First prize of Forbes Diamond competition for Kronospan
This is not a first time, that this producer of wood based panels from Szczecinek wins a prize. Kronospan is also a laureate of such awards as: Orły Wprost, Orły Eksportu and Pracodawca Jutra (The Employer of Tomorrow). The company has also received a special certificate from the late President Lech Kaczyński – Environmetally Conscious Company.
In the West Pomeranian Region 84 companies had been selected to the Forbes Diamonds ranking in 2017. This is 30 more than the previous year. There are 62 companies from our voivodeship on the list of laureates. The awards ceremony took place on 23rd March in Dana Hotel in Szczecin and it was hosted by Roman Młodkowski – the Managing Director of Business&Finance Segment at Grupa Onet Ringier Axel Springer Poland. Joanna Jodłowska, the Member of the Board of Kronospan Polska Sp. z o. o., who collected the statuette, said: This award is an appreciation of our work, but it is also a motivation for the further development, while taking into account the challenge, that has been posed recently by Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki – Minister of Development and Finance – who had said: The furniture sector is the pearl of the Polish economy. We have a great opportunity to achieve a worldwide success in this field, therefore we pursue a policy to support production and implement innovations. We try our best, so the furniture sector has the most possible opportunities to expend into foreign markets.
J. Jodłowska has added: We can be the number one in Europe, but it is a challenge for the whole furniture sector and producers of wood based materials in Poland.
An appreciation of Kronospan by producers of furniture is reflected in an opinion of one of the major companies of the sector. According to Piotr Wójcik, the Member of the Board of Wójcik Fabryka Mebli Sp. z o. o.: Kronospan company, which has been present in Poland since 1989, has realized investments in unprecedented scale till now, basically revolutionizing a production of wood based panels in Poland and taking it into a higher level. The production capacity and quality products, created as results of these investments, have become a significant basis of the fast growth of the Polish furniture sector. Kronospan’s attractive offer and a strategic support for almost 30 years translates into the high market efficiency of the Polish furniture sector. This is supported by the fact, that Poland has become the 4th biggest exporter and the 6th biggest producer of furniture in the world from 1989.