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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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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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