Posts by Planet Furniture
Inside a Rubberwood Order: From Kiln to Container
The route an order takes through a Thai solid wood factory — grading, kiln-drying, machining, assembly, finishing, first-article approval and container loading — and the four points where it is inspected.
Rubberwood vs Acacia: Choosing the Right Timber for Your Programme
Colour, hardness, compliance and cost compared side by side — and a short decision list for buyers choosing between the two timbers a Thai factory works in most.
Sourcing Furniture From Thailand: What Buyers Should Check First
Tariff exposure, supply-chain risk and quality parity, compared honestly. Where Thailand genuinely beats a Chinese factory, where it does not, and how to run both without doubling development cost.
EUDR and Your Furniture Order: What EU Importers Need From a Thai Supplier
Wooden furniture under HS 9403 sits inside the EU Deforestation Regulation. Who files, what the due-diligence file must contain, why plantation rubberwood traces cleanly, and the exact documents to request.
What Is Rubberwood? A Buyer’s Guide to Hevea brasiliensis
Where rubberwood comes from, why a latex plantation makes it one of the few genuinely renewable tropical hardwoods, how it behaves under stain and paint, and the questions to put to any supplier quoting it.