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Inside GEROM
For distributors and buyers of school and office furniture: how it's made and why it lasts.
Behind the Factory: how it's made
What goes wrong with packaging, and where
Why the bag of screws goes missing: how fittings are counted by sensor, why cartons are cut to each product, and what packaging cannot fix.
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The edge nobody thinks about until it peels
The strip around a chipboard desk is its whole defence against water. Why edge thickness is worth specifying, and what happens before the banding line.
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How a flat sheet of wood learns to hold a curve
A curved plywood seat is made curved, not bent afterwards. How thin veneer layers are pressed into shape, and why it matters where the pressing happens.
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What a two-second weld decides about a chair's next ten years
Two welds can look identical and differ in fusion depth. How robotic cells turn angle, speed and current into settings, and a better question than 'do you check your welds?'
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No manual spray stage. Inside the automated powder coating line
Manual powder spraying drifts over a shift. How an automatic coating line keeps batch 1 and batch 5,000 identical, and the one question to ask any supplier.
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EUDR and school furniture: what to ask your supplier before 30 December 2026
EUDR applies from 30 December 2026. Which furniture is in scope, who files the due diligence statement, and four questions worth asking any supplier.
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Formaldehyde in furniture: is E1 still enough?
E1 alone no longer confirms furniture meets EU formaldehyde rules. What changed in August 2026 and what to ask for when comparing quotations.
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Why more distributors are quietly moving away from single-country sourcing
Why more distributors keep a second qualified supplier, and how a route from Ukraine through EU customs in Chełm, Poland actually works.
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Reading the small print at the bottom of a furniture catalogue
FSC, ISO and EN answer different questions. How to compare two 'certified' furniture offers in five minutes: material origin, company process, product performance.
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How a partnership with a new distributor really starts
A partnership with a new distributor rarely starts with price. It starts with 'can you make it differently?' Standard range, OEM and certification questions.
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What happens between your order and your delivery
From confirmed order to delivery: fixed drawings, a 30-day production cycle, packaging designed once per model, warehouse checks and planned loads.
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