On what are we sitting? Manufacturing of chairs in Latvia
2008
Avots, M., Baltic timber journal, Riga (Latvia)
There are 42 companies in Latvia which manufacture chairs, and these employ some 1,200 people. Jānis Mārciņš, executive director of the Latvian Association of Wood Processing Companies and Exporters, says that only a few companies manufacture chairs at the industrial level - the Riga Chair Factory, SIA Rondeks, SIA Wenden Furniture, SIA Vidzeme VMV, and the design furniture manufacturer Chair Baltic. Latvia's four largest factories manufacture some 223,000 chairs a year, and approximately 75% of output is exported to Scandinavian and other parts of the European Union. Work with designers continues when mass production begins, because products cal always is improved. In November, 2007 in Riga, there was a discussion not only about dividing up chairs, but also about manufacturing them. Riga Technical University organised a conference, 'Riga's Chair', where chair manufacturing from Latvia and other countries talk about their experience in various aspects of the industry.
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