POLISH

FIREPLACE

MARKET History, potential and perspectives

FIREPLACES & STOVES

In Polish palaces

and mansions

Photo: Palace in Kozłówka, Artus

Court in Gdańsk, Castle in

Gołuchów, Książ Castle, Malbork

Castle

SINCE 1990 POLES BUILD NUMEROUS

HOUSES

Own house is not only a garden

and a dog, but also... a fireplace.

THE BIRTH OF POLISH FIREPLACE

MARKET

Fireplace

technology from

Europe

+

The birth of native

fireplace

producers

AVERAGE SALARY IN POLAND IS

LESS THAN 1000 EURO

It takes three months for a Polish

people to receive an average

European salary (2746 Euro).

A Polish people will build a fireplace

in an economical way or will seek

more cost-effective solutions:

e.g. Those accessible in

construction hypermarkets.

POLISH PRODUCERS – Tiles manufactures:

•Kaflarnia Grochowski

•Kafel-Kar

•Kafel-Art

•Ceramika Kornak

•Wytwórnia Kafli

Zygmunt Kulig

•Riwal

•Kaflarnia Zduny

•Ceramika Mikołów

•Manufaktura Nakomiady

•…………

POLISH PRODUCERS OF FIREPLACE INSERTS:

• Kratki.pl

• Hajduk

• Arysto

• Unirol

• Lechma

• Robi-ren

• Tarnavva

• Kaw-met

• KFDesign

• Pama

• Adbar

• Braseco

• Perfect

• Makroterm

• ………………….

POLISH PRODUCERS OF

BIO-FIREPLACES:

Planika –a pioneer of

Bio-fireplace solutions

GAS INSERTS AND PELLET DEVICES:

In 2014 first pellet devices appeared and were

presented on Progetto Fuoco the stoves: MZ

and Koperfam. We do not so far have devices on gas.

POLISH PRODUCERS OF INSERTS AND I

MASONRY MATERIALS:

• Termokaust

• Cebud

• Kokoszka-lotz

• Robi-Ren

• Chematex

• …………….

POLISH PRODUCERS OF FIREPLACE

ACCESSORIESS AND ASSEMBLIES:

DGP system by Darco

Fireplace electronics:

Tatarek, Plum

Fireplace washers:

Norgpol, Dortech II

……………………

POLISH PRODUCERS OF CHIMNEYS, AND FIREPLACE FUEL: PELLET & BRIQUETTE

Chimneys: Panek

Mk Systemy Kominowe

Darco

Jawar

…………

FUEL: Barlinek

Eco-pal

……………….

POLAND – AN ATTRACTIVE HOME OF SUPPLIERS OF

FIREPLACE COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLIES

Polish companies and their employees

possess high qualifications and skills

Around 100 people received masonry

craftsmanship within the last few years

in Poland

FIREPLACE FAIRS

- A REVIEW OF POLISH FIREPLACE AND MASONRY

BRANCHES

KOMINKI Fairs every two

years accompany

BUDMA MTP Fairs in

Poznań, which are the

biggest construction fairs

in Eastern Europe

CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN POLAND

Detached housing is the most popular

form of housing in Poland

54.2% of citizens live in private houses

Between January and November 2014,

67500 houses were built and another

65700 houses received building permit

CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN POLAND

Between 1991-2007 :

378,400 private houses were built

in Polish cities

438,500houses were built in rural

areas

More than a half of Polish houses

were built within the last 25 years .

CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN POLAND

More than 5 million private houses

Every year around 70-80 thousand

private houses are built for use

11 % of houses are heated with

fireplaces, stoves or wood-heaters

3 % of houses uses stoves or

heaters for pellet or other bio-mass

fuel

A QUARTER OF POLISH HOUSES ARE

EQUIPPED WITH A FIREPLACE OR WOOD-

HEATER

More than half of fireplace users declares that in winter

season they use the fireplaces/heaters every day or

almost every day

Around 20% of fireplace/heater users use them

only sporadically

Among the researched who do not possess

a fireplace or heater almost 10% is thinking of buying

one within the next 2 years

ŚWIAT KOMINKÓW – A MAGAZINE FOR INDIVIDUAL

CUSTOMERS

Published since 2003

Periodicity: quarterly

circulation: 25 000

number of pages: 144-168

Distribution: newsstands and news stalls of the following chains: Ruch, Kolporter, Inmedio, Franpress, Garmond Press; DIY stores: Leroy Merlin, Castorama, Nomi, selected fireplace showrooms, direct shipping to companies from fireplace industry, electronic version at: www.egazety.pl, www.e-kiosk.pl

Publisher: Informator Handlowy „Zaopatrzeniowiec” s.c.

KOMINKI PRO – A PAPER FOR PROFESSIONALS

Published since 2009

Periodicity: quarterly

circulation: 3000

number of pages: 56-68

Distribution: direct shipping to

2500 companies in print or on-line

Publisher: Informator Handlowy

„Zaopatrzeniowiec” s.c.

WWW.KOMINKI.ORG

– A WEBPAGE ABOUT FIREPLACES AND HEATERS

Functioning since 2008

Approximately 20 000 entrances from unique IP addresses a month

the biggest on the Internet gallery of fireplaces from different producers

Video-gallery

an extensive database including the novelty - „Home SPA”

attractive catalogue of fireplaces companies

forum and experts' advice

fireplace blog and cooking at kominki.org

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Witold Hawajski

Editor-in-Chief of „Świat Kominków” magazine

The presentation includes a fragment of research raport carried out

by CEM Market and Public Opinion Research Institute comissioned by Institute of Environmental Economics