Antique Chinese Furniture

The ACF Advantage

ACF China began in late 2002, as a sourcing project starting with a few photos, a write-up on a personal homepage and a strong passion for Chinese antiques, furnitures and Chinese cultural products. ACF China was born when the homepage generate enough interest for emails to begin coming in from overseas individuals wishing to purchase antique Chinese furniture for their home and asking for assistance. By early 2003, this short sourcing project had found its first wholesale customer and shipped its first container. Today, ACF services business customers in North America, Europe and Asia. Both the ACF China Co along with Millstone Trading is part of the New Trade Group Holdings Ltd.

Our simple philosophy

We offer what businesses need: western standards of reasonable quality, good service, reliability, support and local expertise in an otherwise chaotic, foreign environment.

Our competitive edge resides in four areas

Technology. Leveraging of technology is a core strength. ACF knows IT. We know applications and we know how to make things happen with the click of a mouse. Therefore we have been able to apply a high degree of technological sophistication on an otherwise unsophisticated, old-fashioned industry. This enables us to offer a wider range of products, using far less manpower and a higher level of customer service than our competitors.
Flexible order fulfillment. ACF can draw from the inventories of more than 100 vendors when filling our customers' orders. We carry only a minimal physical inventory, thereby freeing us up to offer our customers the best product at the best prices available, regardless of where it comes from.
The best of East & West. ACF is run by seasoned foreigners living in China. China's business environment is distinct unto itself and requires a sophisticated first hand knowledge of how that system works in order to succeed there. Conversely, doing business outside of China requires an intimate understanding of how foreigners operate and what their needs are. Having already gone through this steep learning curve and having had years of business experience in both environments, the principals of MT provide a competitive edge over the majority of its competition. We know how to smoothly integrate the two sides of the business process, and are on the ground in China to ensure that it stays that way.
Customer satisfaction. Our information tracking system, sourcing capability, hard work and integrity have consistently helped win over our customers. After completing their initial transaction with us, our customers appreciate the many advantages MT offers over dioing it themselves or via our competition. At ACF we always strive for professionalism, international standards Of communication, quality, efficiency. (when possible in China)

Our management team

Roger Schwendeman,
Founder & Managing Director

Coming from an unusual hybrid of business, fine art and information technologies, Roger is the right-brained passion for ACF's products and the left-brain drive for its proprietary systems. Roger has a comprehensive perspective on the industry, having traveled extensively throughout China and SE Asia. Having lived and worked in China for more then ten years in 1997, he has first hand knowledge of where to source top-quality product. He has also lived and worked in such diverse environments as New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpor, Warsaw and Bangkok which enabled him along the way to gain critical insights into the many different business practices, societies, and cultures needed to function effectively in an international arena. Roger is a Mandarin Chinese speaker.

Visit the ACF China business blog for first hand insights from Roger, on the Chinese ethnic & antique furniture industries and the accompanying challenges of doing business in China.

Paul Nicholson ,
Director of Finance

Born in Manchester in the U.K., Paul holds in B.A. in Economics and an MBA from Manchester University. He started his career in merchant banking before moving into the private sector in general management roles for various industries as well as forming his own company in the UK. After being in retirement for seven years, he arrived in China in 2000 and set up his own company which was subsequently sold to the local partners. He has also worked as a consultant for foreign companies doing business here in China.

Ellen Ma,
Manager Account Services

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