Become a member
How to become a member of the DGM and benefit from the advantages of the "Golden M".
You are a furniture manufacturer and would like to benefit from the advantages of a membership in the Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel e.V. and use the RAL quality mark for your products? Here you will find all information on how to become a member and which requirements you have to fulfil.
- Application for membership and the use of the quality mark by signing the declaration of membership
- Specification of the furniture and furniture programmes that are to be awarded the quality mark
- Testing of this furniture and furniture programmes by neutral furniture testing institutes taking into account current test certificates
- Answering of the questions according to the Leitfaden Ziff. 2.3.1 bis 2.3.14
- After all documents have been submitted, the Executive Committee decides on the recommendation of the Quality Committee on the admission of the applicant to the GermanFurniture Quality Association (preliminary decision).
- Notification of the decision to the applicant
- Issue of the certificate of membership of the Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel e.V.
The path to DGM membership for supporting members
If you are not a furniture manufacturer, you can become a "supporting member" of the Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel e.V.. Here we show you the steps to membership for your company:
- Application for membership by signing the declaration of membership.
- Decision of the board about the admission
- Notification of the decision to the applicant
- Confirmation of membership by the office of the Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel