The European market for kitchen furniture, part II

The eigth edition of The European market for kitchen furniture Part II (formerly The kitchen furniture market in Central-Eastern Europe) analyses the production, consumption, international trade, distribution and competitive system of the kitchen furniture industry in the following 13 CEE Countries (CE Europe 13 or CEE 13): Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Czech Republic (CZ), Hungary (HU), Poland (PL), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI). For this edition, Estonia (EE), Latvia (TV), Lithuania (LT), Cyprus (CY), Malta (MT) have been added. An overview on other 6 CE European Countries is also included as appendix at the end of the report: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine. The report covers both kitchen furniture (excluding the sales of cabinets only) and the built-in appliances sold through this channel. Kitchen furniture imports and exports in the CE European countries considered, are broken down by country and by geographical area of destination and origin. The time frame considered is 2012-2017. The main macroeconomic variables necessary to analyse the performance of the sector for the last six years are also included. A financial analysis is based on a sample of almost 350 Central-Eastern European manufacturing companies that produce mostly kitchens, and includes profitability ratios (EBITDA, EBIT, ROI, ROE), structure ratios, employment data and per employees ratios. Kitchen furniture production is broken down according to: cabinet door material (solid wood, veneer, laminated, decorative papers, thermoplastic foils, lacquered, melamine, aluminium, glass); cabinet door style (classic, rustic, modern, design, hi-tech); cabinet door colour (white, bright colours, neutral colours, wood looking) and lacquered type (high gloss, opaque); worktop material (solid surface materials, engineered and natural stone, laminated, wood, tiles and ceramics, steel and aluminium, wood, glass); price range (luxury, upper end, middle-upper, middle, middle-low, low end). An overview of the main distribution channels active on the kitchen furniture market in Central-Eastern Europe (Kitchen specialists; Furniture retailers; Large furniture chains; Contract and Building trade; DIY stores). Information on the competitive system include the analysis of the leading local and foreign players (especially from Italy and Germany) present in each price range and in each CE European country considered. Detailed tables show sales data and market shares for the leading kitchen furniture companies, and short profiles of the major players in the kitchen furniture industry are also available. An address list of the major CE European kitchen furniture companies mentioned in the Report is included.