Maria Furniture Factory

History

2024: Plan to continue modernization with an investment of more than 1.5 billion rubles over 5 years

In 2024, Maria intends to continue the implementation of a large-scale modernization project. According to the company's estimates, the total investment for five years will exceed 1.5 billion rubles.

Until 2025, it is planned to carry out a complete reconstruction of production areas, install equipment for painting work, automate a warehouse of slab materials, create new workshops for the processing of quartz agglomerate and veneer.

The manufacturer will also continue to expand its range and open new spacious studios, where complex solutions for the whole home will be presented. Including - as part of the scaling of the franchisee network. The company will pay special attention to the modernization of the information infrastructure. As of November 2023, the company's IT department team is already developing a line of new software products: CRM systems for retail studios and developers, Business Management Cabinet for franchisee partners and an innovative service management system that will simplify and improve the quality of customer service.

2023

The area of ​ ​ the production site in Saratov is over 92.5 thousand square meters.

For 24 years, "Maria" from a small "family" enterprise has grown into a recognized giant of the furniture industry in Russia. The staff of the company and its dealer studios has about 4 thousand employees. The production site of the factory in Saratov covers an area of ​ ​ over 92.5 thousand square meters. The company is equipped with 270 modern machines from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and China. Thanks to the technological fleet of extra-class equipment, the manufacturer can implement projects of any complexity and scale. The production capacity makes it possible to produce up to 10,000 sets of European-quality furniture every month. So, since 1999, more than 570,000 sets of furniture have been produced.

As of November 2023, the manufacturer is actively expanding its retail studio network, as well as developing cooperation on the franchise system. In total, the Maria brand unites 325 studios in 127 cities of Russia and the CIS.

Customers and Partners

Maria customers are not only retail customers and specialists in the field of interior design. The manufacturer also develops the direction of B2B sales, offering a large selection of complex solutions for apartments with ready-made furniture. The brand is trusted by the largest developers and developers in Russia. Maria is constantly expanding the geography of B2B projects, working not only in Moscow, but also in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Tyumen and other regions of the country.

An important vector of the work of the Maria factory is also cooperation with designers. The brand partners are more than 7.5 thousand interior designers from different regions. The company regularly organizes master classes, lectures, excursions to production and other events for them. Among the friends of "Maria" there are also generally recognized legends of interior and industrial design: Karim Rashid and Harry Nuriev, and since 2023 the company has regularly attracted young stars of Russian design to work.

Modernization of production

The company "Maria" will open 100 vacancies due to the expansion and large-scale modernization of production. The project is being implemented as part of an investment program designed until 2025. The company announced this on October 5, 2023.

The total investment exceeds 380 million rubles. As of October 2023, this budget has already been spent by more than 50%.

As a result of the investment program, production will be transferred to the territory of the former Heavy Tooth Cutting Machine Plant. The site is undergoing a comprehensive reconstruction. Also earlier, over 50 million rubles were allocated to modernize the main building of the Maria factory. Another 25 million rubles were invested in the development of transport infrastructure.

An important step in the implementation of the investment program will be the launch of an automated line in the workshop for the production of furniture frames and facades. The cost of equipment is estimated at 205 million rubles. The additional line will allow our company to increase the efficiency of personnel and increase production volumes. The plans also include the purchase of equipment for painting work, the creation of a workshop for the processing of products from quartz agglomerate and the automation of a warehouse of slab materials, - commented Mikhail Nagibin, director of production at Maria.

Due to the expansion of production, we are actively increasing the staff. The company has opened more than 100 vacancies for various categories of personnel and a wide profile of activities - from packers and assemblers to restorers, applied artists and, of course, operators for machine tools, including those with numerical software management, - added Daria Kurlanova, director of personnel and legal issues of the company "Maria."

The average work experience at Maria is 7 years and this is not without reason. In addition to classical benefits, each employee periodically undergoes corporate training at the Maria Academy and improves his qualifications. This program can also work for candidates - if a potential employee has a desire to work in the furniture industry, but there is no specialized education or insufficient skills, then the company will help with training. And in the future and with career growth.

Thanks to the expansion of production capacities and staff, Maria expects a significant increase in production volumes. Stable business development will help shift demand towards a domestic product and will have a positive impact on the region.

Financing from SberLeasing for 198 million rubles.

SberLeasing on April 19, 2023 announced that it had financed the acquisition of a high-tech full-cycle line for the production of frame parts for furniture for Maria Furniture Factory LLC for a total of 198 million rubles. The lease was issued for three years, the advance was 10%. The equipment is planned to be used at production facilities in the Saratov region.

Furniture factory "Maria" has been operating since 1999. During this time, more than 550,000 individual design projects have been completed. The company's production is one of the largest and most technological in Russia. The factory covers an area of ​ ​ more than 90,000 square meters. m. The technical fleet has more than 270 machines from different manufacturers from all over the world, in the list of suppliers - 300 companies. The company has more than 1,500 employees.

2022: Skolkovo Resident

Since 2022, Maria has been the Skolkovo residency center

2011: Factory dealership network - more than 300 studios

The Maria furniture factory began production in 1999 and within a few years became one of the most successful kitchen furniture companies. As of August 2011, the production facilities of the enterprise are concentrated in, and Saratov the dealer network consists of more than 300 studios located in 150 cities of Russia and in. countries CIS The number of PC users exceeded 500 people.

1999: Foundation of the factory

The Maria factory was founded in 1999 in Saratov by three school friends, entrepreneurs Efim Katz, Andrei Serebryanik and Alexei Sukhorukov.

The idea of ​ ​ the name of the brand was born by chance. This is what the grocery store was called, which worked on the site of the company's first studio in Saratov. After the purchase, the room was expanded and repaired, but they decided not to change the name. Maria is perceived as a native Russian name, but at the same time it is popular and known all over the world. The combination of love for the homeland and fidelity to traditions with openness to innovations and global trends largely predetermined the further path of the company's development.