27 Anniversary of Yumeya Metal Wood Grain Chair, How We Benefit High-End Contract Furniture Projects

September 2025 marks the 27th anniversary of Yumeya's Metal Wood Grain technology. Since 1998, when our founder Mr Gong invented the world's first metal wood grain chair, Yumeya has consistently pioneered this technology's advancement while witnessing the rise of metal wood grain furniture within the global high-end hotel furnishings market. To date, Yumeya has participated in hundreds of famous hotel projects worldwide, delivering quality and eco-conscious choices to the hospitality furniture sector.

The Shift from Solid Wood to Metal Wood Grain

Metal Wood Grain, New Trend for Contract Furniture

For years, solid wood furniture has been favoured for its distinctive warm texture, yet it faces challenges such as heaviness, susceptibility to damage, and high maintenance costs. While metal furniture offers durability, it is often perceived as rigid and prone to rust, with many metal wood grain pieces perceived as lacking in detail refinement. Through continuous innovation, Yumeya has enabled metal wood grain to replicate both the visual appeal and tactile feel of solid wood, while offering superior durability, ease of care, and lower maintenance costs. After the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, this advantage became even more pronounced, providing sustainable solutions for commercial spaces worldwide.

Solid Wood Transformation of Metal Wood Grain

Technological innovation has consistently driven Yumeya's leadership in metal wood grain development. Prior to 2020, metal wood grain technology remained confined to surface treatments, with chair designs retaining a distinctly metallic appearance.

After 2020, metal wood grain chairs began integrating solid wood design principles, achieving true wood-like authenticity. These chairs closely replicate natural solid wood in appearance and detail, yet offer significantly lower production and maintenance costs than their solid wood counterparts. This provides commercial spaces such as hotels and restaurants with a highly cost-effective alternative.

Yumeya Pioneers Metal Wood Grain Furniture Development

How Yumeya Lead the Development of Metal Wood Grain Chair

Metal Wood Grain

In 1998, Yumeya developed the world’s first metal wood grain chair, bringing indoor wood grain technology into the commercial furniture sector. By 2020, with the solid-wood upgrade, indoor wood grain chairs became suitable for high-end contract furniture projects, offering both elegance and durability.

3D Metal Wood Grain

In 2018, we launched the world’s first 3D wood grain chair, delivering the authentic tactile feel of solid wood. This breakthrough greatly reduced the difference between metal wood grain chairs and solid wood chairs in both appearance and touch, redefining standards for commercial furniture design.

Outdoor Metal Wood Grain

In 2022, to solve the durability challenges of solid wood outdoor furniture and the low-end perception of traditional metal outdoor furniture, we introduced outdoor metal wood grain solutions. These products not only showcase the natural beauty of wood but also provide multi-functional performance: UV resistance, rustproof, corrosion-resistant, and waterproof. Successfully applied in high-profile projects such as the Disney outdoor coffee tables, they prove the stability and long-term durability of metal wood grain in high-traffic environments, offering modern commercial spaces a solution that combines aesthetics with reliability.

The Craftsmanship Advantages of Yumeya's Metal Wood Grain Furniture

• No joint no gap

In conventional metal wood grain techniques, welded junctions between tubular sections often disrupt the wood grain continuity, resulting in breaks or gaps that compromise the overall realistic effect. Yumeya's products ensure natural wood grain flow even at tube joints, eliminating visible seams. This meticulous detailing renders the chair's appearance more cohesive, approximating the seamless solid wood construction of monolithic pieces. Visually, this enhances both the premium aesthetic and naturalistic appeal.

• Distinct wood grain

Our thermal transfer process employs bespoke moulds for each chair model. The development team has engineered high-temperature-resistant PVC moulds and foam, ensuring the wood grain paper adheres tightly to the tubing without bubbling or peeling. Unlike most mass-produced moulds, Yumeya designs bespoke patterns for each chair model, aligning wood grain direction with genuine solid wood furniture. This not only sharpens grain definition but also captures intricate details like wood pores and landscape patterns with exceptional fidelity. Compared to conventional painted wood grain techniques (limited to straight grain and restricted colour palettes), thermal transfer technology delivers richer textures and depth, even replicating the natural appearance of light woods like oak.

• Tripled Durability

Collaboration with renowned powder coating brand Tiger enhances our chairs' resilience against daily knocks and scratches. In high-traffic settings like hotels and restaurants, chairs inevitably endure constant friction and impact. Yumeya's metal wood grain chairs maintain their pristine appearance under such conditions, extending product lifespan and reducing long-term maintenance costs.

• Detail

The uniqueness of solid wood furniture lies in the fact that every piece of timber possesses distinct grain patterns, with no two boards being entirely identical. We apply this principle to the cutting and directional design of our wood grain paper. Using cutting machines aligned with the natural grain orientation of solid timber, we ensure horizontal and vertical grains seamlessly interlock without any jarring joints. This not only enhances realism but also endows our metal wood grain chairs with the distinctive character of solid wood furniture, maintaining a natural and sophisticated aesthetic even in mass production.

Metal Wood Grain Chair, Widely Employed in Hotel and Restaurant Furnishing Projects

Through relentless innovation and unwavering commitment to quality, Yumeya has successfully collaborated on over 10,000 projects across more than 80 countries and regions worldwide. The company maintains long-term partnerships with numerous international five-star hotel chains, including Hilton, Shangri-La, and Marriott, and serves as the designated furniture supplier for Disney, Maxim's Group, and Panda Restaurant.

Singapore M Hotel Case Study:

As one of Singapore's few luxury hotels offering guests an environment of opulence, comfort and excellence, M Hotel prioritises environmental stewardship and sustainability. The hotel selected our Oki 1224 series stackable banquet chairs to help reduce its environmental footprint and actively advance the objectives of Singapore's Hotel Sustainability Roadmap.

Marriott Group:

Most Marriott meeting venues utilise Yumeya's flex back chairs, which successfully passed SGS testing this year. Constructed with carbon fibre materials, they retain flexibility even after prolonged use. The chairs maintain stability and aesthetic appeal in high-frequency usage environments, reducing maintenance and replacement costs.

Disney Outdoor Table Case Study:

For the Disney Cruise Line project, Yumeya supplied outdoor chairs and metal wood grain tables. The tables employ outdoor 3D metal wood grain technology, offering UV resistance, rustproofing, corrosion resistance, and waterproofing. While retaining the texture of solid wood, they are better suited to the high salt spray and humidity of maritime environments, balancing aesthetics with durability.

This not only validates our craftsmanship but also demonstrates the broad application prospects of metal wood grain in global high-end commercial spaces.

Conclusion

From our inaugural metal wood grain chair to 27 years of continuous innovation, Yumeya remains steadfast in endowing metal with the beauty and warmth of solid wood. Moving forward, we shall persist in pioneering developments to deliver furniture solutions that harmonise aesthetics with durability for commercial spaces worldwide. Our new factory recently reached its structural completion, expanding production capacity while ensuring more efficient and stable delivery guarantees for global clients.

Should you be considering expanding your product range whilst seeking cost-effective market validation, selecting yumeya's metal wood grain furniture enables swift business model validation. This approach allows you to capitalise on industry trends and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.