Comply Industries: The Pioneers of Particle Boards and MDF Furniture in East Africa

Kunal Patel, Head of Marketing at Comply Industries, a leading manufacturer of wooden based panels and wood related products in East Africa, explains what the competitive advantages of the company are.

“Being the pioneers of particle board and MDF (medium-density fibreboard) furniture in East Africa, we have been established in Kenya for the last 25 years and our main competencies are the quality of our products. Earlier, the traditional style of making furniture was to use local or staple wood like cypress, pine, mahogany or teakwood. People like to change out their furniture every five or six years. If you make wooden furniture it lasts for maybe 10 to 15 years, so MDF and particle board give them the opportunity to change every four to five years to make it more affordable because it is one-third cheaper than actual wood. It is very user friendly and is very easy to manufacture. 90 percent of the raw materials for making the board is sourced locally because we have our own forest. We also do reforestation because we do not want to kill our raw materials, and at the same time, we do not want to kill the environment. Our advantage is we have had local wood for many, many years and it is a mature wood. We make sure it has the right moisture content before it is used for MDF and particle board. So we have gained a lot of knowledge through our many years of experience so as to make a perfect product. What is important is the quality of the boards and the fact that they are locally manufactured”, says Kunal Patel.

For more information, please visit: www.complykenya.com.

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