including connections to third-party systems, is becoming a reality.

Nimbus, the youngest member of the Häfele family, is also on board. The pioneer in LED luminaires rounds out Häfele's product range and lighting expertise with its elegant design and leading technology.

"We make it easy "is the central message to the furniture industry. This includes good service with expertise throughout the process chain, from planning to production and logistics. Experience a kitchen equipped with smart lighting. In addition to the smart micro-apartment, it is among the centerpieces of a live show at the fair.

Furniture technology to the next level
With the example of three kitchen, living and sleeping worlds equipped with the latest products, furniture technology is taken to the next level. At five live stations, visitors can experience the power of the new products for themselves: from tool-free furniture assembly, the new generation of flap fittings, the new Häfele furniture handles including the Red Dot Award winner, the brand new Häfele kitchen fittings to the entire Häfele expertise in sliding solutions for furniture and much more - a fireworks display of innovations!

Product highlights at the Häfele trade show booth
Häfele has many new products to offer for smartly connecting modern living environments through LED lighting and sound, furniture connectors, cabinet systems, sliding doors and flap hardware.

Key innovation items include:

• The fifth generation of the Häfele Loox LED lighting system. It presents itself as a completely reinvented system. Simple, linear, logical - this is the essence of four generations of successfully developed and marketed LED technology. The fifth generation of Häfele Loox meets the growing demand for light in furniture and rooms, the growing need for digitalization and connection to networks, as well as maintaining maximum simplicity and flexibility. Loox offers new, surprising possibilities for digitization via the Häfele Connect App, including connection to third-party systems.
• The designer lighting of Nimbus, pioneer in LED luminaires and new member of the Häfele family.
• The sensational innovation in Häfele Free flap hardware: an innovative, extremely small and at the same time extremely powerful flap hardware. With its compact design, it creates more storage space in furniture than any other current model in its class.
• The latest developments in the Häfele Ixconnect program, furniture connectors that for the first time allow complete tool-free assembly of complete furniture carcasses and can be integrated into any standardized production process.
• The comprehensive Häfele Matrix drawer program. It offers an optimal solution for every area of application. The full range of options will be on display at the exhibition stand, from functional entry-level models to high-quality system solutions.
• DressCode, a tool-free closet design program. The system is available internationally and uniformly. All elements can be assembled and disassembled without tools. This reduces assembly time by 50% compared to screw connections. The award-winning connector is the heart of this system for cabinets and shelving.
• The ingenious plinth adjustment system Häfele Axilo- the extended arm for leveling the trunk, now awarded the Red Dot Award.
• Table bases for workstations. Now also available in the trend color graphite black for a modern atmosphere in traditional offices, common areas and flex spaces. On display at the exhibition stand is the Häfele Officys TE 651, an electrically height-adjustable table pedestal.
• Innovative Häfele caravan hardware. This extensive range of caravan hardware will be shown at the fair in a caravan replica and completed with lamps from the Loox LED series and charging stations for smartphones, tablets, etc.

In addition to the exhibition booth, Häfele is also present at two other exhibition locations. The special "Tiny Spaces" section features a tiny house on wheels, an example of mobile Micro-Living full of smart solutions from the hardware specialist.

Häfele is also involved as the initiator of a special workshop on the future. In the special area in Hall 10/11, young and creative people from a wide variety of disciplines will present their vision of the digital life of the future.

The Häfele trade fair team is eagerly awaiting the reaction of its partners and is looking forward to intensive and inspiring discussions at Häfele's innovative trade fair booth at Interzum in Cologne.