POLISH COMPANY, INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS MEBELPLAST, established in 1988, is a company with entirely Polish capital. Over the years, MEBELPLAST has become the Chairman of the board leading Polish Mr. Marek Kołakowski manufacturer and exporter of high quality upholstered furniture. For over 20 years of business activity the company has been successful in the demanding markets worldwide. The enterprise has been appreciated both in Europe as well as on the other side of the globe – in the USA, Canada or the United Arab Emirates.
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Looking back…
The beginnings of the company date back to 1988. As mentioned above, the year witnessed the establishment of MEBELPLAST Sp. z o. o. (PLC), a company with entirely Polish capital. Two years later the enterprise decided to present its products at an export-oriented fair Polskie Meble (Polish Furniture) in Poznań. The decision turned out o be a correct one – MEBELPLAST started its export activity and the first destinations were Germany and The Netherlands. Two years later, in 1992 the company purchased its first professional facility in Kieźliny and started the production process there. In the same year, Mebelplast expanded its activity markets and commenced to export
its products to the Benelux countries. In 1996 MEBELPLAST was transformed into a Joint Stock Company and continued to conquer new export markets, i.e.: Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, France and Slovenia. On 9th December 2002 a fire broke out in the production plant in Kieźliny and destroyed the plant entirely. However, MEBELPLAST did not give up and on 13th December the company restarted production in substitute premises. The tragic event and pictures of the workshop’s ashes were later on used as a motive for a corporate stand at MEBLE trade fair in Poznań. The fire propelled also some investment decisions. In 2003 the Management Board of the company took the decision on plant extension. In June 2003 the investment project began
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