ABS Europe 2026

Innovation, training and the ability to work as a system. These are the levers identified by Guido Cami, President of the Adhesives and Sealants Group of Avisa-Federchimica, to strengthen the competitiveness of Italian industry in an increasingly complex market.

The message came during the opening session of ABS Europe – Adhesives Bonding & Sealants, the first trade fair in Italy and in the Mediterranean area dedicated to the adhesives, glues and sealants industry, running at Fiera di Vicenza until Thursday 29 October.

Alongside competitiveness, environmental sustainability remains a central challenge for the adhesives and sealants industry and for the sectors that use its products. In the furniture sector in particular, reducing environmental impact requires production choices to be combined with a vision that takes in the entire life cycle of products: from the selection of raw materials to manufacturing, from use through to end-of-life management.

Yesterday ABS Europe 2026 hosted the presentation of the manual “The coating of profiles and panels in the furniture industry”, produced by Avisa-Federchimica together with CATAS and companies from the supply chain, which offers guidance on the coating processes for panels and substrates to raise quality standards in the wood and furniture sector.