| Teak wood is the most valuable of all timbers, and | | | | teak wood tree (the thicker pieces from the trunk), the |
| furniture made of teak can last for several decades. | | | | more solid the furniture and the higher the price. |
| Teak wood is being planted in several countries, e.g. | | | | The manufacturing processing varies as well: some |
| Myanmar, India, Thailand and especially in Indonesia / | | | | manufacturers leave their furniture unfinished, just grind, |
| Java. Java has some of the biggest teak-plantations | | | | with no coloring whatsoever. Some polish it and |
| worldwide, and here, for more than 100 years now, | | | | lacquer it to make it shiny, some leave it bright, some |
| Indonesia's best teak wood is being processed. The | | | | make it dark. There are even examples of really bad |
| cutback and the sale are regulated by the | | | | processing to find, where they just lime thin and small |
| state-owned Indonesian forest authority, which requires | | | | teak pieces together, and paint it with thick layers to |
| every teak furniture manufacturer in Java to buy only | | | | hide the joints. |
| from them. | | | | Yet there are innovations to see in this century-old |
| The number of teak furniture manufacturers in Central | | | | industry. Some of the manufacturers, just a few, start |
| Java can only be guessed: locals state that there are | | | | to process the teak wood in a different way. The |
| 5000-6000 middle-sized and bigger factories, whereas | | | | distinctiveness of this furniture is the property and |
| the smaller and smallest ones count for approximately | | | | condition of the wood: After cutting the teak wood, the |
| 15.000. The typical middle sized teak furniture | | | | surface of the wood will be grind along the grain, to |
| manufacturer employs around 20-30 people, who sit | | | | emerge a deeper cut of the grains. In this way the |
| together in a big hall and grind, sand, polish and varnish | | | | furniture will get a unique, natural and exclusive look. |
| the wood, creating unique furniture pieces with their | | | | They call it "New Rustic Style". These "New Rustic |
| hands, on average 12 hours per day. They add | | | | Style" factories mainly produce indoor and living |
| different colors and finishings to the furniture pieces, | | | | furniture, and proud themselves with highest quality |
| from naturally unfinished to nitro-cellulose finishing or | | | | (using only grade A wood) and workmanship. Their |
| melamine finishing. | | | | production and procedural methods are repeatedly |
| The quality (that means the grade) of the teak wood | | | | checked on site and are subject to constant quality |
| varies immensely, since there are seven different | | | | control. Therefore these factories guarantee highest |
| quality grades of teak wood: the lower the part of the | | | | quality as well as first class products. |