in the Swedish forests around the birthplace of IKEA, have been working with IKEA since its earliest days. Others have their production plants in China, Poland or
Germany. But no matter where in the world its suppliers are, IKEA is always
committed to long-term cooperation and does its best to cultivate close and
cordial relations. IKEA buys production capacity rather than product
quantities. In other words, they order 10,000 hours of production from their
suppliers rather than 10,000 bookcases.