WoodWorking Workshops Status in Golestan Province

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In this study, present status of woodworking workshops in size, storage of raw materials and storage of products of woodworking workshops, raw materials and machinery were investigated. Investigation was obtained through 127 quastionnaires from woodworking workshops in Golestan province that are active cabinet manufacturing, office and home furniture, and home decoration. Analyze of data showd that 52% of wood working workshops are small and then most woodworking workshops are very small. Most woodworking workshops have been launched by one person with little capital and all woodworking workshops are private. 62% of woodworking workshops do not have raw materials warehouse and 75% do not have woodworking products warehouse. Main cause of lack of raw material and wood products warehouse is lack of adequate capital. 40% of the carpentry use workshop space for storage of raw materials. 38% of woodworking workshops use types of raw materials, 34% of their use only spruce and 18% of their use MDF and coated particle board. Main reasons of use of different materials are quality and costomer. 79% of main wood machinery are made in Iran but in the case of small electrical machines are mostly forein.

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