Home furnishing players face potential supply disruptions

Singapore

WHILE largely unaffected for now, some companies in the furnishings industry in Singapore - from furniture makers to lighting suppliers - are concerned about potential disruptions to their supply chains if China continues to seal itself off to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

For furniture makers here, a worry is that components may not be shipped here on time, Mark Yong, president of the Singapore Furniture Council (SFIC), told The Business Times.

One concerned furniture maker is Koda, which runs a retail concept store called Commune. Although Koda makes its furniture in Vietnam and Malaysia, some parts are sourced from China, Ernie Koh, the company's executive director of sales and marketing, said, adding that "...if one screw is …