The Office Furniture Market in India

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

• Map of the country
• Exchange rates, 1999-2008
• Methodology

1. OVERVIEW

• The economy
  • Economic indicators: population, GNP, household consumption expenditure
  • Population by Federal State
  • Real growth of furniture consumption: forecast
• Furniture industry summary
• Office furniture sector: basic data
• Basic data. Furniture production, consumption, imports and exports, million US$
  • Breakdown of office furniture by product
  • Furniture exports / imports by area
  • Main furniture trading partners

2. THE OFFICE FURNITURE COMPETITION

• Indian office furniture manufacturers
• Foreign office furniture manufacturers operating in India
  • Leading local manufacturers. Office furniture sales and employees
  • Foreign companies. Total furniture sales in India
  • Joint ventures, commercial partnerships and know how transfer

3. THE OFFICE FURNITURE CONSUMPTION

• Demand Determinants
  • GDP growth and inflation rate
  • Population
  • Number of main and marginal workers
  • Main workers by different industrial categories
  • Commercial construction investments by different sectors and forecast until 2012
  • Census building and scheduled building within 2012
  • Public Institutions
• Consumption trends in terms of product and materials
  • Breakdown of office table frame and legs by material
  • Breakdown of operative top by kind of wood
  • Breakdown of executive top by kind of wood
  • Price ranges of office furniture by category. Operative/executive desking and seating.
  • Price ranges of office furniture by category. Operative/executive workstation

4. OFFICE FURNITURE DISTRIBUTION AND FAIRS

• Office furniture main distribution channels.
  • Breakdown of office furniture consumption by distribution channel
• Sector fairs and magazines

5. INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Indian office furniture imports and exports
• Kind of investment for foreign operators
  • Exports of office furniture by country and by geographical area
  • Exports of office furniture excluding seating, by country and by geographical area
  • Duration and cost of export and import procedures
  • Imports of office furniture by country and by geographical area
  • Imports of office furniture excluding seating, by country and by geographical area
  • Imports of offfice seating, by country and by geographical area

APPENDIX

• Indian manufacturers
• Indian importers, dealers and contractors
• Foreign manufacturers

Selected companies mentioned:

Godrej and Boyce Interio, BP Ergo Limited, Wipro Limited, Featherlite Products Private Limited, Haworth India Private Ltd, Merino Industries, Durian Industries Ltd, Geeken seating collection, Archdeep Interiors Private Limited, V3 Engineers Private Limited, Methodex system, Eurocaustic Products Limited, The Continental Group, Ergomaxx and Om Vishwakarma Furniture Ltd.