SC Freda, Lithuania’s oldest furniture company founded in 1880, has started production on its new high-speed furniture coating line. The company specializes in manufacturing flat pack furniture from chipboard, MDF and cellular lightweight construction panels. The surfaces range from decorated paper surfaces with clear UV varnish, to highly pigmented UV coating systems. The company is a major supplier for IKEA, manufacturing multiple product series.
As a measure to increase its manufacturing capacity, SC Freda expanded with a new production facility, featuring a high-speed production line with UV curing. This new line must comply with the high IKEA quality and process control standards. In addition, sustainability and energy efficiency were important topics that were taken into consideration to ensure a strategic, long-term investment, and to stay in the forefront of sustainable manufacturing.