ROME. “This occasion, which gathers the courage of business, creativity and culture, is of extraordinary significance at this moment, for the relaunch and recovery of the country”, says the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, inaugurating the Salone del Mobile. «An appointment traditionally of particular importance: a world reference point for the sector, in which Italy is at the forefront. Appreciation for the courage and quality with which this Salone was created ». Together with the “best wishes for the sector”, Mattarella also congratulates the work done by the Milan Fair, which “is a meeting and connecting point that allows the projection of our country towards international markets but also the solicitation for the market internal to resume activities with fullness and success “.
Restart
«If we are here to inaugurate the most important international design fair, it means that we have all worked together so that this“ miracle ”of the restart could be realized- underlines Claudio Feltrin, president of FederlegnoArredo-. The presence of the president Sergio Mattarella is the confirmation of the goodness of the choice made at the end of April. We had legitimate uncertainties before confirming the September edition. But in the end the courage to accept the challenge prevailed and in the most difficult moment we proved to be leaders. Not only for the good results at the beginning of the year, but for the determined desire to be there and defend the absolute primacy of the Salone del Mobile in Milan in the world, albeit in a new and unique formula. To reaffirm it today was a specific duty and we must be proud of having succeeded ». Feltrin recalls the numbers of its sector which accounts for 5% of the national GDP, with a production value of 39 billion euros, of which 15 are destined for exports and an active trade balance of 7.6 billion euros.
Induced
«The numbers of the potential of the Supersalone del Mobile (120 million) give the measure of the economic value for the territory of this great event – observes Carlo Sangalli, president of Confcommercio – But even more important is its symbolic value. The Supersalone demonstrates with facts the ability of Milan to rediscover the path of growth by overcoming the difficulties of the health emergency. And it is a signal that also reaches the international level and strengthens the image not only of Milan, but of the country, as confirmed by the presence of the Head of State ». An invitation, agrees the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, “to all of us to take responsibility and a spur to work even more and better for our country”.