Abstract
SUMMARY:
This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture sector 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.
The report provides a breakdown of office furniture production by type
(seating: office seating, visitor seating, contract seating; operative
desking: adjustable, not adjustable; 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 and employment are also provided.
The analysis of office furniture distribution channels by country
covers: direct sales (contract), 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.
List prices of office furniture are provided by price range and product type.
A breakdown of European office furniture exports and imports is provided by
country and product type (office furniture, office seating), also considering
the performance of the main European producers on extra - EU markets
(Central-Eastern Europe and Russia, Middle East, Pacific Asia, North America,
South America).
Addresses of 288 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.
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.
Table of Contents
METHODOLOGY
SUMMARY OF THE MAIN RESULTS
- Scenario of the European office furniture market
- Medium term trand and dynamics of individual countries
- Office furniture basic data: production, consumption, imports, exports,
employees and turnover per employee
- 2001-2007 performance of the office furniture market: production,
consumption, imports and exports
- 2000-2006 trends in the office furniture production, consumption, prices
- Summary of the current strategic trends
- Europe. Office furniture. The main producers, 2007
SUPPLY ANALISYS: TRENDS AND DYNAMICS
- Global production
- Product segments in the main European markets
- Production and consumption 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/worktop material
- average prices 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
- production in a sample of companies
- Production of wall to wall units
- production in a sample of companies
- Production of furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas
- production in a sample of companies
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Exports and imports by country of office seating and office furniture
excluding seating
- For each of the 16 Countries considered:
- Office furniture excluding seating. Exports by country and by
geographical area
- Office seating. Exports by country and by geographical area
- Office furniture excluding seating. Imports by country and by
geographical area
- Office seating. Imports by country and by geographical area
COMPANY STRATEGIES AND MARKETING ACTIVITY
- Employment and productivity
- employment and turnover per employee
- performance in employment in a sample of companies
- Investments
- main investments in a sample of companies
- total investments, promotion, machinery and product design
- Marketing policies and distribution channels
- Brands
- Commercial agreements
- distribution channels: direct sales, specialists, non-specialist, large
scale distribution, mail order, others
- Office furniture. Incidence of the main distribution channels in Northern
Europe and in the major European markets
- breakdown of office furniture sales in a sample of companies by
distribution channel
THE COMPETITIVE SYSTEM
- For each of the 16 Countries included figures on:
- Office furniture. Trends in production, international trade and
consumption
- Production, consumption, prices, openness of the office furniture market
and macroeconomic indicators
- Extra-european sales of office furniture in a sample of companies:
- Central-Eastern Europe and Russia
- Middle East
- Asia and Pacific
- North America
- South America
Appendix
- Addresses of 288 office furniture companies mentioned in the report
MENTIONED COMPANIES
Actiu Grupo, Ahrend Group, Assmann, Bene Group, Brevidex, DAMS, DAUPHIN, Doimo
office, Duba-B8, Dyna Mobel, Edsbyverken, EFG, Estel office, Faram, FC Brown
Bisley Office, Forma 5 Group, Gispen, Gruppo SINTESI, HAG, Hali, Haworth
Europe , Herman Miller, Interstuhl, Isku Group, Kinnarps, Knoll International,
Konig & Neurath, Kusch + Co, Las Mobili, Lista Office, Martela OY, Mewaf
International, Ofita, Palmberg, RH Form, Samas , Sato, Sedus Group, Senator,
Sitland, Sofikoa Group, Steelcase, Topstar, Tvilum Scanbirk, Unifor, USM
Group, Vitra International AG, VS Mobel, Wiesner-Hager, Wilkhahn
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
All Csil reports are based on Csil' s original research, undertaken by Csil' s
team of in-house researchers. Sources include: personal and telephone
interviews, trade magazines, trade associations, company annual reports,
product brochures, directories, Csil' s databases, official statistical sources.
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