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'BIZNES meble.pl' international edition 2/2018

Record production, record challenge 4
R E P O R T 6
Accelerated course of maturing. Poles are among the fastest ageing societies in the EU. According to Central Statistical Office of Poland forecasts in 2050, over 40% of our country's population will be in their sixties. 6
I N D U S T R Y 14
News 14
More than European Union. Although the main recipient of furniture from Poland are the European Union countries (the annual value of exports to the EU ranged from 84.8 to 87.4% of the total Polish exports in 2010-2017), the need to diversify sales and the search for new export markets related to that make Polish producers more and more often look for business partners outside Europe. 20
Bold decisions, safe fabrics. Tomasz Siekacz, Research Development Director at Agmamito Group, talks with Diana Nachiło. 26
Polish furniture overseas. According to recent estimates of Business Insider Intelligence, US residents spend $ 38 billion (135 billion PLN ) on furniture on the Internet. This means that the e-commerce furniture market in the United States has more than three times bigger turnover than furniture production in Poland in general. 30
At the beginning there was fear... and 500 borrowed German marks. Dariusz Wilk, President of the Bejot Management Board, talks to Anna Żamojda. 34
Cruise control in Poznań. Report on 'Meble Polska 2018' fair. 38
Business tête-à-tête 48
D E S I G N 54
Can you feel design tonight. The leitmotif on which the program of this year's 'Arena Design' was focused was 'Generations'. There were conversations about using the experience and achievements of the elderly in the world of design and how to use the visions and creativity of the young. 54
I compare my fabrics to the buildings. Aleksadnra Gaca, designer, talks to Anna Szypulska. 60
In reflection. Let's think and talk, let's reflect on the relationship between man and technology and craft – encouraged this year's Łódź Design Festival organized for the first time in May, not autumn. 66
I never stop thinking. Maja Ganszyniec, designer, founder and owner of the Ganszyniec studio, talks to Anna Szypulska. 70
T E C H N O L O G Y 76
IDeal piece of furniture. Furniture as an identity card – this is not an futurologists idea. A sofa can serve as a person's ID the same as biometric passport. It can also be an element of the interior in which the user feels cosy, safe and comfortable to the maximum extent. 76
C H I L L O U T 76
It has been 10 years... On 6-9 March this year. 'Arena Design' celebrated its 10th anniversary. Has 'Generations' – the motto accompanying this event proved to be a binder that connects the worlds of business and industrial design? 82
On Schattdecor's Secret Service. Schattdecor celebrated its 25th anniversary on the Polish market in the James Bond movie climate. Nothing was accidental that night, even the date of the meeting – 007 March – was chosen deliberately... 84
It has been 40 years... from the day when Ryszard Barcerkiewicz started his own business. The owner of the Balma and Noti companies invited business partners as well as colleagues and friends to the Musical Theater in Poznań for the 40th anniversary party on April 5th. 85
'Night with Design' for the tenth time. 86
You will gain success when work is pleasure. On 13th of July – the 25th anniversary of AMI Polska – Andrzej Nowicki, founder and owner of the company retired, but – as he assures – he is still going to work there. 88

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