Chairman of the Vitebsk region Alexander Subbotin visited JSC «Postavyfurniture»
– Getting acquainted with the work collectives of the Vitebsk region allows us to better understand what they are capable of, what they do, and where they need help for further development, – emphasized Alexander Subbotin. – "Postavyfurniture" is an interesting enterprise, it occupies an important segment in the country, and operates stably – without surges or downturns.
The reserves available to the enterprise are not exhausted. This is confirmed by the growing volumes of production and sales. For seven months, as reported to the head of the region by the director of JSC "Postavyfurniture", Sergey Latetsky, the team produced furniture worth 6.5 million rubles, increasing production compared to the same period last year by 151%. Revenue from its sale reached almost 9 million rubles, with earnings 56% higher than in 2021. Sales profitability was 7.1%.
In short, JSC "Postavyfurniture" is expanding its product range and actively promoting it. As a result, it has the opportunity to constantly increase production volumes and develop new sales markets. Under sanctions restrictions, for example, over 7 months, compared to last year, it increased export shipments by more than two times, selling products abroad for over 400 thousand dollars. Having lost customers in the European Union countries, it turned its attention to the East. It tripled exports to Russia – from 42 thousand in 2021 to 111 thousand dollars this year. Institutions and residents of the Moscow, Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod, and Lipetsk regions, Bashkortostan, and the Chechen Republic are eagerly buying furniture from Postavy.
Educational institutions in Kazakhstan have taken advantage of the opportunity to purchase more Belarusian furniture. The furniture makers from Postavy established business ties with them in previous years, and this year, by the start of the academic year, they furnished two schools. Furniture worth $258,000 was supplied to this country's market. Kazakhstan accounted for 63% of the total export volume.
The Postavy furniture makers have huge potential within their own country. On average, they furnish 5-6 Belarusian schools per year. Last year, they furnished five out of seven schools commissioned. This includes a school in Babruysk, which was inspected by the President of the country, who highly praised the work of all those involved in the construction and furnishing of the educational institution. In 2022, two schools and a kindergarten in Minsk, and a school in Stolin were furnished with furniture from Postavy, and dozens of orders from other educational institutions were fulfilled. The largest furniture customers are the National Institute of Education and BELAZ. For the former, the Postavy furniture makers have furnished about a thousand biology, physics, and chemistry classrooms in recent years, and for the automobile plant, they manufactured office furniture. The order was worth 900,000 rubles.
As noted by Sergey Latetsky, the company works with all available materials on the market: particleboard (DSP), medium-density fiberboard (MDF), painted and laminated plastic. It uses hardware from leading domestic manufacturers. The products are designed for the mid-price and economy segments. However, the equipment allows for the production of furniture of any level, even premium class.
Using a computer, particleboard is cut like fabric, and the machine itself provides cuts with millimeter accuracy. In the metalworking shop, where frames are manufactured, an imported welding robot is used. With the help of the regional executive committee, an automatic drying chamber and an edge-banding machine were acquired, and a band saw was purchased for cutting metal. Documents for the procurement of a painting and drying chamber are ready. For 7 months, investments in fixed assets amounted to almost 500,000 rubles, including over 235,000 from the non-budgetary centralized investment fund of the regional executive committee.
What has been done is a stage passed, believes the head of the enterprise. We need to think about tomorrow, about development prospects. The buyer always expects new products. Homeowners and dacha owners want to see practical yet stylish items. In kindergartens and schools, children are happy with bright, beautiful, and comfortable furniture. The Erismann desk was highly praised by Alexander Subbotin as well. And in furniture production, emphasized the head of the region, it is important to be ahead of the times, to anticipate trends in fashion changes for shapes, materials, and fittings.
For over 40 years, JSC "Postavyfurniture" has been a leader in the country in the production of furniture for educational institutions, successfully mastering the production of items for home and dacha, and offering customers about 400 product names.
A steady hum of equipment fills the production workshops of JSC "Postavyfurniture". Material boards, which will soon become finished products, smoothly move from stacks onto the panel of a special machine that cuts wood like fabric and transfers it to the next operation. All technological holes are cut in the workpiece, and the edge is processed. The conveyor chain is completed by assembling parts and packaging the finished product. Another batch of furniture for the National Children's Technopark is being prepared for shipment…