{"id":79070,"date":"2020-04-20T08:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T08:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:53:06","slug":"italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian furniture companies warn of &#8220;economic catastrophe&#8221; unless factories reopen next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though there\u2019s no doubt that the current COVID-19 situation remains a pandemic, certain European countries, including Italy, are at least starting to imagine and plan for what life after a lockdown would look like. Though restrictions remain in place, a makeshift consortium of Italian design and furniture brands have come together to ask for the chance to get back to work, warning of dire consequences for the industry should a shutdown continue much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, representatives from nine Italian firms\u2014B&amp;B Italia,<span id=\"more-23064\"><\/span>\u00a0Bisazza, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flexform, Giorgetti, Molteni Group, and Poltrona Frau\u2014issued a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.boffi.com\/Data\/newsletter\/2020\/04-apr\/DESIGN_Manifesto-EN-IT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manifesto<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>asking to\u00a0reopen production efforts April 14. On April 10, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extended Italy\u2019s full lockdown to at least May 3. While some governmental concessions are set to allow timber companies and book shops to get back to work, factories are still closed for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian firms are worried that a mounting backlog of orders and competition from other countries with fewer current restrictions on production could end up causing long-term devastation to Italy\u2019s famed furniture industry. If the chance to get back to work is delayed much longer, the manifesto warns, \u201cWe could lose 20\u201330% of our industrial heritage and witness serious damage to the industry. All of this would inevitably result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.\u201d In conclusion, the group asserts that \u201cit could take 20\u201330 years to recover what we would lose in a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the idea of large-scale furniture and design production may seem odd at a time when the country\u2019s death toll is reportedly still rising, the petitioning firms point to several structural characteristics of furniture production and sales that could make it possible to get back to work while maintaining social distancing. Beyond more typical measures, like the use of certified personal protective equipment, temperature scanning, and regular deep cleanings, the companies note that \u201cour plants are safe spaces, thanks to the layout of the production areas that respects social distancing.\u201d Additionally, the location of their factories allow employees to reach work without relying on public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the firms believe it\u2019s possible to safely operate furniture showrooms with some restrictions still in place. \u201cWe usually have very large shop floors with a small and distributed influx of people, not at all concentrated at the same time. The risk of overcrowding is practically nonexistent,\u201d the manifesto reads, adding that they\u2019re willing to adopt a temporary appointment-only model if need be. The manifesto\u2019s signatories note that they\u2019ve already banded together to request a 50% rent moratorium for the rest of 2020 on all of their rented properties across the world. But convincing the Italian government of their need to prevent COVID-19 from becoming an \u201cindustrial and economic catastrophe that would destroy thousands of businesses\u201d may prove more difficult.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories Though there\u2019s no doubt that the current COVID-19 situation remains a pandemic, certain European countries, including Italy, are at least starting to imagine and plan for what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4713,4716,4715],"tags":[4292,3301,3513],"class_list":["post-79070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companies-in-the-timber-industry","category-latest-trends","category-market-analysis","tag-coronavirus","tag-furniture","tag-italy","topic-wood-furniture","area-europe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Italian furniture companies warn of &quot;economic catastrophe&quot; unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italian furniture companies warn of &quot;economic catastrophe&quot; unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories Though there\u2019s no doubt that the current COVID-19 situation remains a pandemic, certain European countries, including Italy, are at least starting to imagine and plan for what &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GWMI Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Scris de\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GWMI Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Timp estimat pentru citire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GWMI Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff\"},\"headline\":\"Italian furniture companies warn of &#8220;economic catastrophe&#8221; unless factories reopen next week\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"coronavirus\",\"furniture\",\"Italy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Companies in the timber industry\",\"Latest Trends\",\"Market Analysis\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\",\"name\":\"Italian furniture companies warn of \\\"economic catastrophe\\\" unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":506},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Timber Industry News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Timber Industry News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Timber Industry News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff\",\"name\":\"GWMI Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GWMI Admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Italian furniture companies warn of \"economic catastrophe\" unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/","og_locale":"ro_RO","og_type":"article","og_title":"Italian furniture companies warn of \"economic catastrophe\" unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News","og_description":"The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories Though there\u2019s no doubt that the current COVID-19 situation remains a pandemic, certain European countries, including Italy, are at least starting to imagine and plan for what &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/","og_site_name":"Timber Industry News","article_published_time":"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":760,"height":506,"url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"GWMI Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Scris de":"GWMI Admin","Timp estimat pentru citire":"2 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/"},"author":{"name":"GWMI Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff"},"headline":"Italian furniture companies warn of &#8220;economic catastrophe&#8221; unless factories reopen next week","datePublished":"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/"},"wordCount":499,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg","keywords":["coronavirus","furniture","Italy"],"articleSection":["Companies in the timber industry","Latest Trends","Market Analysis"],"inLanguage":"ro-RO","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/","name":"Italian furniture companies warn of \"economic catastrophe\" unless factories reopen next week - Timber Industry News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg","datePublished":"2020-04-20T08:27:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-19T08:53:06+00:00","inLanguage":"ro-RO","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/italian-furniture-companies-warn-of-economic-catastrophe-unless-factories-reopen-next-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/italycoronavirus.jpeg","width":760,"height":506},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/","name":"\u0218tiri din industria lemnului","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ro-RO"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization","name":"\u0218tiri din industria lemnului","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg","width":150,"height":57,"caption":"Timber Industry News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff","name":"GWMI Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GWMI Admin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}