CIFM / interzum 2026

CIFM / interzum guangzhou 2026 will take place from March 28 to March 31, 2026 at the Canton Fair Complex (Pazhou) in Guangzhou, China, and is designed as a trade-focused marketplace for decision-makers in furniture manufacturing and interior supply. The organizer highlights an expansive planned exhibition area of 180,000 square meters, supporting dense supplier comparison and structured meeting agendas across four show days. The official “Facts & Figures” context points to the event’s ability to attract a large professional audience and international brands, with 2025 figures stating over 1,659 exhibitors and over 220,900 trade visitors (statistics covered CIFF Phase II), providing a practical benchmark for buyers planning coverage and exhibitor meeting volume. Admission is positioned for professional audiences, with the official information stating admission for trade visitors aged 18 or above only, which reinforces the business-to-business nature of the event.

The fair’s focus spans the full vertical that supports modern furniture manufacturing, from core production technologies to the materials and components that determine product performance, aesthetics and cost structure. Official positioning describes the event as the most influential Asian trade fair for furniture production, woodworking machinery and interior décor, while also emphasizing upholstery machinery as part of its comprehensive scope. In practice, this means visitors can benchmark solutions that influence throughput and precision on the shop floor while also sourcing interior-facing materials and component technologies that affect durability, emissions compliance, surface performance and design differentiation. The show’s exhibitor-category structure indicates coverage that includes machinery and auxiliary machinery for woodworking and furniture production, aligning with the needs of factories upgrading automation, optimizing changeover time and reducing scrap. Because the event is held in conjunction with CIFF (Office Furniture Show), technical sourcing can be directly connected to market-ready product direction, enabling teams to validate technology choices against buyer demand and commercial trends in the same week.

CIFM / interzum guangzhou is structured to bring together industrial suppliers across the upstream furniture manufacturing ecosystem with professional buyers who control production investment, materials selection and sourcing strategy. The official “Facts & Figures” context highlights strong scale and international participation, including the presence of international brands and the linkage with CIFF Phase II visitor statistics, which is relevant for suppliers seeking export and cross-region business development as well as for buyers who require breadth of alternatives before locking supplier frameworks. The fair is also explicitly positioned as a relationship-building platform where industry players from around the world strengthen ties with vendors, customers and business partners, which is particularly important in categories where long-term supply continuity, tooling alignment and after-sales service define total cost of ownership. For procurement and engineering teams, the event format supports rapid supplier qualification through face-to-face technical clarification, reference discussions and service-capability checks, reducing the time needed to move from discovery to a workable shortlist.

The exhibit range supports both finished-product sourcing decisions and the industrial inputs required to manufacture furniture at scale. Official show listings describe a product scope that includes hardware and parts, interior construction materials and components, upholstery and bedding machinery and materials, wood products, panels and laminates, adhesives, coatings and other chemical materials, and machinery and auxiliary machinery for woodworking and furniture manufacturing. This breadth is commercially valuable because it allows visitors to connect “visible” product attributes such as surface quality, tactile feel and design language with the underlying production technologies and materials systems that enable repeatable quality. For buyers, the ability to evaluate machinery together with materials and chemical solutions is also a risk-reduction advantage, since compatibility across equipment settings, substrates, adhesives and finishes often determines yield and warranty outcomes in real production.

The venue for CIFM / interzum guangzhou 2026 is the Canton Fair Complex in Pazhou, Guangzhou, which is optimized for large-scale industrial exhibitions and supports multi-hall navigation for category-based sourcing. The official show communications confirm the Canton Fair Complex location for the March 28–31, 2026 dates, and the co-located CIFF schedule further supports a high-density visitor environment during the same period. From a practical planning perspective, this venue setup enables efficient meeting block design, allowing teams to allocate time for supplier discovery, deep technical discussions, and follow-up negotiations without leaving the exhibition campus. For international visitors, Pazhou’s role as a standard mega-fair location also improves predictability of logistics and meeting coordination, which is essential when procurement teams must align engineering, sourcing and management stakeholders within a single trip window.

CIFM / interzum guangzhou is organized by Koelnmesse and China Foreign Trade Centre Group, Ltd., combining Koelnmesse’s global trade-fair operating experience with the China Foreign Trade Centre ecosystem that also organizes CIFF. Official organizer information highlights Koelnmesse’s long track record in running leading international furniture and interiors trade events and positions the Guangzhou edition as a premier international furniture production trade show in Asia. China Foreign Trade Centre Group, Ltd. is referenced as an experienced exhibition organizer and as the organizer of CIFF, which supports the co-located model and strengthens buyer acquisition through established industry channels. For exhibitors and visitors, this organizer structure typically translates into disciplined show operations, strong international branding, and a visitor profile aligned to professional sourcing and manufacturing decision-making.