Children's furniture companies face three major dilemmas


Recently, there are about seven or eight brands of children's furniture in Nankang Furniture Store, and there are more customers in the store than adult furniture.

In a brand store on the second floor, consumer Ms. Sun is buying a children's bed for her 5-year-old son. She said that when choosing a children 's bed , she will first pay attention to the existence of toxic and harmful substances, and secondly to the details of corners and other details.



When the reporter asked if she knew about the introduction of the national standard for children's furniture , Ms. Sun said she did not know. Subsequently, the reporter randomly interviewed several consumers who are buying furniture for their children in the store. Most people said they did not know the content of the new national standard.

In addition, children's furniture generally has backward industry standards; the industry is uneven, the supervision is weak; the level of homogenization is serious, plagiarism and other problems.

Dilemma 1: Lack of industry standards, industry development is not standardized

Consumers Ms. Sun said: "Children's immunity is relatively weak. Of course, we must pay attention to safety and environmental protection when contacting these furniture every day." "But the children's furniture market industry is not standardized and the standards are low. Many small manufacturers may lose their interests. The moral bottom line has been produced, and many unqualified products have been produced, so that there are many hidden safety hazards in children's furniture, but there are no legally effective provisions to regulate them. "Yang Tao, chairman of a children's furniture, told reporters.

It is reported that China's first national standard for children's furniture "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" will be implemented on August 1 this year. This is China's first new standard for children's furniture. The new standard provides some reference for parents to purchase children's furniture, and it also breaks the embarrassing situation of children's furniture without standards.

Speaking of the introduction of the national standard, Zhou Dayong, a general manager of a Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​children's furniture, also told reporters that there are currently many brands in the children's furniture market, and the good and bad are uneven. The introduction of the national standard is a good thing to make the disordered market more standardized.

Dilemma two

The industry is uneven, weak supervision

Zhou Dayong revealed that compared with domestic testing, the EU ’s children ’s furniture supervision environment is more stringent. The EU ’s TUV certification is specifically responsible for testing. The organization will occasionally go to the store to buy furniture for random inspection. Once the batch of products is found to be unqualified, The safety and environmental protection certification of the brand will be cancelled immediately, and it will play a role of supervision at all times.

Zhou Dayong believes that the standard setting of children ’s furniture should be higher than that of adult furniture, and at the same time, we must increase supervision. Many parents in our country believe that formaldehyde-free furniture is safe and environmentally friendly. In fact, formaldehyde is only the tip of the iceberg. In the EU ’s testing standards, lead, Benzene, chromium, etc. are not allowed in children's furniture.

Yang Tao said that there are currently two kinds of domestic inspections. One is the factory certificate, and the authority is not very high; the other is the inspection report, but not every batch. Therefore, the introduction of the national standard strictly regulates the market, is mandatory, and plays a certain restrictive role. He also called on some companies that produce children's furniture not to lose their moral bottom line for the benefit.

According to reports, the new national standard focuses on the safety and environmental protection of children's furniture. Industry insiders said that because of their weak resistance and self-protection ability, children have higher environmental and safety requirements for furniture than adult furniture. For example, the national standard requires "Architectural Safety" that children's furniture products should not have dangerous sharp edges and tips, and corners and edges should be rounded or chamfered.

At the same time, the national standard also highlights the environmental protection of children's furniture. It sets limits for 10 kinds of toxic and harmful substances such as soluble heavy metals, formaldehyde emission, and decomposable aromatic amines in main and auxiliary materials such as artificial furniture, paint, textiles and fur fabrics Indicators, the requirements for safety and environmental protection are more strict and demanding than adult furniture.

Dilemma three

The level of homogenization is serious and plagiarism is serious

Many people think that there is widespread homogeneity in the furniture industry and serious plagiarism, and children's furniture is no exception. Some companies even define children's furniture as a "miniature version" of adult furniture.

In response to this phenomenon, Zhou Dayong said that parents will generally consider safety, environmental protection and style when buying children's furniture. More parents hope to provide children with a safe and personalized children's furniture. Therefore, the standard of children's furniture should be higher than that of adult furniture. At the same time, children's temperament and preferences should be taken into consideration. Children's furniture cannot be defined in terms of size.

Industry insiders remind consumers to carefully check the furniture test report when buying children's furniture, and write down the environmental protection guarantee when signing the sales contract. If the merchant refuses to sign the guarantee, it is best not to buy; secondly, the best choice Furniture with a small amount of binder has a relatively low formaldehyde content.

The environmental protection levels are arranged from low to high: MDF, particle board, large core board, plywood, laminate, integrated wood, solid wood; consumers should pay attention to the selection of single products with environmental protection labels, after testing Furniture, try to avoid choosing furniture with too bright colors.

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