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The Furniture and Home System Cluster is the consortium dedicated to the development of the Furniture and Home System of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, with the objective of achieving projects in favour of the companies in the furniture and home system sector, whose scope includes all the activities of planning, production and sale of products that are counted in the domestic environment and contract sector.  

The consortium currently numbers the principal operators in the local economic sector: Confindustria, Federlegno, Confartigianati, ConfAPI, regional CNAs, members of the local banking system and other territorial realities, including the Industrial Zone of Udine and UdineGorizia Trade Fairs.

The Furniture Cluster is organised with a capillary presence throughout the territory: it has its head offices in San Giovanni al Natisone, where it leads the Chair District, and has offices in Brugnera for the Furniture District, Tolmezzo for the Home Wood District and Buttrio where its operating offices are located.

Within the Cluster there are two main visions that cohabitate, both recognised and identified on the basis of respective regional laws:

• Regional Law 3/2015 Corporate Relaunching, which recognises the role of the clusters as subjects called upon to cooperate in the development of the regional economy, in particular facilitating dialogue between the public and private sectors. To achieve these activities, the cluster has been recognised as an “Innovation Cluster” (named “Polo di Innovazione”in the Italian version of the European law) in respect of European laws that allow State aid by way of derogation to the specific discipline, given that the Cluster is considered a subject dedicated to achieving innovation in a specific sector;
• Regional Law 37/2017, which recognises the Home System Cluster as a part of the strategic Supply Chain of Friuli Venezia Giulia and therefore has been delegated strategies of implementation in Regional policies with direct authority granted to the Region, including the revision of the S3 trajectory, the mapping of the local economic system, the development of institutional relations at a national and international level, and the assistance of the Region in national and European contexts for themes regarding the Home System in its entirety. 

Two industrial districts operate in the regional territory:

The Chair District is a production cluster located in Northeast Italy, specialising in the production of chairs, and furnishing accessories.

The Livenza Furniture District is located between the Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions, across the Livenza River. It includes several types of furniture, such as kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, and other furniture.