A major manufacturing center for wooden artifacts, Saharanpur situated in Uttar Pradesh is the most flourishing commercial center for wooden items. It is a major export center for wooden artifacts and its woodwork is exported to countries like Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Kuwait, Sweden, Singapore and many others.

Picture frames are available in traditional, modern and contemporary designs, to suit the demands of the buyers worldwide.

Product Range
The range of products includes:

• Wooden picture frames

Types Of Wood
Different kinds of wood is used for the small-scale manufacture of wooden picture frames. The ones commonly used are:

• Sheesham
• Teak

Saharanpur Wood Industry
Backed with a working force of 20,000 workers, goods worth about Rs 10 to 12 crores are produced in Saharanpur. There are about 300 units currently operating in Saharanpur, out of which nearly 50 are partially mechanized. There is also a 2,400 cubic feet capacity plant for seasoning wood. This serves as a common facility for the scientific seasoning of timber.

Already a good foreign exchange earner, there is great scope for further export growth of hand-crafted goods such as picture frames, particularly if product innovation could concentrate on more utility products and delimit areas of decoration.