The European market for office furniture

CSIL, June 2009, XXI Ed., Pages: 320
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This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture market in 16 Western European countries, providing trends in office furniture production and consumption, office furniture imports and exports, office furniture prices, marketing policies and distribution. Forecasts for this year in terms of office production and consumption are also included.

For the leading European manufacturers we analyze data on sales and markets shares broken down by country, by product (seating, operative desking, executive furniture, filing systems/storage, wall to wall units, meeting rooms and communal areas). The prices applied by the main manufacturers, their performance in employment, their distribution channels and a short description of their activity are also given.

Office furniture is broken down by type (seating: task/work chairs, visitors chairs, foldable/stackable, contract; operative desking: adjustable and not adjustable, free standing and panel based; executive furniture; filing systems/storage; wall-to-wall units; furniture for reception and communal areas). Trends of office furniture prices by country, and data on productive concentration, employment and turnover per employee are also provided.

The analysis of office furniture distribution channels by country covers: direct sales, office specialists, non specialized, large scale distribution, mail order, e-commerce. A breakdown of office furniture sales by distribution channel is available for the main companies.

A breakdown of European office furniture exports and imports is provided by country and product type (office furniture, office seating).

Addresses of 304 office furniture companies mentioned in the report are also included.

Countries covered: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

And also: This year we monitored the sales in Europe of 31 extra-EU-17 companies. Countries of origin: Poland, China, Turkey, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania.

Among the considered products: office furniture, metal office furniture, wood office furniture, office seating, visitor seating, contract seating, fabric seating, leather seating, microfibre seating, operative desking (workstations), executive desking, wood desking, metal desking, wood and metal desking, adjustable desking, not adjustable desking, executive furniture, filing systems (metal, wood), wall-to-wall units (partitions), furniture for reception and communal areas.

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The European scenario: Basic data of the office furniture sector in Europe: production, consumption, import and export, employees and turnover per employee; Medium term outlook and performace by country; The global crisis and expectations for the coming year; Market shares in Europe and newcomers: sales of office furniture in a sample of extra-EU-17 companies; Overseas market shares: exports of EU-17 companies to Central Eastern Europe and Russia, Middle East, Asia Pacific, North and South America
Supply analisys: trends and dynamics: Production and consumption by country of office furniture (excluding seating) and office seating; Product segments in the main European markets; Leading European office furniture manufacturers: market shares and total production; Production by country of: office seating, operative desking, executive desking, filing systems, wall to wall units, furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas; Production of office seating; - by type: task/work chairs, visitor/guest chairs, stackable chairs, contract; - by covering: textile, leather, microfibres; - average prices in a sample of companies; - production in a sample of companies; Production of operative desking; - adjustable/not adjustable desking; - freestanding/panel based desking; - structure/frame materiale; worktop material; - average prices according to market range in a sample of companies; - production in a sample of companies; Production of executive desking; - production in a sample of companies; Production of filing systems; - storage systems, personal storage; - cabinets, bookcases/shelves, lateral-vertical files/towers/multidrawers; - cabinets, storage and filing supply by material: wood, metal, combined; - production in a sample of companies; Production of wall to wall units; - supply by type ( equipped walls, wall to wall units, mobile screens) and material (wood based, glass/crystal, metal) in a sample of companies; - production in a sample of companies; Production of furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas; - production in a sample of companies
International trade of office furniture: Exports and imports by country of office seating and office furniture excluding seating; For each of the 16 Countries considered:; - Exports by country and by geographical area of office furniture excluding seating; - Exports by country and by geographical area of office seating; - Imports by country and by geographical area of office furniture excluding seating; - Imports by country and by geographical area of office seating
Manufacturing firms and development strategies: Performance and trends in employment in a sample of companies; Investments: top investors in machinery, promotion, design; - main investments in a sample of companies; Marketing policies and distribution channels; - office furniture distribution channels: direct sales, specialists, non-specialist, large scale distribution, mail order, others; Office furniture. Incidence of the main distribution channels in the major European markets; - breakdown of office furniture sales in a sample of companies by distribution channel
Competition in the European countries: For each of the 16 Countries; - Total office furniture. Trends in production, international trade and consumption at current prices; - Total office furniture. Trends in production and consumption at constant prices, openness of the office furniture market, macroeconomic indicators and office furniture prices; - Short profiles of office main players; - Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies
Appendix. Addresses of 304 office furniture companies mentioned in the report

Selected companies mentioned:: Aran World, Archiutti, Babini, Bene, Brevidex, Brunoffice, Buronomic, CEKA, CerKis, Citterio, Cosmetal, DAMS, Dauphin, Della Rovere, Della Valentina, DE-TA, Dieffebi, Doimo, Emmegi, Effegi, Erik Jørgensen, Estel, Enea, Fantoni, Faram, FC Brown Bisley, Forma 5, Fredericia, Frezza, Fritz Hansen, Full Mobili, Gautier France, Girsberger, Gispen, HÅG, HALI, Haworth Europe, Herman Miller, Hund, IB Office, Industria Shetug, Industrie Valentini, Isku, Iterby, IVM Office, José Martinez Medina, Jurpe Mobiliario, Kastel, Kembo, Kinnarps, Klaessons Möbler, Knoll International, König & Neurath, Labofa Munch, LAMM, Las Mobili, Levesta, Levira, Linea Fabbrica, Lineager, Martela, Martex, Mascagni, Meco, Mobel Linea, Morenilla, Mobles 114, Nowy Styl, PAMI, Ofifran, OFITA, Ofquest, Ora Acciaio, Ozoo France, Paragon,Pfalzmöbel, Pledge Office Chairs, Poltrona Frau, Premier Group, Rexite, Rh Form, RS Réda System, Samas, Sato, Savo, Sedus Stoll, Senab, Senator, Sicame, SID Seating, Franch, Sinetica Industries, SIS International, Sitland, Skouropoulos Office, Sofikoa, Steelcase, Strähle, Styloffice, Target, TDS Office Design, Tecno, Topstar, Tvilum-Scanbirk, Unifor, Upper, Vaghi, Verco Office Furniture, Vinco International Projects, Vitra International, Walter Knoll, Wellis

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