EFG Office Furniture Ltd

EFG Office Furniture Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG AB Ltd and operates within the United Kingdom, EFG AB operate throughout Europe.

EFG Office Furniture Ltd started operations in 1848 in Liverpool, England and was incorporated on 1st July 1931 with the registration number 257489, since that time the company has operated under the Matthews family name until bought by EFG in 1999.

EFG AB began in 1885, when K.G. Andersson manufactured and sold his first rib-backed chair in Tranas. The business gradually expanded both with regard to assortment and size until 1972, when the next step forward was taken. After a merger with two other companies the name was changed to NKR.

In 1993 we changed our name to European Furniture Group - EFG. The background to this is EUs "four freedoms" that not only provide the possibility to work a homogenous European market, we see it as a necessity in order to act strongly in the future. International expansion is to be our strategy for the future.

The first step into the European market was taken in 1992, when we purchased 50% of Wingerei, Norway’s largest sales company for office furniture. That was followed by the acquisition of Finnish ASKO Huonekalus office furniture division 1997. The same year we bought the rest of Wingerei. 1999 we established ourselves firmly in Great Britain by way of the acquisition of Matthews Office Furniture Ltd and in 2004 we became the leading supplier of office furniture in the Norwegian market through acquisition of HOV+DOKKA. In 2007 we acquired the Savo chair company in Norway.

The headquarters of the group are in Tranas, Sweden whilst EFG Office Furniture operates from its new headquarters building in Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Further to the UK headquarters EFG Office Furniture operates showrooms in Reading, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Southampton.

The group operates production plants at three locations; the main factory producing wood products, office seating and specials is located in Tranas, Sweden, reception and conference seating is produce at Lahti, Finland with a second office seating plant operating in Oslo, Norway.

All of these plants are located on major transport routes and can ship goods by sea and road to all locations throughout Europe, and as a well established supplier throughout the region we have long experience of exporting to the majority of European Countries and ones in other regions of the world both direct from our Scandinavian operations and from the UK. Our customers would benefit from this in that we can assist and advise on the most efficient and environmentally friendly modes of delivery.

The factories have the following production capacities:
Chairs: 3500 per week
Workstations: 2000 per week

These figures are based on single shift operation and these gives the option, should work loads significantly increase, for the production volumes to be increased.