TemaHome is a furniture exporter based in

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. The company's main markets are Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the United States. , the company exports to 40 countries.

Company history

Founded as Norema Portuguesa in 1981 by the marriage of the Norwegian

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SA and the Portuguese Mendes Godinho SA, it was meant to combine the Norway's high technology with the Portuguese affordable costs to produce

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. Between 1984 and 1994, the company manufactured a line of modular furniture for

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. In 1995, the Norwegian partners took complete ownership of the company and started to produce kitchen, bathroom and living furniture exclusively to the Norwegian market where it maintained its own flagship stores. In 2000, TemaHome was created through the leadership of its new major shareholder, 3i. From this point on, the ownership of the company was composed by four different stockholders, 3i (41.50%), the Spanish MCH (25.25%), the Portuguese ESCAPITAL (25.25%) and its management team (8%). Later in 2006, a new ownership structure was defined by a

Management buy-in A management buy-in (MBI) occurs when a manager or a management team from ''outside'' the company raises the necessary finance, buys it, and becomes the company's new management. A management buy-in team often competes with other purchasers in the s ...

headed by a new management team and ownership was divided as follows: Management team (30%), Lead Capital management fund (60%) and an individual investor, Miguel Calado (10%). By the end of 2007, the company employed over 170 workers in its staff, distribute between its Lisbon headquarters and a 16.500 Sq meters production plant in the city of

Tomar Tomar (), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), is a city and a municipality in the Santarém district of Portugal. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an a ...

. TemaHome produces contemporary furniture and decorative accents combining modern lines and designs by some Portuguese designers such as Filipe Alarcão.

Product range

The range of products is composed by 3 distinct lines: essence, style and trends. * ''Essence'': Basic essential furnishing, ready to assembly similar to the

style. * ''Style'': A more detailed, design oriented line of products superior in quality of materials. * ''Trends'': furnishing by international designers.

Design team

The company has relied in Portuguese designer Filipe Alarcão to lead its team of in house designers. Besides Filipe, the company works independently with names like Miguel Vieira Baptista, Fernando Brizio and Jette Fyhn. The in house team is composed by Maria Joao Maia, Délio Vicente, and Nádia Soares. The company also works in cooperation on external designers like Marco Sousa Santos, Fernando Brizio and Miguel Vieira Batista.

Awards

* ''2009

Design Management Europe Award The Design Management Europe Award (DME) is a European Design management prize. The DME Award aims to promote the strategic use of design within European businesses. It awards the management and successful implementation of design in their proces ...

- Medium-sized Company'' * ''2007 Mobis award - Best contemporary manufacturer'' * ''2007 Leader company status - IAPMEI (Portugal institution for small and medium businesses)'' * ''2002 Portugal Best Small and Medium businesses award'' * ''2000 Portugal Best Small and Medium businesses award''

References

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