Panel furniture has excellent performance, and the market scale has surpassed that of solid wood furniture and gradually widened the gap
Panel furniture is made of wood-based panels as the main raw material, with various stickers or veneer, after sawing, edge sealing, drilling,
Disassembled and assembled furniture made of milling and surface treatment. Generally, all kinds of metal hardware are used as the dismantling of the connecting parts.
Assembled furniture, common panel furniture mainly includes suite furniture, wardrobes, cabinets, office furniture, etc.
Classification of furniture industry
- Wooden furniture
- Panel furniture
- Solid wood furniture
- Non-wood furniture
The market size of panel furniture has surpassed that of solid wood furniture and gradually widened the gap.
Compared with solid wood furniture, panel furniture has many characteristics such as easy assembly, easy disassembly, rich styles, small space occupation, not easy to deform, easier customization and affordable price, and is increasingly favored by the new generation of consumers.
According to the Frost & Sullivan report, the market size of panel furniture and solid wood furniture in China was 261.8 billion yuan and 194 billion yuan respectively in 2014, and then the market size of panel furniture grew at a compound annual growth rate of 7.2% to 371 billion yuan in 2019 Yuan, which is higher than the compound annual growth rate of solid wood furniture of 6.5%.
The export of panel furniture exceeds that of solid wood furniture mainly because:
(i) Panel furniture products have a price advantage because their cost is lower than that of solid wood furniture;
(ii) The quality stability of panel furniture products is relatively high, for example, unstable moisture density or other climatic conditions may cause cracks or other damage to solid wood furniture;
(iii) Panel furniture is relatively easy to disassemble and compress in size, which can reduce the freight and cost of transporting panel furniture to overseas customers;
(iv) It is easier for consumers to design styles, taking into account fashion and comfort.
Therefore, panel furniture is more popular in overseas markets.
Panel furniture machinery is a kind of woodworking machinery, and it is a machine used to process man-made panels to produce wood products such as panel furniture.
In order to ensure the craftsmanship quality of panel furniture products and improve the level of automated production, modern panel furniture manufacturing relies more on modern CNC panel furniture machinery and equipment such as automatic edge banding machines, CNC panel saws and automatic multi-row drills.
