Indonesian Teak furniture Industry

Furniture Industry in Indonesia has boomed since the 1998 Asian crisis. The main reason behind this boom was the weak Rupiah, availability of abundant teak plantations and no or very little competition from outside. Furniture buyers from all over the world took advantage of this cheaper teakwood furniture prices including a lot of big global hypermarkets. The result was the availability of Indonesian teak furniture in almost every part of the world. Plenty of small furniture manufacturing firms start entering this furniture boom to provide cheap teak furniture to the global market, which benefited everybody at that time. There is no denial that the growth in number of enterprises and the number of jobs in furniture sector did rose dramatically but since then other internal and external factors had slowed this Indonesian teak furniture boom.

Indonesian teak furniture industry is suffering from the scarcity and cost of the raw materials. The illegally logged timber is not available the way it used to be few years back. This made the small furniture enterprises, which had benefited earlier with the abundant use of illegal logged wood very difficult to sustain and most of them have even stopped their operations. The prices of teak timber for viable source (PERHUTANI) has almost tripled in last 7- 8 years and the buyers from outside still want to pay the same or even less. They don’t want to increase the prices at which they used to buy as they are selling their goods cheaper in their markets compared to 7 years back. This has forced many small enterprises to lower down the quality of teak timber used in their furniture. This has resulted in the evolution of treated teak furniture in the market. Treated teak timber furniture is made of very low quality timber which is then chemically treated to make sure that furniture has the homogeneous color.

Language barrier and the lack of need to invest in their infrastructure is another major factor which has stopped or hindered the local furniture manufacturers to get the good price for their furniture products. This has benefited a lot of big foreign trading companies. These foreign trading companies represent themselves as furniture manufacturers to the global market but in reality they just buy the furniture from local manufacturers and then export these furniture items under their brand name to the worldwide market. These foreign companies are exerting lot of pressure on local manufacturers and demanding the cheapest price possible. This resulted in local manufacturers paying lower wages to their workers, using lower quality raw materials and do everything they can do keep their business profitable. This vicious circle has a bad effect on all sectors of the industry: labor, investment, social responsibility, quality of products and so forth.

Another challenge to Indonesian teak furniture Industry is the competition from countries like Malaysia, Vietnam and China. Malaysia is one of the major exporter of wood furniture to the global market, though it does not have plantation resources like Indonesia, still very good amount of teak furniture to the global market is exported from Malaysia. It is because of the fact that illegal logged timber from Indonesia still goes to Malaysia. Malaysia, Vietnam, and China export the teak furniture from their countries at cheaper prices than Indonesian though those countries still lack experienced and skilled craftsmen.

In conclusion, the Indonesian teak furniture industry has benefited a lot of people in Indonesia and abroad but the competitive pressures now from inside and as well as outside, are dragging the industry into the race to the bottom.

Importance of production process in Teak furniture manufacturing

Teak furniture has been the preferred choice as garden furniture since decades because of its beautiful grains and its unique characteristics. The presence of high oil and rubber content help it to repel moisture, sun fading, and termites making it one of the durable and preferable woods. A lot of consumers buy teak furniture to last for ages. There is no doubt that the teak will last for ages but if the furniture built of teak does not go through a proper production process, it is same as any other cheap furniture.

The production process is as important as the sorting of teak for the furniture manufacturing. In proper production process, the wood has to be dried well, the joinery has to be good and the glue has to be of good quality.

Drying process: The proper drying of wood is very important in any furniture manufacturing. However it is more important in teak furniture manufacturing because of its higher cost and the expectations the consumers put on these pieces. This stage of the manufacturing process will make sure that the teak furniture pieces does not crack or warp. I see lot of consumers complaining on various forums that the furniture pieces they bought just few months back are showing some cracks or have started to warp. The main reason for these problems is just that the wood was not dried properly. The sawn timber should go through well regulated modern kiln driers for almost 14 days to attain the maximum moisture content of 12%. The well regulated modern kilns make sure that the wood is dried inside out and not like the old kilns where only the wood dries from outside.

Joinery: All furniture pieces have some sort of joinery. It is this joinery process which makes it possible for the furniture pieces to be intact for the lifetime. The tongue and grove joinery is the best joinery from centuries and is used even today. However these days there are mortise and tenon machinery in furniture manufacturing which makes the tongue and grove joints even stronger.

Glue: The good joinery has to be followed by the good glue. It is this glue which will make sure that the tongue and grove or mortise and tenon joints remain intact for the lifetime. There are various type of glues used in the furniture manufacturing. However for outdoor furniture the glue has to be waterproof. So for teak furniture manufacturing polyethylene waterproof adhesive should be used.

So if you are looking to customize your outdoor setting with beautiful, unique, durable teak furniture pieces make sure that those pieces have been made through the proper manufacturing process.

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Teak Furniture Manufacturer

Teak has always been the first priority for patio furniture.
It is the high rubber content present in this wood which makes it resistant to heat, rain, termites and to extreme cold conditions without the need of any treatment. Because of this unique ability of not rotting or corroding when brought in contact with metals, many furniture manufactures have chosen to use teak with other metals like stainless steel to provide an alternative modern and contemporary looking teak garden furniture. This modern design teak garden furniture has become the new trend in teak furniture market. We see plenty of items, which are, mix of teak and stainless steel or teak and aluminum. Besides metals, all weather contemporary patio furniture had grown rapidly in recent years because of its unique qualities as outdoor furniture.
Having said that, consumers nowadays got plenty of options to choose from according to their life style. Traditional classic outdoor furniture made of teakwood and modern looking furniture made of mix materials. One fine example of these types of products you can find at S.N.Indonusa.

The company produces teak outdoor furniture of traditional and modern contemporary designs. Browse Triconville for stainless steel and
patio wicker furniture.