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Summary: Highlights of this Report
This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture market in
16 Western European countries, providing office furniture industry statistics
(production and consumption, imports exports), office furniture prices,
marketing policies and distribution. Market evolution (2001-2011) and figures
by country
The report analyses sales data and market shares of top European manufacturers.
Company sales are broken down by country, by product (seating, desking
systems, executive office furniture, filing systems/storage, wall to wall
units, meeting rooms and communal areas).
The report also analyses the competitive systems: prices, distribution
channels and short company profiles.
Office furniture industry production is broken down by type (seating:
task/work chairs, visitors chairs, foldable/stackable, contract; operative
desking systems: adjustable and not adjustable, free standing and panel based;
executive office furniture; filing systems/storage; wall-to-wall units;
furniture for reception and communal areas). Trends of office furniture prices
by country and data on 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 top companies.
A breakdown of European office furniture exports and imports is provided by
country and product type (office furniture and office seating).
Addresses of about 250 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, desking systems (workstations),
executive desking systems, 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.
The European production of office furniture increased by 3.3% in 2011. The
year has been characterised by a certain dichotomy as it performed well in the
first half and slowed down in the last two quarters. On the international
front, the 2.8% increase in exports has been accompanied by a substantial
stability in imports. As a consequence, apparent consumption increased by 2.6%
over the year. Market openness slowed in 2011 as import penetration
(imports/consumption) reduced to 30% (31% in 2010) while exports/production
ratio stabilised at 32%.
Generally speaking the positive performance of the European market in 2011 has
been driven by Germany, Austria and the Nordic Countries. Considerable drop
has been registered by some relevant market in Southern Europe.
The restructuring process at an industrial level continued also in 2011 with a
certain number of companies interested by insolvency procedures, factory
closures and M&A process. Industrial and logistic costs showed increase in the
second half of the year.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents and selected companies mentioned
Scenario
- Market evolution (2001-2011) and figures by country
- Leading groups in Europe and market shares
- Current trends and forecasts for 2012
Production in Europe
- Production and consumption by country of office furniture (excluding
seating) and office seating
- Top European office furniture manufacturers: market shares and total
production
- Production breakdown in the main country of: office seating, desking
systems, executive desking, filing systems, wall to wall units, furniture for
meeting rooms and communal areas
- Production of office seating
- supply by type: task/work chairs, visitor/guest chairs, stackable chairs
- supply by covering: textile, leather, microfibres
- supply by structure: metal, plastic, wood
- production breakdown in a sample of companies
- average prices according to market range in a sample of companies
- production and market shares in a sample of companies
- Production of operative desking
- supply by adjustable/not adjustable desking
- supply by freestanding/panel based desking
- supply by structure/frame material and by worktop material
- production breakdown in a sample of companies
- average prices according to market range in a sample of companies
- production and market shares in a sample of companies
- Production of executive desking
- production and market shares in a sample of companies
- Production of cabinets, storage and filing systems
- supply by type: filing systems, personal filing
- supply by material: wood, metal, combined
- production and market shares 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 and market shares in a sample of companies
- Production of furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas
- production and market shares in a sample of companies
International trade of office furniture
- Exports and imports by country of office seating and office furniture
excluding seating
- European office furniture manufacturer: Market shares "overseas"
- 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
Employment, Investments and Distribution
- Trend of employment and productivity
- Production, employment and turnover per employee by country
- Performance and trends in employment in a sample of companies
- Investments: top investors in machinery, promotion, design
- main investments in a sample of companies
- Distribution strategies
- Office furniture. Incidence of the main distribution channels in the major
European markets
- office furniture distribution channels: direct sales, specialists,
non-specialist, large scale distribution, mail order, others
- breakdown of office furniture sales in a sample of companies by
distribution channel
- sample of leading office furniture dealers (specialists)
- sample of leading office chains, large-scale distributors, mail order
and e-commerce
Competition in the European countries
- For each of the 16 Countries
- Total office furniture. Trend in roduction, international trade,
consumption, prices and openness of the office furniture market, 2011-2011
- Macroeconomic indicators
- Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies
Company profiles: around 100 profiles of top office furniture companies
Appendix. Addresses of about 250 office furniture companies mentioned in the report
Selected companies mentioned:
Actiu Grupo, Ahrend Group, Arfeo, Assmann, Bene Group, Brevidex, Bruynzeel
Filing and Storage, Buronomic, C+P Mobelsystem, Ceka Group , Clen, Clestra +
Mecanobloc, Dauphin, Doimo office, Duba-B8, Dyna Mobel, Edsbyverken, EFG,
Estel office, Fantoni office, Faram, FC Brown Bisley Office, Forma 5 Group,
Forster Metallbau, Fritz Schafer GmbH - SSI Schafer , Giroflex, Girsberger,
Gispen, Hali, Haworth Europe, Herman Miller, Interstuhl, Isku Interior Oy,
Kinnarps, Konig & Neurath, Kusch + Co, Las Mobili, Lienhard Office Group,
Majencia, Martela OY, Methis, Middel Buromobel, Mobel Linea, Neudoerfler,
Ofita, Ophelis Pfalzmobel, Palmberg, Pami-TDS, Quadrifoglio, Rohde Group, SB
Seating, Sedus Group, Senator, Sitland, Sokoa Group, Steelcase, Strahle,
Svoboda, Topstar, Triumph Group, Tvilum Scanbirk, Unifor, USM Group, Vitra
International AG, VS Mobel, Walter Knoll, WelleMoebel, Wiesner-Hager,
Wilkhahn, Wini
The European market for office furniture published by Csil Centre for Industrial Studies in June 14, 2012. This report consists of 254 Pages and the price starts from US $ 3825.
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