In Early 2012 The Media Portrayed In A Negative Light The Fact That Vanke Had Used Paper To Produce Furniture After The Companyrsquos Exquisitely Decorated House Was Suspected Of Using Poisonous Floor Materials Not Long Ago Coomo Furniture Was Suspected Of Using Cardboard Posing As Walnut Casting Paper Furniture In A Controversial Light Once Moreseveral Months Ago Ikea Faced A Tough Product Quality Problem Because The Lack Bookshelf Board Was Found To Be Filled With Honeycomb Paper The National Geographic Channel Even Pointed Out That The Socalled Solid Wood Furniture Was Actually Made Of Synthetic Wood By Mixing Wood Chips With Glue And Drying It Influenced By This Negative Press The Home Furnishing Field Became Averse To The Mere Mention Of Paper For Quite Some Time Ikea Explained That The Paper Furniture Used A Honeycomb Structure Which Gave Great Support On Both Sides Of The Boardthe Negative Reporting Did Not Retard The Development Of Paper Furniture Honeycomb Paper Is A New Type Of Sandwich Structure Energy Saving Material Made According To The Honeycomb Found In Nature The Corrugating Medium Is Glued Into Innumerable Hollow Threedimensional Regular Hexagons To Form A Whole Loadcarrying Paper Core And Surface Paper Is Pasted Onto Both Sides Because It Is Lightweight Inexpensive Strong And Recyclable Honeycomb Cardboard Is Popular Especially In Developed Countries Like The Netherlands The Us And Japan It Is A New Type Of Green Packaging That Can Save Resources And Protect The Environment At Various Domestic Furniture Exhibitions This Year Honeycomb Paper Furniture Will Be Under The Spotlight Thanks To The Features Just Listedchinarsquos Annual Wood Consumption Is 50 60 Million M3 According To The National Energy Saving And Emission Reduction Manual Issued By The Ministry Of Science And Technology Saving 1m3 Wood Can Reduce Carbon Emissions By 643g If 20 Of Chinarsquos Total Wood Consumption In Furniture Manufacturing Is Substituted By Honeycomb Paper Core The Country Can Cut Carbon Emissions By About 1543 Million Tons A Year By Widely Promoting The Use Of Honeycomb Cardboard Parts For Furniture In Furniture Manufacturing We Can Save About 10 Million M3 Of Wood A Yearnbsppaper Furniture Breaks Market Trends And Brings New Development Opportunitiesduring The Three Decades Since Chinarsquos Policy Of Reform And Opening Up Began Real Estate And Furniture Manufacturing Have Flourished Thanks To A Large Number Of Woodbased Panels There Were Over 50000 Furniture Factories In China With A Sales Volume Of Over Rmb 101 Trillion Usd 1641 Billion In 2012 After Cars Clothing And Household Appliances Furniture Is Now The Fourth Most Voraciously Expended Consumer Good Annual Wood Consumption Is 5060 Million M3 A Year And Continues To Grow Rapidly This Is Putting Great Pressure On The Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Of China To Ease The Increasingly Prominent Contradiction Between Market Supply And Consumer Demand Paper Honeycomb Furniture Emerged At The Right Timeunder The Dual Influence Of The Need To Be Environmentally Sensitive And Compliant With National Regulations Honeycomb Paper Furniture Is Becoming Increasingly Popular Wood Consumption By The Furniture Industry Is Up To 80 Million M3 A Year In China If Honeycomb Composite Board Is Widely Used In Furniture Manufacturing It Will Greatly Reduce Wood Consumption Experts Predict That The Use Of One Ton Of Paper Honeycomb Composite Materials Will Save 3050 M3 Wood Take A 20mm Thick Plate For Example If Honeycomb Composite Board Is Made Of Medium Density Fiberboard 25 Mm Thick The Volume And Weight Of Material Is Only About A Quarter Of The Solid Medium Density Fiberboard While The Cost Of The Composite Board Is Only About Half Of The Solid Board And The Composite Board Has Advantages Such As Lightness Of Weight Hardness To Deform And Ease Of Transport In The Near Future Paper Honeycomb Certainly Has The Potential To Tower Over Rivals In The Furniture Market Based On Its Unique Advantagescurrently In Guangdong Alone There Are Over 200 Furniture Companies Using Honeycomb Paper Core Many Locally Renowned Furniture Companies Like Idea Amp Design Dickson Haworth Hormann Wanlibao Royal Fuwei Hing Lee Furniture Goldfine Tiancheng New Lantian Zhejiang Fdd And Sichuan Quanu Have Made At Least Part Of Their Furniture Parts Using Honeycomb Paper Others Include Some Ikea Oem Factoriesin Hong Kong Highclass Furniture Made Of Highgrade Boards Composited By Highquality Honeycomb Materials Ndash Called Ldquoaircraft Woodrdquo Is Very Popular In Japan Housewives Prefer Light Honeycomb Furniture As Do Many Japanese Businessmen But Compared With The Rest Of The Furniture Industry Companies Using Honeycomb Paper To Produce Furniture Are Still A Minority Therefore There Is Still A Large Market Waiting To Be Developednbspgreen Design Supports Ecoawareness In The Hometoday To Facilitate The Trend Towards Environment Friendly Living Spaces The Ldquogreeningrdquo Of Furniture Materials Has Become Key To Support Environment Friendliness Sitrust Vigorously Promotes Honeycomb Paper Furniture Honeycomb Paper Technology Is More Widely Used Outside China Especially For Furniture Foreign Designers And Companies Who Attach Great Importance To Environmental Protection Of Furniture Praise This New Material Highly Some Products Of Popular Mainstream Companies Like Ikea Use Honeycomb Board Technologyin Recent Years Honeycomb Paper Furniture Has Won High Praise From Environmentalists Because Of Its Ecofriendly Benefits The Design And Application Of Honeycomb Paper Furniture Fully Comply With Green Design Thinking Green Design Considers The Influence On The Environment From Design To Material Selection Product Structural Functions Production Methods Packaging And Transportation And Product Usage Even To The Processing Of Disposed Productsgreen Design Has Ten Basic Principles That Align With Modern Design Healthy And Complete Design Easy To Use Parts Easily Replaceable And Able To Be Used Repeatedly Compact And Easy To Cleaned Easy To Separate And Combine Easily Recyclable Low Pollution And Low Energy Consumption Elegant And Suitable For Production Environment Materials Easy To Source Low Consumption And Holistic Design Principlesthe Design And Production Of Paper Honeycomb Furniture Fully Comply With Green Design Thinking Since 2000 With Further Implementation Of The National Forests And Environmental Protection Policies As Well As The Improvement Of Peoplersquos Living Standards Consumers Are More Demanding In Terms Of Wanting Products With A Good Environmental Performance The Prospect For Honeycomb Paper Furniture Are Immeasurablenbsppioneering Industry Innovation At The Forefront Of Mainstream Productionafter World War Ii Western European Countries Wanted To Ease The Shortage Of Resources Due To The Largescale Reconstruction Of Homes From This Need Honeycomb Paper Technology Emerged Because Of Environmental Protection And Energy Saving Low Carbon Emissions And Because It Has No Disadvantages From Using Wood Or Carrying Biological Pathogens Honeycomb Paper Furniture Is Suitable For Export High Profile Local And International Furniture Manufacturers Like Ikea Red Apple Fzd Goldfine Quanu And Kinwai Are Adopting This Technologyin Keeping With Global Energy Saving Environment Friendly Sustainable Development Trends Paper Material Is Made According To The Honeycomb Structure Principles Body Paper Is Glued On To Hollow Threedimensional Hexagons In This Way A Whole Piece Of Paper Core Carrying Load Can Be Formed Furniture Made From Honeycomb Paper Has Excellent Loadbearing Soundproofing Capacity Using Honeycomb Cardboard As Internal Filling Material Is A Major Feature Of Paper Furniture This Production Method Not Only Saves Boards But Also Reduces The Weight Of Furniture And It Is Easier To Shape And Transport After Technical Improvements And Upgrades This Kind Of Honeycomb Paper That Is Used As Furniture Internal Filling Materials Has Strong Supporting Capacity And High Durability Thus Honeycomb Paper Furniture Becomes Key In The Mainstream Market Thanks To Industry Innovation Experts Have Pointed Out That Honeycomb Cardboard Is More Suitable For Making Thick Board Furniture Such As Countertops And Bookcases Which Not Only Can Save 10 15 Of The Cost But Also Solve The Problems That The Thick Board Is Difficult To Be Shaped And Transported In Addition Paper Can Be Recycled 15 To 17 Times To Some Extent This Solves The Problem Of Having To Recycle Old Furniturechina Has The Largest Volume Of Fastgrowing Wood In The World However Because Of Its Low Density And Short Fiber Length This Kind Of Wood Is Only Suitable For Making Paper Or Paperplatetype Manmade Boards Not The Loadbearing Parts Of Furniture Most Wood Used To Make The Loadbearing Parts Of Furniture Is Imported The Promotion Of Paper Furniture Can Greatly Reduce The Use Of Wood For Example 1m3 Honeycomb Board Can Stretch To 2050 M3 According To Industry Statistics The 2013 Sales Volume In Chinarsquos Furniture Market Was About Rmb 101 Trillion Usd 1641 Billion Of This Pure Platetype Furniture Excluding The Type That Combines Plate And Wood Accounted For About 40 Equal To Rmb 400 Billion Usd 651 Million In Theory All Platetype Furniture Is Compatible With Honeycomb Cardboard Although At Present Honeycomb Paperboard Furniture Accounts For Far Less Than 1 In The Platetype Furniture Market A Symbol Of How Unpredictable The Broad Prospects Remainnbsphoneycomb Paper Industry Development Summit Gathers Strong Momentumin Order To Further Promote The Use Of Honeycomb Paper In Furniture Reed Exhibitions Will Hold A Ldquohoneycomb Paper Industry Development Summitrdquo During Sinocorrugated South 2014 On April 10 And 11 The Exhibition Will Be Held At Gd Modern International Exhibition Center Houjie Dongguan Guangdong The Summit Will Feature The Latest Information On The Development Of Honeycomb Paper Locally And Internationally Including An Analysis Of The Best Production Application And Innovation Solutions It Will Also Give Honeycomb Paper Industry Professionals Valuable Information The Chance To Strengthen Their Network Of Connections And New Development Opportunities In Segments Like Technology Production And Salesthereed Exhibitions Honeycomb Paper Industry Development Summit Will Span Over 1000sqm And Include Diverse Content 350 Paper Honeycomb Product Factories Over 200 Paper Honeycomb Purchasers More Than 10 Key Presentations Three Trade Matching Activities And Two Site Visits To Highly Automated Paper Honeycomb Processing Factories The Meeting Will Also Establish Elite Honeycomb Alliances To Improve Production Technologies And Processing Of Paper Honeycomb Formulate Standards For The Paper Honeycomb Product Industry And Promote The Marketing Of Paper Honeycomb Derivatives With Distinctive Formats And Rich Content The Attendance Of Over 500 Senior Managers And Key Principles From Procurement And Technology Departments Of Paper Honeycomb Purchasing Companies With Big Buying Power Local And International The Summit Will Add Tremendous Value To Sinocorrugated South 2014 And Drive The Development Of Paper Honeycomb Furnitureas The Social Economy Develops And To Meet The Requirements To Balance Supply And Demand The Development Prospect Of Paper Honeycomb Furniture Face Dazzlingly Bright Growth Prospects Throughout Opportunities And Challenges The Paper Honeycomb Furniture Will Become A Market Leader Ushering In A New Era For Fast Indoor Furniture We Look Forward To It With Relish