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FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS: A WORLDWIDE SURVEY

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SUMMARY:

Throughout the world the furniture industry has given rise to local economic systems or industrial districts with similar characteristics, both in terms of efficiency in manufacturing processes and at the level of competitive capacity, especially on foreign markets. Born from a fusion between economic and manufacturing relationships and economic and social relationships in limited territorial areas, the furniture districts have launched processes of economic development, characterised by a close correspondence between company and manufacturing system.

This report offers an overview of 44 among structured manufacturing clusters and less institutionalised manufacturing areas for the furniture sector worldwide, providing information about furniture firms and territory, institutional bodies and cluster promoting organisations, local financial systems and furniture fairs.

An overview of the world furniture industry is also provided, with data on furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports.

Furniture clusters show a wide variety of development models: they can be highly geographically concentrated local systems, with a prevalence of highly integrated small and medium sized companies (the furniture districts in Italy, Austria, Denmark and the Philippines), or they can be a simple concentration of furniture companies in a territory, which can be particularly large (like in North Carolina and Guangdong) and with a low level of integration between firms.

The report analyses the different structures which furniture manufacturing areas have put into practise, with success factors and threats to development of the local economic systems. The furniture manufacturing areas are classified according to geographical concentration, size of companies and level of integration between them.

The considered furniture districts are presented by macro-geographical area, to reflect the different development models of the local furniture systems.

For each furniture manufacturing district basic data are provided (furniture production, furniture manufacturers and employees, furniture exports) as well as information on type of furniture produced, cluster history, development bodies and policies, swot analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats).

Addresses of 115 among furniture manufacturers and distributors, furniture industry associations, educational institutes and export consortia mentioned in the report are also included.

Countries covered: Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. (Copyright Csil Milano)

Furniture manufacturing clusters: a worldwide survey (S.21)

Pages: 120

Language: English

Publication date: July 2003

Publisher: Csil Milano

Price: Euro 600

Copyright: Csil Milano

Status: available for online purchase and immediate download (purchase now)

CONTENTS

FOR EACH OF THE 44 FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS:

Basic economic and industrial overview of the area

History of the considered furniture district

Furniture supply structure: number of furniture manufacturers, employees

Furniture exports and main development trends

Development bodies and policies

Consortia, cluster promoting organisations, fairs, educational institutes, government incentives for the furniture industry

Swot analysis

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the local economy development

Other information

Financial system, fairs

THE 44 FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS:

Furniture clusters in Europe

Italy: Bari and Matera, Brianza, Forli', Manzano, Padova and Verona, Pesaro, Tuscany, Treviso and Pordenone

Austria: Oberosterreich

Denmark: Salling

France: Lorraine, Pays de la Loire

Germany: North Rhine Westphalia

Spain: Basque countries, Catalonia, Murcia, Valencian Community

Other European furniture clusters in France:

- Ile-de-France, Alsace, Aquitania

Other European furniture clusters in the United Kingdom:

- Eastern England, East Midlands, North East, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside

Furniture clusters worldwide

Australia: Melbourne

Brazil: Bento Goncalves, Sao Bento do Sul

China: Dongguan, Shunde, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou

Indonesia: Jepara

Japan: Shizuoka and Aichi, Okawa, Kanto and Tokyo, Hokkaido

Malaysia: Muar

New Zealand: Hawke's Bay

Philippines: Cebu

South Africa: Western Cape

Other furniture manufacturing areas

Brazil: Sao Paulo

Mexico: Jalisco

United States: North Carolina, West Michigan

Appendix:

Addresses of about 115 furniture companies, furniture industry associations, educational institutes and export consortia mentioned in the report

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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