The Configurans: The 2016 Configura CET Designer User Conference

A few weeks ago, Swedish furniture design software company Configura hosted its 9th annual CET Designer User Conference and Developer Conference in Grand Rapids, its home in the U.S. Nearly 350 contract furniture companies, dealers, designers and IT leaders attended. As in previous years, the two-day conference was filled with casual, intimate sessions where both CET Designer users and software developers could connect with the Configura team to learn more about how best to use and develop the software. The last few years have been big ones at Configura. At the conference’s partner meeting, Johan Lyreborn, CEO of Configura, announced sales growth of 30% during the first three quarters of 2016. One of Configura’s newer products, CET Developer – which makes it easy for external developers to create CET Designer Extensions – saw 70% sales growth since the beginning of the year. External developers now include those within some of …