Published on : Friday, January 10, 2014
Experts from the UK’s leading furniture care and repair specialist think that it can and are so confident in their work that they will be at Interiors 2014 challenging you to find their repair. “If an item of furniture …
Published on : Saturday, December 21, 2013
Information from a publication released this week hints at a small recovery for furniture manufacturing in the UK, but this improvement is overshadowed by poor export performance and China gaining a massive foothold of our import market. A statistics …
Published on : Thursday, December 5, 2013
FIRA International is using the specially designed dummies to test to the newly introduced standard, BS 8474: 2013, for rise and recline chairs and electrically powered recliner chairs. The dummies are used to test the durability of the rise and …
Published on : Wednesday, November 27, 2013
John Sankey’s parent company Meadowmead has been awarded a prestigious Manufacturing Guild Mark (MGM), available only to the top 50 furniture and furnishing manufacturers in the UK, demonstrating excellence in furniture manufacturing. The MGM is awarded to companies who …
Published on : Wednesday, November 6, 2013
FIRA Service Technicians has recruited a new Business Development Manager as part of its expansion this year. Lauren Larter has joined FIRA Service Technicians (FST) to support existing and potential clients following an expansion of the business. FIRA …
Published on : Tuesday, October 22, 2013
The UK’s leading furniture testing centre has created a new role to head up its customer services team. Liz Stallman, who first joined the organisation 15 years ago, has been appointed to the role of Customer Services Coordinator for …
Published on : Tuesday, October 15, 2013
The Asian furniture testing arm of FIRA, the UK furniture technology centre, has passed its annual audit with flying colours. FIRA-CMA Testing Services Limited, based in Hong Kong, has maintained an accreditation which ensures that testing is work is …
Published on : Monday, October 7, 2013
A new range of acoustic seating, which aims to create sound reduced spaces for quiet working or break out areas, is the latest addition to the Innovation Showcase at a world-leading furniture technology centre. Designed and manufactured by Triumph, …