Plywood: (CITATION Jon16 /L 1033)
Plywood: (CITATION Jon16 /L 1033)
Plywood: (CITATION Jon16 /L 1033)
In Bangladesh, the furniture industry experience huge demand for wood material every year.
Experts are constantly searching for new materials to solve conventional wood material problem.
Among the wood materials plywood is one of the most versatile product that have brought a
huge difference in furniture industry.
Plywood is basically wood veneers bonded together to produce a flat sheet. The versatility of
Plywood has ensured an important function in furnishing and woodwork and the material is
available in many forms and sizes. Plywood can be made of softwood or hardwood, and
depending on how the plywood was manufactured and/or treated, Now-a-days plywood becomes
very familiar in Bangladesh furniture industry due to the beneficial properties of plywood.
Plywood combines lightness, resilience and versatility with a marvelous blend. The growth of
the plywood market therefore increases worldwide every day.
Since the benefits of plywood are enormous, plywood plays an important role in furniture
industry in Bangladesh. In contrast to wood, plywood are now easily available in all over the
country. Many leading furniture brands like Otobi, Akter, Partex furniture are offering best
plywood furniture. Due to plywood inherent properties like durability, flexibility, high strength,
cost etc. made a way to the furniture industry and creates a value among the consumer.
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3D printing creates waves across the furniture production industry from concept to production.
The ways major industries create prototyped goods, with new concepts can make shape in a
matter of hours. Although large scale of 3D printing is become more and more possible how the
technology is consistently used to develop consumer products on small scale.
In the furniture business the traditional process requires significant time and huge investment in
design section. Prototypes are made, model tested and reworked to reach a finished product. It is
now possible to build a 3D printed furniture functional designs n a completely digitized process
chain on large-scale 3D printers and advanced CAD software. This advance technology allows to
explore new, modern forms in furniture industry. Many renowned brands like IKEA are now
presenting this advanced and modern furniture line in the furniture industry. Because of simple,
modern outlook and less costly, the demand of 3D printed furniture increasing massively.
But unfortunately, in Bangladesh furniture industry are still struggling to introduce 3D printed
furniture among the consumers. Lack of advanced 3D printers and software Bangladesh furniture
industry cannot produce this prototype furniture. As a result, companies have imported the
machineries and workers to produce the product. This will increase the production cost. In
Bangladesh Leading furniture brands follows competitive price strategy. As it is a news product
and high cost, the consumer demand will be very low. As a new technology in Bangladesh, it
will raise many legal concerns too.
To introduce 3D printed furniture Bangladesh furniture industry can solve this problem by
following these steps
Create Brand value: As this prototype 3D printed are new in Bangladesh, Companies
have to create the brand value. However, companies have to import the equipment and
labor, the production cost will be high. As a result, the price of the product also will be
high. To create a proper brand value can increase the demand of product. Loyal consume
will willing to pay the price of the product even though it is high.
Legal issues: As it is a new technology it can create legal issues In Bangladesh. If
Bangladesh take initiatives to develop copy right issue and the licensing system for
industrial manufacturers and allow to import 3D printers and scanners only for furniture
manufacture purpose. Then furniture industry can easily import the equipment and create
the new product.