ITALY (Notifix).- "Xylexpo 2012 will keep its promise", said Paolo Zanibon, general manager of Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and

furniture industry supplies to be held May 8-12, in the Milan Exhibition Center Fieramilano-Rho. "The global economic situation presents few signs of improvement and our industry can only reflect these difficulties," he added. "But, in spite of this, exhibitor registrations for the next Xylexpo are encouraging and, so far, they suggest we might achieve an area of 45 thousand square meters, i.e. 15-20 percent more space than in the previous edition." Zanibon said the next edition will be very concrete. "It will not fail to show our strong determination to 'guide' the market and to be its truthful interpreter. The wood and wood-based products industry is experiencing a season of great change: more substantiality is needed, we have to pay attention to the substance of things. It is time -and exhibitions in the past eighteen months have shown this- to provide exhibitors and visitors with an even more effective service, without chasing records or vain appearance," said Zanibon.