Qama and SC Handles & Lighting seal a partnership for France

Qama and SC Handles & Lighting announce the signing of a strategic agreement to market LED lighting solutions and designer handles in France. This alliance aims to strengthen the presence of both brands in the French market, consolidate their product ranges, and accelerate their development in a rapidly changing sector. It is based on complementary expertise: Qama, a brand of the Formusson Distribution group, with over forty-five years of experience in furniture and fitting hardware, brings its network and support, while the Spanish company SC Handles & Lighting offers its innovative collections of LED lighting and designer handles that combine technical performance and aesthetics. The agreement reflects a shared commitment to offering distinctive solutions and creating a lasting collaboration based on innovation, trust, and added value for customers and specifiers.

Woodturning and Cabinetmaking in the Jura Mountains Protected by a Geographical Indication
Since November 28, 2025, woodturning and cabinetmaking in the Jura Mountains have officially benefited from an industrial and artisanal Geographical Indication (GI), approved by the INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property). This recognition, the result of a collaborative project led by Creativewood and Fibois BFC, promotes ancestral know-how and preserves centuries-old woodworking trades threatened by international competition. Since the Middle Ages, artisans in the Haut-Jura have crafted skittles, boxes, furniture, and decorations from local wood species such as beech, boxwood, and spruce, using unique woodturning and cabinetmaking techniques and custom-designed machinery. This expertise is based on a close link between the region and its know-how, now guaranteed by the GI. The geographical area covers all the municipalities of the Jura Mountains (Doubs, Jura, Ain, and the Territoire de Belfort), and requires that the essential stages of production be carried out locally. The GI charter offers visibility, protection, and promotion to regional businesses and artisans.

Habitat Accelerates its E-commerce Deployment in Europe
Relaunched online by the Vente-unique.com Group, the design brand Habitat is continuing its European expansion. After Yyy Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, and Luxembourg. Customers in these countries can now access more than 1,600 products, including some of the brand's iconic designs. Each site offers an experience tailored to the local market, with popular payment methods such as PayPal and Klarna, a five-year warranty, and dedicated customer service. Habitat is also strengthening its visibility in Switzerland through a partnership with the Galaxus marketplace. This strategy is part of the brand's gradual relaunch, whose French site reopened in June 2024 before an accelerated international rollout. Further openings are already planned during the year, notably in the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and the Scandinavian countries, confirming Habitat's ambition to spread its accessible design across Europe.