Twenty twenty vision" identifies key criteria that will impact on the UK furniture industry over the next 20 years. This report provides a research and innovation strategy for the UK furniture industry. It has been formulated by an independent working group comprising strategic thinkers representing each sector of the UK furniture industry.
The aim of the analysis is to provide a systematic basis upon which to understand the challenges facing a sector in order that efforts to improve competitivness can be targeted in the most appropriate direction.
This report outlines the technical feasibility and financial viability of the controlled composting of waste wood dust from the furniture sector. Supported by the DTI's BIOWISE programme this work raised awareness of one of the sector's most problematic waste streams and has lead to a multitude of initiatives to cut cost to the industry.
An explanation of the merits of reporting your environmental performance. You need to measure before you can improve and this work highlights simple ways of making progress. Impress your customers by being proactive and differentiate yourselves from the competition now.
This report demonstrated that the average UK furniture manufacturer spent 3.83% of turnover on issues relating to waste, costing the sector over £160 million per year. Examples of how this cost can be reduced are contained - 1% of turnover in savings should be obtainable for all companies with the implementation of basic processes and procedures.
The guide - FIRA-FRQG F001: 2011 - has been developed by FRQG to fulfil four major functions:
- To provide basic information to upholstery suppliers across the global supply chain regarding the requirements of the UK's Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.
- To give a standard interpretation of the testing requirements within the regulations to ensure that all test laboratories around the world are testing in the same way, and hopefully reduce expensive product...
Publisher: McMillan-Scott plc Publication date: 2002 Format: HTML Document
Flexible veneers are sheets of wood veneer backed with paper or fibre reinforcement. They enable joinery shops and bespoke furniture makers to produce shaped panels easily.
This report lays out detailed best practice information for those concerned with packaging issues within the UK furniture industry. The information contained has been summarised within FIET's Furniture Packaging Optimisation Research report.
Fabrics are joined using a wide variety of techniques. Recent developments in the fields of materials technology and lasers now allow the potential of laser welding to be used for joining fabrics in the furniture industry.
This research project was developed in order to investigate ways in which the drying of wood coatings, a major bottleneck in furniture manufacture, could be made more effective.
