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'BIZNES meble.pl' international edition 2/2019

Polish furniture – a new challenge 4
R E P O R T 6
To rearrange the education system. Qualified staff remains a pressing problem of the education system in Poland. Entrepreneurs are becoming more and more involved in the development of industry education by declaring help in organizing student internships, substantive as well as financial support – everything in black and white, without hot potato situation. 6
I N D U S T R Y 12
News 12
The situation is good, but challenges are growing. In 2018 the Polish furniture industry reached the level of sold value of 48.1 billion PLN which confirms the previously forecast record and an increase of 6.4% compared to 2017. In 2017, production sold according to the Statistics Poland data was 45.2 billion PLN (6.1% YOY). The B+R Studio estimates that the value of sold production will amount to about 50.5 billion PLN (5.0% YOY) in 2019. 16
Higher expectations, greater joy. Edyta Świątek, sales director and Hubert Świątek, general director of Lech Modern Fabrics, speak about the company's values cultivated for 40 years of the company's existence, the growing boldness of customers in choosing the colours of furniture fabrics, the importance of the Polish market and new perspectives. 20
Record past, stable future. The year 2017 was record-breaking for the Polish furniture industry in terms of revenues. However, the return on assets and sales as well as the return on equity were reduced. Nevertheless, the indicators assessing liquidity to settle liabilities have improved – both general debt ratio and current liquidity ratio – which may foreshadow the upcoming stabilization of the industry. 24
Map of Poland from the furniture point of view. One third of furniture and mattresses produced in Poland by companies that were in our report 'Złota 200 – report on Polish furniture producers' is made by the companies located in the Wielkopolskie Voivodship. 34
Furniture expansion made in Poznań 36
Competition and cooperation. 'Archipelago of development: the transition from opportunistic to relational economic game' – a lecture under this title was given by prof. Jerzy Hausner during the conference 'Economics of values: man – company – relations. Autonomy and cooperation as a tool for effective management in the furniture industry' organized in Poznań, March 13, during the 'Meble Polska' fair. 46
How to build social capital of trust and cooperation? Next to the lecture given by prof. Jerzy Hausner (we publish it earlier) during the conference 'Economics of values: man – company – relations. Autonomy and cooperation as a tool for effective management in the furniture industry' there was also a discussion panel held. 52
D E S I G N 58
Good life. This year's Łódź Design Festival emphasized aspects of a good life, such as relationships between man and the environment. Thinking of ecology, craft and emotions. 58
Here and now. Passion and constant need for development led Joanna Sieradzan to create the Svarog Furniture brand in 2015 and in this year also ReFine Furniture. Both brands had their international debuts in Milan. Joanna is looking for inspiration, among others, in Slavic culture. She creates responsible projects, pointing out that the use and minimization of waste in industry is an extremely important issue. 60
TOPIC OF THE ISSUE 66
Learning independence 66
C H I L L O U T 70
We celebrated! 'Friends Party' – that was the theme of the celebration of the 100th edition of the monthly 'BIZNES meble.pl'. The party was held at the Garden City complex within MTP Poznań Expo on March 13. The report from this event could be summed up in three words: 'big time party'… 70

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