By Kingsley Adegboye

The Managing Director of Raumplus, an international interior and furniture design company with its operations in Nigeria, Mr. Adeyanju Adelakun, has urged operators in the furniture industry in Nigeria to focus on customer satisfaction and top class quality in order to bring desired development for the industry.

According to Adelakun, “Customers deserve superior service delivery and as a result, the furniture industry needs to raise the bar to provide quality interior furnishing that will not only meet customers’ expectations but also surpass them”.

Adelakun underscored the need to continuously engage customers as part of the strategic efforts to build a virile and vibrant furniture industry in Nigeria, insisting that the customers should take the lead in charting the direction for the industry as they are the end users of our products.

“The homes and property business in Nigeria demands that the furniture industry places a high premium on quality service delivery. It is also desirable to identify the specific needs of the clientele in order to determine their taste and provide tailor made service that meets their lifestyle and status. The interior furnishing of any property should to a large extent complements the beauty and aesthetic designs of the building”, he said.

Adelakun noted that for the Nigerian furniture industry to compete favourably with its counterparts globally, innovation and creativity are key ingredients that will distinguish the industry, adding that the industry needs a robust and vibrant action plan to attract patronage and creativity desired to exceed customers expectations.

According to him, “Raumplus is aligning with the lifestyle of Nigerian consumers with the unique style of its furniture design for homes. Our newly commissioned showroom in Nigeria showcases different designs of international standards to provide solutions in sliding door, room dividers, mobile furniture hinge door, walk-in closet, fitted closets and sloped ceiling.

“Individual solutions for living rooms and workplaces require flexibility in utilization, diversity when it comes to design and well-engineered technique.

These requirements have been met by our sliding doors, room dividers and cabinet systems for more than 25 years. In this long period, we have in many cases satisfied furnishing needs of many organizations with our lovely designs of living rooms and offices”, Adelakun disclosed.

Speaking on some of the Raumplus customized product designs, Mr he said one product that will appeal to Nigerian women is the ‘walk-in closets’, pointing out that most people especially women would love to have a walk-in closet in their bedroom.

He revealed that with a huge variety of design options like floor-to-ceiling sliding doors and flexible interior systems his company can ensure that this personal interior design dream becomes reality for Nigerians by creating a closet with generous storage space that makes bedrooms look more desirable.

He added that “For a fitted closet option, Raumplus with its innovative and international designs can transform the ordinary into something extraordinary, giving customers opportunity to choose from five different interior systems, all of which guarantee practical tidiness that will ultimately give you a stylish feel.

“Raumplus sliding door and wall partitioning system can be used to create personal space in offices and homes. It is a flexible and variable room structuring system consisting of wall partitioning components, sliding doors, folding doors and hinge doors. It can be used as partitioning or sliding panel. The system can be supplemented or reconstructed any time without any great effort.

“The mobile furniture system is another classic product of Raumplus that combines sliding door technology with a closet interior system to create an innovative interior design object. The major advantage of this concept is the high flexibility, meaning that the series can be assembled without any structural construction work being required.