The world's largest office furniture trade fair "ORGATEC", which is held every other year in Germany, was held for the first time in Japan on April 26th. 63 companies from 10 countries in Japan and overseas exhibited at Tokyo Big Sight South Halls 1 and 2. Many visitors came and lined up for reception with the opening at 10 in the morning. They were busy with the visitors at the each reception of the company stands. Visitors' expectations for exploring a new post-pandemic market were conveyed.

"Today is an important and historic moment for us. Germany is a country with rapid economic development after World War II like Japan. Postwar exhibitions have resumed at Cologne Messe (Koelnmesse) in 1947. And in 1953, less than 10 years after the war, ORGATEC was born in Cologne. This is also very close to 1956, when the predecessor organization of (co-sponsored) JOIFA (Japan Office Institutional Furniture Association) was established." said Matthias Pollmann, the vice president of Koelnmesse, Germany, the organizer of "ORGATEC TOKYO", at the opening ceremony prior to the opening. This is the first time ORGATEC has been held outside Germany.

"Tokyo will be ORGATEC's second hub and trade center, and will dig deeper into the rapidly changing office furniture industry and related markets in the Japanese and Asian markets," said Pollmann, clarified its position as a transmission base for furniture in Asia.

"It's going to be hard." One of the major office furniture makers talked about their joy at the stands crowded with visitors. The first day of Japan's first full-scale office furniture exhibition was a great success. The long-established store of whiteboards and blackboards seemed to be surprised and said, "It was the busiest exhibition we have exhibited so far, and the staff was not enough. we reached half of the number of customers we were aiming for in one day today." "Many people who are the building owners, from design offices, and office makers came to add value for the recruitment of residents," also they said.