Chiniot has the potential to become a world-class furniture manufacturing centre, said Dario Corbetta, head of the Italian furniture manufacturing association, ACIMAL, after visiting a cluster of Pakistan’s five major furniture manufacturers. According to a press release, Dario Corbetta is visiting Pakistan to explore avenues of collaboration as well as the possibility of setting up [...]

The one-kilometre stretch of road leading to Nairobi’s affluent Karen suburb is well-known in the area as the best place to buy furniture. Dozens of makeshift shops display their wares – mahogany beds and dinner tables, metal coffee tables and CD racks – along the side of the road. While chain stores and chic furniture [...]

AFTER the popular virgin coconut oil and the award-winning “coconet” comes the coco shell board. Living up to its reputation as a tree of multiple uses, the coconut has shown that the shell of its nuts can also be used as wood materials for dining tables, chairs, sala sets, cabinets, frames and other similar products. [...]