Indonesia Furniture Directory

Korean builders are receiving more orders from abroad, and this has helped Korean furniture makers raise exports.

Korean construction firms building apartment complexes or studio apartments are installing furniture made by Korean manufacturers.

In Kazakhstan last year, for example, ENEX supplied kitchen furniture to 581 apartment units built by Dong Il Construction. Overall ENEX provided kitchen furniture for 1,240 apartment units abroad last year, including 440 in Vancouver, Canada and 168 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Universal Furniture’s Better Homes and Gardens Furniture Collection will be featured on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on March 2 at 8 p.m.

Pieces from the collection will be used to help furnish a new home for the Lucus family of Rice, VA – a military family who are passionate about preserving Virginia history.

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BENTO GONCALVES, Brazil, February 26 /PRNewswire/ –
MOVELSUL BRASIL 2008, showcasing the quality of Brazilian furniture by more than 415 exhibitors and the largest international furniture fair in Latin America, will be held March 24-28 in the southern Brazilian city of Bento Goncalves.

This is the sixteenth time the event is being held, and its success is tied to business and the opening up of the market for the Brazilian industry, attracting a professional audience of retailers, decorators and importers.

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By VIOLET CHO

The wealth of Burma’s forests is set to go on display next month, when the country’s ruling military regime will hold its third biannual exhibition of teak furniture and other timber products to attract international buyers and shore up its foreign reserves.  

One of the organizers of the show, a manager at the state-run Myanmar Timber Enterprise, confirmed that the Myanmar Furniture Show 2008 will take place March 3-7 at the Military Historical Museum and Archives in Rangoon.

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By Dennis Seid,Daily Journal

TUPELO – A furniture company is only as good as its products – and the people who sell them.

Enter George Ramel, who has been a sales representative for more than 35 years for companies like Bassett, Englander Mattress, and currently, Orleans Furniture Inc.

On Friday, Ramel won the Manufacturer’s Representative Award for the Spring 2008 Tupelo Furniture Market.

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BELTON – From in-ground pools to pool tables, from plants to pest control, Amish wooden furniture to water preservation, even garden-size putting greens – it’s all at the Bell County Expo Center this afternoon from noon till 5 p.m.

Drop your husband off to admire the classic cars while you spend time in the garden at the Temple Area Homebuilders Association Home and Garden Show – and take your checkbook along.

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    YANGON,(Xinhua) — A five-day Myanmar furniture show will be held here early next month in a bid to introduce the country’s value-added wood products to the world market and boost timber export, according to the timber trading circle Sunday.

    Jointly sponsored by the state-run Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE) and the Timber Entrepreneurs Association, the Myanmar Furniture Show 2008, from March 3 to 7 with 166 booths, will display various pieces of furniture, finished wood-based products, rattan and bamboo wares as well as wood-made home decoration items, said the sponsor.

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BOSTON, /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — When Jordan’s Furniture shoppers try out a new easy chair or select other furniture for their new home theater setup, they can soon try out Verizon’s new FiOS TV service in the store. And they can do it without having to leave the comfort of the chair or sofa they are sitting in.

Verizon and Jordan’s Furniture Thursday (Feb. 21) announced a unique marketing agreement under which Verizon will construct a Verizon lifestyle store within the Jordan’s Furniture complex in Reading, Mass. The store will feature Verizon’s revolutionary new FiOS voice, Internet and TV services, and visitors can experience the services in the comfort of Jordan’s beautiful furniture.

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By Scott Reyburn

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — If you think a few million dollars is too high a price for investing in contemporary art, there may be a cheaper alternative: furniture.

Architects such as Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye are turning everyday items like tables, chairs and shelves into desirable objects made from marble, Corian, Perspex and Fiberglas.

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Sun Capital Partners, a minority-interest shareholder in Furniture Brands International, has proposed a takeover of the St. Louis-based company.

Furniture Brands is the parent company of Thomasville Furniture, Broyhill and several other North Carolina-based furniture companies.

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