Furniture

Furnished for Growth 

Our services for market-oriented furniture

Successful furniture manufacturers must be flexible as design trends change rapidly and the competition never sleeps. Manufacturers having an eye for new trends and offering consistent high quality can still gain competitive edge – above all if they have detailed knowledge of their clients’ needs and the legal requirements of the individual target markets.  

We can help you manage these challenges: from the drawing board to the market launch, and from season to season.

Step 1: Planning

• We analyze your target markets and inform you about applicable legal requirements.
• We record all amendments to existing national and international standards on your behalf.
• We support you in analyzing the feasibility of your projects.
• Our experts participate in standardsetting committees, keeping up to date at all times.

Step 2: Material selection

• We test materials and manufacturing procedures.
• We advise you on how to cut costs through material optimization.
• We also certify the components and assemblies of your preferred suppliers to save time and assure quality.

Step 3: Pilot series and instruction manual

• We verify compliance with the relevant standards and directives.
• We offer life testing of your prototypes in our testing laboratories.Upon request, we also provide you with your own permanent space in our laboratories.
• We certify product characteristics.
• We help you to prepare user-friendly instruction manuals in compliance with legal requirements.

Step 4: Series production

• We analyze manufacturing processes and the training needs of the employees at your manufacturing sites.
• We support you in carrying out internal quality tests.
• We monitor the required product labeling.
• We assess your statistical techniques applied for the recording and assessment of complaints.

Step 5: Packaging and marketing 

• We simulate transport scenarios to test the stability of packaging and transport technology.
• We enable fast access to markets through rapid testing processes.
• We improve your global market success through our certification marks. 
• We ensure your competitive edge through our high brand profile.