The Office Furniture Market in Japan

The Office Furniture Market in Japan published by Csil Centre for Industrial Studies in October, 2009. This report consists of 75 pages and the price starts from US $ 2095.

Introduction

Abstract

Summary:

The office furniture production in Japan accounts for worth US$ 3,500 million. The economy relies on huge flows of money from abroad, that in 2008 reached their peak increasing by 10.7% if compared with the previous year.

The level of concentration of the industry is extremely high, with the leading firms controlling over 90% of total office furniture manufacturing. In terms of sales of office furniture Japanese enterprises rank first. Foreign producers (from the US, Germany, China, India and Taiwan) follow, still listed between the 15 top firms.

CSIL Market Research The office furniture market in Japan provides market trends and updated data on Japanese office furniture production, consumption, import and exports. Office furniture production is reported by segment (office seating, operative desks, executive furniture, storage, partitions, communal areas). Office furniture imports and exports are broken down by country and geographical area of origin/destination.

The research is enriched by an in-depth analysis of the competitive system: the last year performance and a one-year projection of selected leader manufacturers of the Japanese office furniture segment is included.

Figures on sales and estimates on market shares of the top 50 office furniture manufacturers operating in Japan are also available.

Short profiles are given for both the leading manufacturers and distributors.

About 150 addresses of key operators (both manufacturers and contractors) are included.

Among the considered products: office furniture, home office, small office home office / SOHO, office furniture, desks, workstations (operative desks), office seating, storage and filing systems, partitions, contract furniture.

Table of Contents

• METHODOLGY
• 1. MACROECONOMIC TREND AND DEMAND FACTORS
  • 1.1 Country indicators (population, GDP, unemployment rate, inflation, cash earning index) and comparison among GDP in Japanes regions and in worldwide selected countries.
  • 1.2 Potential demand for office furniture: foreign direct investments, value of orders received for the construction sector on its whole and broken down by construction of office space, construction of lodging facilities and hotels, construction of eductional and healthcare premises
• 2. THE OFFICE FURNITURE SECTOR
  • 2.1 Basic data (production, international trade and consumption) in value, and medium term outlook. The openness of the office furniture market in percentage values
  • 2.2 Sector concentration and product segments: number of establishments (with four or more employees) operating in the office furniture and fixtures segment, in units; office furniture production borken down by office seating, operative desking, executive furniture, storage, partitions, communal areas.
  • 2.3 Environmental and product certifications
  • 2.4 Impact of the crisis and projections on production, consumption and trade
• 3. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
  • 3.1 Exports and imports broken down by country and geographical area of destination/origin
• 4. OFFICE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS:
  • 4.1 In a sample of top manufacturers figures are available on: consolidated turnover, incidence of costs and operating income, trend in ROS and in ROE
  • 4.2 Selected leader companies' turnover for the first two quarters of 2009
  • 4.3 Company profiles: trends in turnover and costs structure
• 5. COMPETITIVE SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTION
  • 5.1 Competitive system: sales of office furniture in a sample of companies (in value) and estimated market shares (in percentage)
  • 5.2 Office furniture distribution (contractors and specifiers, furniture chains/ importers and wholesalers, lifestyle concept stores)
  • 5.3 Sector magazines and trade fairs
• 6. LIST OF USEFUL CONTACTS: OFFICE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACTORS SELECTED COMPANIES MENTIONED:
  • Dauphin, Guangrun, Henglin Furniture, Herman Miller, HNI Corp., Huafeng, Inaba, Itoki, Kokuyo, Kurogane, Kyoei, Okamura, Oliver, Plus, Steelcase, Takano, Teknion, Uchida, Wilkhahn

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