Germany (Notifix).- Homag Group AG has been contracted to set up a complete factory in Russia ? the perfect opportunity for the global market leader to demonstrate that it is a competent and reliable partner in the field of furniture production lines. The complex production plant for high-end home and office furniture is scheduled to go on line before the end of 2011. The complete order for the advanced furniture production plant under HOMAG Group AG's project management is valued at about EUR 58 million ? the HOMAG Group's share comes to about EUR 8 million. The client, the Russian company Mekran, is one of the country's leading furniture manufacturers. With the new production line, which is based on the lean production principle, Mekran is arguably setting up the most modern furniture manufacturing facilities in Russia with the support of the specialists from HOMAG Group Engineering. The comprehensive large-scale project, which covers the value chain end to end, from the tree trunk to the finished piece of furniture, will be realized in a manufacturing hall with 30,000m² of floor space in Krasnojarsk, Siberia. The high-tech factory will have production-to-order capability and is designed to flexibly manufacture in two-shift operation up to 1 million assembly elements per year. "The fact that the HOMAG Group was entrusted with the management of this major project, is again testament to our outstanding system and engineering expertise," Homag's management board member in charge of sales Jürgen Köppel points out. "Our engineering experts combine the products of the HOMAG Group and of partner firms into an optimum production line that meets our client's specific requirements and needs."