By STEVE CHUANG Shifting locales of global furniture production to emerging countries over the past few decades has profoundly uprooted market dynamics, with out-migration of Taiwanese furniture makers over the years also having destabilized the erstwhile prosperous furniture industry in Taiwan.

By CARMEN LO Living room furniture has always been the mainstay of the furniture industry, and items used in the living room change constantly along with market trends. Furniture manufacturers believe, therefore, that to survive they need to be able to provide different kinds of furniture produc

Ever since its establishment in 1984, Sane Jen Industrial Co. has devoted itself to supplying a wide range of warehouse storage and transportation products, mostly made of stainless steel, steel wire, steel pipe, and steel plate. The firm’s product line includes wire folding containers, wire foldin

Founded in 2006, Hanaco Group is a world-caliber manufacturer and marketer of furniture, with a production base in China and a branch in Taiwan. Despite its tender age of only eight years, Hanaco claims it is one of the few furniture makers that have integrated production capability, from material

Founded in 1974, Knopro Industrial Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of custom metal hardware in Taiwan, providing a wide variety of furniture accessories, decorative hardware and plastic fittings as handles, knobs, ring pulls, hooks, hinges, tube holders, wire grommets, shelf support, gas strut,

By KEN LIU Beginning on July 1 this year, nine types of institution—colleges, libraries, medical organizations, social welfare institutes, government offices, railway stations, civilian airports, mass rapid transit stations, and shopping centers—became subject to the provisions of Taiwan's Indoo

Founded in 2000, Ray Fu Enterprise Co. is a specialized manufacturer and exporter of fasteners and steel wires. Its steel wire factory in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, is quipped with a wire rod warehouse, spheriodizing annealing furnace, pickling surface equipment, wire drawing machines, and screw m

After almost three decades of experience, Tai Cheer Industrial Co. has become a dynamic manufacturer of ball bearing drawer slides at a production base in Yunlin County, central Taiwan. The company concentrated mainly on roll forming machines in the first decade of its life, and in 1993 became

Ever since its establishment in 1984, Sane jen Industrial Co. has devoted itself to supplying a wide range of warehouse storage and transportation products, mostly made of stainless steel, steel wire, steel pipe, and steel plate. The firm's product line includes wire folding contains, wire folding

Founded in 2006, Hanaco Group is a world-caliber manufacturer and marketer of furniture, with a production base in China and a branch in Taiwan. Despite its tender age of only eight years, Hanaco claims it is one of the few furniture makers that have integrated production capability, from materi

Established in 1994, Xin He Fong Co., Ltd. is a respected manufacturer specializing in the production of home/bathroom hardware and metal furniture items. With a manufacturing base in central Taiwan, Xin He Fong is committed to turning out high-quality products for clients worldwide. A senior co

Since it was founded in Taiwan in 1989, Kuntech International Corp. has established a solid reputation as a manufacturer of special fasteners and various industrial parts. With a spacious factory in China, Kuntech now turns out a large number of screws, nuts, studs, shafts, stamping parts, turning

By JENNY WU China has more than 300 million people under the age of 16, accounting for a quarter of the country’s entire population, notes Zhu Changling, vice director of the China National Furniture Association. This means, he believes, that the potential for the development of children's furni

By MICHELLE HSU The 2014 Taiwan International Furniture Show (TIFS), organized by the Taiwan Furniture Manufacturers Association (TFMA) and held Feb. 21-24 at the Taipei World Trade Center, is a major global furniture exhibition held in Taiwan. This year, an international seminar was held alongs

Since it was founded in Taiwan in 1989, Kuntech International Corp. has established a solid reputation as a manufacturer of special fasteners and various industrial parts. With a spacious factory in China, Kuntech now turns out a large number of screws, nuts, studs, shafts, stamping parts, turni

By STEVE CHUANG The year 2013 was a year of mixed performance by Taiwanese OA furniture parts manufacturers, given that gloomy economies weakened global enterprises’ willingness to invest in fixed assets and dampened the sector to some extent. But with economies in the U.S., Japan and Europe sho

Homer Hardware Inc. is a specialist manufacturer of metallic parts, including hinges, latches, pulls, handles, knobs, towel holders, D-rings, suction cup hooks, seatbelts, seatbelt buckles, and many other stamped hardware items for furniture, bathroom, and automotive applications. An experienced O

By CARMEN LO The annual value of China's furniture market soared from about 10 billion renminbi (around US$1.67 billion) in the 1990s to 780 billion RMB (US$130 billion) in 2010, making furniture one of the top five industries in China. Today the country's furniture industry is continuing to gro

By JUDY LI The furniture and handicraft industries have played an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, and are a major source of jobs there, supplying employment (directly or indirectly) for more than three million people. Both industries have a very long value chain that intersec

With a history of over 30 years, Alfon Ent. Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of acrylic products covering a wide range of home decoration, kitchenware, bathroom sets, display racks, and gift items. The company operates a modern plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan equipped with sophisticated m

Founded in 2005, Yang Light Engineering Co. is an ISO 9001: 2008-approved developer and manufacturer of metal hardware of high quality and precision with very competitive prices. The maker operates two factories in Taiwan with some 150 employees and backed by a wide range of advanced and fully aut

Founded in 1994 in Tainan County, southern Taiwan, Wan Der Ful Co., Ltd. (WDF) is a prestigious manufacturer turning out mainly gas springs for OA chairs, computer desks, Japaness-style chairs, trunk lifter and adjustable gas lifts for auto vehicles. Continuously sharpening its manufaturing and

Bow Best Co., Ltd., founded by a veteran with over 30 years of experience in spray guns, manufactures and exports paint spray equipment for automotive, furniture, production line and small-to-medium applications. With annual production exceeding US$2 million, Bow Best turns out 10,000 units mon

Established in 1973, Hua Feng Machinery Co., Ltd. has been a manufacturer of aluminum alloy turntables since 1982, supplying Lazy Susan for dining tables, models for worktables, paint sprayers, and many more. After years of effort in R&D and innovation of turntables, the company expanded into hydr

Founded in 1994 in central Taiwan, QF Development Inc. designs and manufactures various bathroom accessories, fire sprinkler system, furniture accessories, household supplies, garden accessories, and OE stainless steel, pressed and injection molded parts. The manufacturer has in-house integrate

Established in 1973, Hua Feng Machinery Co., Ltd. has been a manufacturer of aluminum alloy turntables since 1982, supplying Lazy Susan for dining tables, models for worktables, paint sprayers, and many more. After years of effort in R&D and innovation of turntables, the company expanded into hy

By STEVE CHUANG Saudi Arabia is working hard to restructure its economy toward more industrial production and less dependence on the oil sector, and this effort was reflected in Saudi PPPP 2014, a business event combining two exhibitions: the 12th International Trade Exhibition for Printing & Pa

Established in 1993, Highdene Furniture Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based manufacturer focusing on wooden furniture including bedroom items, TV stands, coffee tables, buffet series, wall shelf units, desks, file cabinets, bookshelves, combination bookshelves with PC units, storage units, kid’s desks, etc

Homer Hardware Inc. is a specialist manufacturer of metallic parts, including hinges, latches, pulls, handles, knobs, towel holders, D-rings, suction cup hooks, seatbelts, seatbelt buckles, and many other stamped hardware items for furniture, bathroom, and automotive applications. An experienced

Established in 1995, Vance Lock Industrial Co., Ltd. is a burgeoning supplier of locks in Taiwan, dedicated to developing and manufacturing higher-end, higher-security locks such as cam locks, tubular locks, tumbler locks, disc locks, dimple locks, switch locks, etc. Additionally, this innovativ