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Taking initiative Additionally, in order to increase the efficiency of wood consumption and adapt to current market trends and the requirements of our customers, we introduced changes to the quality requirements for wooden elements in 2023/2024. We re-verified and re-assessed the requirements affecting how wooden elements are classified with respect to finished prod- ucts. We estimate that, as a result of these actions, we will save approximately PLN 190,000 per year on wood purchases, not including additional operating and storage costs. In our products, we use three types of polyurethane foam – cut foam, which is supplied to us in blocks by leading market producers, ground foam made from recycled production waste, and injection-molded foam produced on-site in our facility. Thanks to the automation of the Upholstery foams manual foam cutting process, we have improved work ergonomics and product quality. Additionally, the waste from this material is not disposed of but further processed to ultimately return to the plant as a special type of product – recycled ground foam. In 2023, we returned over 200 tons of polyurethane foam waste, which comes back to us in the form of recycled foam. 139