Established in 1989, Kao Hsiang Wooden Ind., Ltd. is a specialized office and home furniture manufacturer, turning out mainly PC desks, office workstations, bookshelves, storage cabinets as well as dining room ensembles. Operating a factory in Taiwan, the company accepts either OEM or ODM orders

Established in 1989, Kao Hsiang Wooden Ind., Ltd. is a specialized office and home furniture manufacturer, turning out mainly PC desks, office workstations, bookshelves, storage cabinets as well as dining room ensembles. Operating a factory in Taiwan, the company accepts either OEM or ODM orders

With a history of more than two decades, Sing Bee Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a leading furniture manufacturer in Taiwan, producing mainly metal and glass pieces, including PC desks, TV stands, entertainment system stands, shelves, and related parts. Unlike many of its counterparts, the company pref

Computerization, high-speed and high-precision technologies took center stage at the Taipei International Woodworking Machinery and Supplies Show 2008, or Interwood 2008, which was held from July 4 through 7. At the opening ceremony, Fred Huang, chairman of Taiwan Association of Machinery Indust

Founded in 1995, Cheng-Fong Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a design-oriented office chair manufacturer, and its products have been well received in the world market. With strenuous R & D efforts, the company has in recent years developed a series of multifunctional health-enhancing chairs, which are er

With a history of more than two decades, Kuo Jer Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a professional furniture manufacturer and turns out mainly office furniture including office chairs, office tables, computer desk in addition to general home furniture and K/D wooden furniture. The company generates furnitu

Established in 1989, Landfeng Furniture Co., Ltd. is a professional seating manufacturer, offering a wide variety of chairs including office chairs, lounge chairs, school chairs, folding chairs, sofas, and related parts. The company, located in Shunde of Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, operat

Established in 2000, Shiny Sun Furniture Int'l Co., Ltd. is a dynamic manufacturer and exporter of office chair and related components, including chair bases, casters, armrests, mechanisms, seat covers, seatback shells, gas lifts, spindles, etc. The company is actively promoting an ergonomically

Compelled by the realities in the wake of globalization and gradual liberalization of the mainland Chinese economy, office furniture makers in Taiwan, like many other manufacturing sectors, have also been moving production offshore to take advantage of lower labor cost to upgrade competitiveness, h

The reality-forced exodus of Taiwan-based furniture manufacturers over the past decade or two has inevitably sapped the momentum and magnitude from the local sector, especially volume produced wooden furnishings that call for intensive labor input and low labor costs are required. On the other hand

Nearly 140 exhibitors from 10 countries displayed their latest products at the Hong Kong International Hardware and Home Improvement Fair 2007, held from October 28 through 31. The focal point at the 2007 event was the new DIY Zone, packed with a wide range of products such as handles, p

A Tendency to Natural, Black, & White The modern world clearly wants products, which are high in quality, ethically correct and, above all, of emotional value. Young, alternative suppliers now provide serious competition for manufacturers of mass-produced goods in the high-end price segment.

Imm cologne 2008, running from Jan. 14 to 20 in Cologne, Germany, is considered one of the world's leading furnishing shows and a centerpiece of the furniture sector in Europe. The world-class event drew to a close successfully amid ample praise from high-profile visitors and industry professional

Perhaps not totally due to their willing sense of social duty to the world but more likely, at least in part, waken up by the obvious manifestations of global warming-where many parts of the world have been torn by unusually severe weather events-increasingly more makers of furnishings have been tu

Despite the obvious downsizing of Taiwan's furniture industry in recent year due to the massive outflow of production lines to neighboring Southeast Asia and China, mainly caused by less favorable conditions at home-rising labor rates, land prices and clearly more competitive counterparts offshore-

After seeing that Taiwan has a market value for office supplies and related items worth US$2.5 billion, Staples, a famous U.S.-based office supply chain store, recently signed a contract with UB Express, an affiliate of UB Group—Taiwan's leading office furniture and office supplies manufacturer—to

After an absence of six years, the Taipei International Furniture Show (TIFS) regained its strength on the international stage with its Mar. 15-18, 2006 expo held at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). The show was believed to be the most significant event this year by many Taiwanese furniture ma

The Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) 2006 took place from March 7-11, attracting more than 440 exhibitors from 17 nations that covered a combined exhibition space of 70, 000 square meters. The exhibitors came from Australia, Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, K

Taiwan's manufacturers of office furniture and parts are battling with the soaring cost of materials, such as iron, steel and plastics, which account for almost one-third of their production expense. To relieve the problem, they are using more alternative materials, such as glass and wood plate.

Taking the advantages of their stable supplies of quality materials, well-established satellite plants, advanced manufacturing technology, and experienced and skilled workers, Taiwan' s metal furniture parts manufacturers are still confident of their competitiveness in the world market. Metal fu

Established in 1994, New Ideal Furniture Co. is a dynamic manufacturer in Tianjin in northern mainland China that mainly produces stylish steel and glass furniture products, which have gained a good reputation in many countries around the world. The company boasts an integrated plant located in

Shunde Maxim is a leading manufacturer of office furniture in mainland China that specializes in making computer-related pieces with high quality, innovative designs, and reasonable prices. Maxim boasts a huge factory of 80, 000 square meters that has sophisticated, modern machines and facilitie

Although many Taiwanese manufacturers of outdoor and public-area furniture have already moved production facilities to mainland China and Vietnam over the past several years, some have stayed rooted in Taiwan and are upgrading their manufacturing skills and capacity to penetrate the upscale marketp

In view of today's emphasis on environmental protection, manufacturers around the world have tried hard to source environmentally friendly raw materials to develop "green" products that can be recycled or reused. Some furniture manufacturers in Taiwan are quite interested in the fabrication of gree

Modern automotive technology has been advancing at a very high speed' and automakers have recently released more diverse car models to compete in the different niches of the global market. New cars' with different parts and unique sub-systems' are also developed over a much shorter period than befo

Office furniture manufacturers in Taiwan are rolling out top-of-the-line products with advanced ergonomic designs, marking a further a break from their past dependence on lower-end commodity items. Like their counterparts in other labor-intensive sectors, most of Taiwan's office furniture suppli

The 11th edition of the annual China International Furniture Expo (Furniture China 2005) attracted record numbers of both exhibitors and visitors to the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center on Sept. 14-17 this year, further consolidating its position as Asia's biggest furniture fair. Sta

After being involved in the furniture industry for more than three decades, Fred Chen, chairman of the Taiwan Furniture Manufacturers' Association (TFMA), has long been a witness to the ups and downs of Taiwan's furniture industry. Although most of Taiwan's wooden furniture makers have moved their

Taiwan is an ideal place to source office furniture parts, especially metal parts that require the sophisticated processing capability which local makers excel in thanks to their long experience and state-of-the-art automated production equipment. Over the past decades, some manufacturers of off

With more than two decades of development, Taiwan's kitchen furniture and accessories sector has made a successful transformation from contract manufacturing to focus on the production of original design manufacturer (ODM) items. The shift has resulted from intensive efforts in the local industry t