tailieunhanh - FURNITURE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY

All labeling of upholstery is voluntary except the label attached to the cushion indicating materials used inside the upholstery item. This label, found just under the cushion, is headed with the words “do not remove under penalty of law.” Listed on this label are the padding materials used inside, which are usually cotton batting, polyurethane or urethane, and polyester batting. The cotton batting is used to cover the upholstery frame, the polyurethane and urethane foam are used for the cushioning, and the polyester batting is used to wrap the urethane cushion. This label also includes the kinds of materials used for the back cushion, which are urethane,. | REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF ECONOMY FURNITURE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY Furniture production in Turkey dates back to the 19th century and was done in small workshops as artisan production. However by the rapid globalization and all other aspects present furniture industry is becoming a fashion sector. In Turkey furniture is produced both in workshops and industrial-scale manufacturing units. Furniture production is highly fragmented among a large number of small workshops. These small workshops play an important role in producing hand carved and handmade furniture. Workshops are flexible establishments in nature and have enough capacity and labor force to expand their production line in order to supply large orders. Large-scale furniture firms produce standard models by using automated mass-production techniques and most of their production is oriented towards export. In accordance to data from Turkish Statistical Institute TurkStat in 2009 furniture production was realized as billion Turkish Liras. According to the recent General Census of Industry and Business Establishments 2008 the furniture sector employs 150 427 people and the industry has 34 438 companies manufacturing various furniture. Moreover capacity data of The Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey TOBB reports 40 companies who have over 250 employees and 155 companies who have over 100 employees. Besides Istanbul Chamber of Industry s list of the top 500 industrial establishments of Turkey includes six furniture companies. According to the list these six companies are Boyta Mobilya San. ve Tic. Merkez Qelik San. ve Tic. Merinos Hall Sanayi ve Tic. istikbal Mobilya San. ve Tic. Major SKT Oto Donanim San. ve Tic. . and Teknik Malzeme Tic. ve San. . Furniture production in Turkey is concentrated mainly in istanbul Ankara Bursa inegol Kayseri izmir and Adana. The most important furniture production districts are istanbul and the region of Bolu-Duzce which .