As they take more than 30% of the voivodeship area, forests have long been the great wealth of Warmia and Masuria. Favorable climatic conditions of the region, a base of own raw materials, and the vicinity of voivodeships with large forest complexes offering the possibility of cooperation of producers and cooperators, well-developed technical wood industry infrastructure (numerous sawmills, furniture plants) as well as a few dozen years of tradition make this branch of industry a showpiece of the region.

Examples of elements of the Wood and Furniture specialization include:

1. Manufacture of furniture (manufacture of office, store and kitchen furniture, manufacture of furniture accessories, furniture upholstery, manufacture of adhesives, manufacture of materials, manufacture of products and plastics, manufacture of machinery, manufacture of glass);
2. Furniture processing and sales (manufacture of lumber products, building boards, flooring, roofing structures, etc.; manufacture of veneer sheets; forestry and logging; timber sales);
3. Sale of wood and furniture products (sale of furniture, sale of wooden windows and doors, sale of roller shutters and door locks, installation of anti-burglary systems);
4. Manufacture of other carpentry products (manufacture of wooden elements for gardens, carpentry services, joinery and manufacture of metal joinery elements);
5. Design services (furniture design, interior design);
6. Repair and maintenance (wood preservation, furniture refinishing, lock repair);
7. Science and IOB (faculties, institutes and laboratories at universities and JBRs, furniture clusters, vocational education).

Companies from Warmia and Masuria furnish the world – as export is the strength of the industry. Over ninety percent of furniture manufactured in the land is exported to all continents.

Numbers reflect the strength of the furniture and timber industry: over 1.1 thousand companies produce furniture and employ over 12.6 thousand people; the highest concentration ratio in Europe. Their annual production value is about PLN 4 billion. On the other hand, in terms of manufacture of veneered sheets, plywood, laminated boards, particle boards and planks, we rank 3^rd in the European Union. There are 1,450 entities that produce other wood products as well as cork, straw and wicker products, which gives us 4^th place among the EU regions; additionally, there is a very high share in the sold production of the regional industry. Over 1,100 companies are engaged in forestry and wood harvesting (7^th place in the EU), while the production of wooden packaging gives us 8^th place among the EU countries.

In the first quarter of 2018, exports of furniture produced by companies from Warmia and Masuria accounted for about 15% of the total foreign turnover of our voivodeship.

The region not only provides raw materials and semi-finished products, there are also factories providing final products – Ikea Group in Wielbark and Lubawa, Mazurskie Meble Trade in Olsztyn, DFM – Dobromiejska Fabryka Mebli in Dobre Miasto or Szynaka Meble in Lubawa.

Staff resources – woodworking and upholstery specialists, as well as a large group of sub-suppliers for the furniture and wood processing industry, are conducive to the constant growth of the sector translated into an increasing number of new investors.