Sici 2010

International Integral Kitchen Exhibition

Since it was founded, SICI has established itself as a highly professional promotional and business forum, as well as the most comprehensive point of reference for the latest trends and new features within the kitchen furniture and fitted electrical appliances industry. This fair has enjoyed 30% growth with each new edition, based on participation and trade attendance figures that have consolidated its status as the leading event in Spain for the industry and the second most important fair of its kind on the European circuit.
Organised by IFEMA and promoted by AMC, SICI will stage its sixth edition between 28th September and 1st October 2010 at FERIA DE MADRID. For the first time, this event will coincide with the staging of CONSTRUTEC, the Building Exhibition, with a view to generating a sense of synergy and creating a highly dynamic and attractive presentational showcase for professional groups targeted by both fairs.

Another of the new features at the next edition will consist of the incorporation of the Kitchen Tap segment, which will extend the range of products and services on offer at SICI through the participation of new companies specialising in this field. Alongside this new segment, the traditional sectors encompassed by the exhibition shall include the following: Kitchen Furniture; Kitchen Tables, Chairs and Benches; Fitted Electrical Appliances; Sinks; Kitchen Tops and Surfaces (natural stone, quartz, graphite and high-pressure laminates), and Kitchen Software.
In this respect, SICI will once again target members of the kitchen industry, including distributors, architects, decorators, interior designers, building companies, housing developers and other opinion-leaders. These professionals will be offered a comprehensive insight into the latest new features with regard to design, technology and materials applied to all kitchen-related elements, not to mention the latest and most practical solutions regarding space organisation.
The fair will also reflect the development of an industry that is currently expanding and that is highly competitive. This much can be observed when we consider the Spanish kitchen industry`s position within a European context: Spain is the fourth largest producer of kitchen furniture, based on a value figure in 2007 of some 1,519 million euros, a 5.5% increase compared to the previous year. During the same year, exports generated a value figure of 105 million euros, whilst imports came to 85 million euros, which account for 7% and 5.5% of domestic consumption, respectively.