Sector Focus: Joinery | 31
SUMMARY
■ Companies have continued to invest
■ Demand has been driven by housing construction and home improvement
■ The shift to more remote working is becoming entrenched
■ Environmental concerns are increasingly shaping the market
JOINERY RESILIENCE
PANDEMIC UNDERLINES
Joinery producers are seeing a particularly busy RMI market and are upbeat about the year ahead despite raw materials challenges. Mike Jeffree reports
Like the rest of UK manufacturing, the joinery sector has been seriously stress-tested over the past year. First came lockdown and the uncharted territory of furlough. Next it was a case of gauging the pace for gearing business back up as restrictions eased. Now, as the economy cautiously returns to something like normality, timber availability and price are issues.
But, say joinery producers, the crisis has also demonstrated the sector’s resilience. It’s been characterised by supportive suppliers and adaptable employees. Companies have continued to invest in technology and product development and they feel this, combined with pent-up consumer demand and latest market trends in construction, home repair and refurbishment, gives them increasing reasons for optimism. When lockdown was introduced, producers moved swiftly to insulate themselves and take the lie of the land.
“The announcement came on Monday and by Wednesday lunchtime we’d closed everything down and sent everyone home,” said Haldane managing director Forrester Adam.
Above: JB Kind’s Tigris Cinza door
“From March through April we didn’t know what was happening,” said Performance Timber Products Group (PTP) non-executive chairman Roy Wakeman. “So we worked our order book down and furloughed most people.” ►
www.ttjonline.com | May/June 2021 | TTJ
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