Arranjo produtivo moveleiro da Região Tocantina

Abstract

The present work seeks to analyze the economical development of the section productive moveleiro of the Tocantina Region of the State of Maranhão in the perspective of your formation as the structural and evolutionary characteristics about the Small-Scale Companies (PMEs), to the learning processes and innovations, as well as the existence of experience in cooperation among the constituent companies of the referred arrangement place.The industry of wood pieces of furniture was selected for this work, among other reasons, because it is inserted in the section of forest base amazon, with preponderance of PMEs with strong relevance in the employment creation and income in the area. Until the decade of 80, denominated area tocantina it was characterized as a great forest reservation and for the existence an enormous number of companies in the extraction and wood improvement that it caused the shortage of that natural resource. This process culminated with the transformation of some remaining sawmills in saw-mill/joinery, saw-mill/movelaria and factories of pieces of furniture. Then, the way suigêneres of the appearance of the tocantina industry moveleira.