Case Study of Qingdao Sansen Handicraft Co., Ltd.'s PS Board Cardboard Collaboration with IKEA

In recent years, the global home furnishing industry has been transforming towards environmental friendliness, simplicity, and high cost-effectiveness. IKEA, as a leading global home furnishing retailer with stores worldwide, faces increasing consumer demands for the environmental friendliness, practicality, and quality of its home furnishing products. PS (polystyrene) cardboard, a core material for IKEA's picture frames, decorative picture frames, and home storage accessories, directly impacts the quality of the final product due to its flatness, environmental friendliness, and compatibility. This has become a top priority for IKEA in optimizing its supply chain and enhancing product competitiveness. To ensure that it provides global consumers with "environmentally friendly, practical, and affordable" home furnishing products, IKEA actively seeks high-quality partners with professional PS cardboard R&D and precision processing capabilities, who meet its global environmental and quality standards.

Against this backdrop, IKEA approached Qingdao Sansen Handicraft Co., Ltd. for solutions. After a detailed needs assessment and on-site environmental evaluation, we found that IKEA has high requirements for the environmental standards, dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and bulk supply capacity of its PS cardboard. Our R&D and production team customized a solution and recommended a custom-made PS cardboard product precisely suited to the production needs of IKEA's picture frames, decorative frames, and home storage products.

This PS board paperboard uses environmentally friendly PS raw materials. Leveraging Qingdao Sansen's sophisticated precision cutting and lamination processes, it achieves a flawless, smooth surface with high flatness and excellent toughness. It can be directly adapted to IKEA's production processes without additional processing, and eliminates environmental risks by eliminating the use of harmful additives. It fully complies with IKEA's IWAY sourcing guidelines and international environmental certifications such as RoHS. Furthermore, the PS board paperboard can be flexibly customized in size, thickness, and surface texture according to different IKEA product specifications. It is also equipped with an intelligent production control system, allowing customers to monitor production progress and product quality inspection status in real time, significantly reducing IKEA's procurement and operational maintenance costs.

This customized PS board paperboard provides IKEA with an efficient, environmentally friendly, and highly adaptable substrate solution, meeting IKEA's high-volume, high-environmental-friendliness, and high-precision procurement requirements. This ensures that consumers worldwide can enjoy safe, practical, and environmentally friendly home furnishing products, helping IKEA fulfill its mission of "creating a better everyday life for the many people."