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INTRODUCTION Furniture is the movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e. chairs desks,
cabinets, closets, etc.). It may be made of wood, metal, plastics, stone, glass, fabrics, and related
materials. It ranges from the simple pine chest or country chair to the elaborate marquetry-work
cabinet or gilded console table. It is usually movable, though it can be built-in, as are kitchen
cabinets and bookcases. It can either reveal or hide how it was constructed, and it can be highly
stylized. The design and building of furniture is related to both architecture and interior design.
Throughout history the functional and decorative aspects of furniture have been influenced by
economics and fashion. Real wood furniture is the most popular furniture in existence; it's been
around for hundreds of years. FURNITURE INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is a leading
furniture manufacturing industry. In developed countries, furniture is being made on modern
machineries, but in Pakistan it is usually made through manual methods and by hands. The
furniture industry in Pakistan can be divided into two main types; cottages and small-scale
industry. These units, which are not mechanized, use out-dated tools and employ manual labour
for the production of furniture. There are about 700 registered units in the country. These units
are operating on a single shift/300 day¶s per annum basis. Wooden furniture is manufactured in
Pakistan by a large number of cottage industries, spread over rural areas, small towns and cities.
Pakistan's tradition of wood-carving has been considerably enriched by the continuing addition
of new furniture designs in vogue overseas. Furniture makers keep themselves well acquainted
with the latest design kits. The fast growing furniture industry is aiming at developing a system
designed to incorporate its tradition with modern functional demands, coupled with a feeling for
the quality of the material and of aesthetic values.
Gujrat has a unique status throughout the Punjab due to some of its manufacturing capabilities
and productions. There are about 1,059 cottage level and small/medium/large scale industrial
units operating in the district.pThe city is well known due to itsfurniture manufacturing skills.
Gujratis have mastered the skills of conditioning the wood and producing world class furniture
having immaculate finish.

Pakistan is the leading exporterof Furniture. Gujrat and Chiniotis the most recognized city of
Pakistan in furniture industry. ³Chiniot has the potential to become a world class furniture
manufacturing centre,´ stressed Mr. Dario Corbetta, head of the Italian furniture manufacturing
association (ACIMAL) after visiting Pakistan¶s five major furniture clusters. Mr. Corbetta was
visiting Pakistan to explore venes of collaboration as well as the possibility of setting up a wood-
working institute in Pakistan.

Speaking in Islamabad, the Italian furniture expert said Chiniot could prosper and develop into a
furniture manufacturing centre of world repute if the cluster was to incorporate better work
conditions, quality workmanship, specialized and hand-held machinery and especially
contemporary design.

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