U.S. – The HON Company, an operating subsidiary of the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in the world – HNI Corporation – will invest USD 14.5 million in a Cedartown, Georgia facility expansion.

U.S.– The new IKEA 2018 catalog for the U.S. market is now available online and in print in both the English and Spanish versions.

GERMANY – Sales of the German kitchen-furniture industry grew 10.7% in May 2017, reaching €435.8m. April had shown a considerable drop of 21.5% to €344.7m. 

U.S. – Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (Ashley) has broken ground on a 465,000 square foot (43,000 sqm) E-Commerce Fulfillment and Distribution Center. 

U.S.- NeoCon is one of the most important trade fairs in the furniture and habitat sector in the United States. In its 49th edition, more than 50,000 design professionals and 500 exhibitors have gathered in almost 100,000 square meters of exhibition space within the Merchandise Mart, where the ANDREU WORLD permanent showroom is located.

GERMANY – The German furniture industry is continuing to grow: the turnover of domestic companies rose by 3.1 percent to € 4.5 billion in the first quarter of the current year.

COLOMBIA – Colombian exports of modular wooden panel furniture in the January – April 2017 period totaled USD 4.085.329, a 4.5% growth in exported value compared to USD 3.910.809 in the same period of 2016.

ARGENTINA – Dielfe, a major furniture manufacturer of the province of Santa Fe in Argentina, was honored at the last Fimar fair in Córdoba with the distinction “Best Product” for its Circulars Tables of their Industrial Line. 

GERMANY – Häcker Kitchens has recently purchased two plots of land. In the medium-term, the company intends to build new factories on these sites in order to expand its production capacities to the level necessary for the coming decades. The purchasing sum is the biggest investment in the history of the company so far.

DENMARK – With sales of DKK 1.2 billion (EUR 170 million) in 2016 Danish RTA furniture manufacturer Tvilum reported its best results in six years.

CANADA.- Dorel Industries sales were down 3% in 2016, reaching USD 2.6 billion and sales of Dorel Home, the company’s furniture segment and the second largest furniture manufacturer in Canada, were up 1.8% to a record USD 177 million in the 4Q-2016. 

COLOMBIA – Colombian exports of modular wood furniture totaled USD 12,196,658 in 2016. This represents a growth of 8.5% compared to 2015 when exports reached USD 11,241,479. The main export company in 2016 was Moduart with shipments for USD 4,817,477, surpassing last year’s leader RTA Design.