NORTH Yorkshire furniture designer and manufacturer Treske is supplying church furniture, worth £100,000, to the leading Christian church in Abu Dhabi.
The bespoke church furniture is being shipped to St Andrew’s Church in individual crates from Felixstowe this week.
This contract follows Treske’s £80,000 fit-out for the first Christian crematorium widely open to ex-pats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Al Foah.
The Thirsk-based family-owned business designed and manufactured 425 solid oak chairs, an altar table, a solid oak pulpit, a wall cross and a credence table especially for St Andrew’s Church, with the St Andrew’s cross hand-carved into some of the furniture.
Treske has previously exported church and domestic furniture to countries including Japan, the UAE and the US, with exports representing about five per cent of the company's turnover.
Treske's managing director, Justin Bartlett, said: "This was a very significant order from us, strengthening our presence in the Gulf region."
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