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Vario Office Furniture

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Vario Office furniture
Vario was founded in 1872 by Wilheim Dichmann in Kelkheim Germany. He owned a water powered saw mill and became known for the production of high quality furniture in walnut and oak veneers. The company began producing office furniture as long ago as 1908 and by the 50’s became known as one of the most innovative office furniture manufactures in Germany. In 1979 the BIT office furniture range was produced which was of the first office furniture ranges to carry a fully integrated cable management system. In 1994 came Tecture a comprehensive cantilever based office furniture range and in 1996 Office mobile a leading design of mobile office screen range. Vario also offer a range of innovative underdesk storage pedestals and caddies for use at the workstation. Vario is still a family run business with 7 members of the Dichmann family currently employed.
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Lammhults design group

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Lammhults design group
A collection of Swedish based design orientated companies who specialise in the design of office furniture and office seating products to the European marketplace. Bases 450 miles south of Stockholm in an area that is renowned for furniture production. The head office and production site occupies over 10,000 square metres. Lammhults employs and works with a number of world class furniture designers.
An abbreviated list as follows:
Gunilla Allard Designer of reception and break out seating as well as conference tables including Cinema meeting tables and conference chair and Sahara sofas.
Anya Sebton Specialising in break out, conference and reception seating who designs include A line modular reception seating and the Milibar lounge chair
Peter Hiort-Lorenzen and Johannes Foersom who designed the famous campus conference chair as well as the Spira and Atlas conference chairs
Love Arben who has designed a superb range of Easy chairs, Sofas and Benches
Ruud Ekstrand who has worked with Abstracta and has designed the Sinus and Scala office screens
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HAG office chairs

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

HAG office chairs
HAG have been at the forefront of the design of ergonomic office chair s since 1943. From their base in Roros, Central Norway they have become the leading manufacturer of office chairs in Scandinavia n in the top 5 in Europe. They have subsidiaries in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.
The HAG principle of correct posture is all about balance. The seat should drop at the front as the user leaning forwards and rises when leaning backwards. This encourages movement of the legs improving blood circulation and well being. One of the most successful chairs in their range is the Capisco chair which enables the users to sit sideways as well a s forwards. This unique design won the Norwegian Design Award for Design Excellence. There are four models sin the range to suit a variety of anatomical shapes. The Capisco is made from recyclable materials with the seat manufactured from recycled bumpers and plastics from household waste. HAG office chairs are manufactured to the ISO 14001 environmental standard.
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Le Al Executive office furniture

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

 

Le Al Executive office furniture
From their base in Stockport Le Al produce executive furniture, boardroom tables and reception desk in a range of rich wood veneers. Their speciality is very stylish reproduction pieces that can be chosen from their standard Quintesse range or they can also be commissioned to manufacture totally bespoke items. Contemporary styles are also available from the new Kudos and Clarity ranges of executive furniture. Feature veneers include Burr Elm, Crown Walnut, Traditional Yew and Kevasingo. Le Al also produces a range of executive and boardroom chairs. Stunning swivel base chairs feature buttoned upholstery and a broad range of hides to complement the chosen desk colour. Chair frames can also be made in timber to match the executive desk or boardroom table.
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Andrew Muirhead and Co

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Andrew Muirhead and Co
Muirhead supply high performance leather to the contract and office seating industry. Their heritage can be traced back to 1758 when the founder John Muirhead began to export glove and chamois leather to America. Following this came the production of glue from animal skins. In 1820 James his son took over the business followed by Andrew James’s son in 1840. In 1870 the Company changed its name to Andrew Muirhead and Sons and began to provide quality leather for upholstery, luggage and shoes. This carried on until the 1960’s when the demand for upholstery leather overshadowed all other applications. In 1968 the Company became Andrew Muirhead and Co. Today the Company provides high quality leather to the office furniture marketplace as well being the leading supplier to the airline sector. They also have a specialist automotive and marine division. Popular ranges of leather include the Argyll, Elgin and Ingleston ranges

Estel Office furniture

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Estel Office furniture
Estel formed in 1937 by the current CEO Alfredo Stella. Alfredo’s main passion was for design in the domestic furniture market and early successes included Extensible Stella a wardrobe with sliding doors. In the 70’s Estel became one of the leading domestic furniture makers in Italy and started to market office furniture market through a new division called Estel Office Project.  
The 80s saw  rapid expansion of the office furniture division and the creation of Estella seating a division dedicated to the production of office chairs and reception seating.  At present sales exceed 100 million Euros and office furniture represents 85% of the total turnover. Based in Italy Estel exports to most countries in Europe and derives 40% of its sales from its growing export division. Latest office furniture ranges include Direzionale reception desks, News reception desks, X file metal pedestals and filing cabinets and M2 office chairs
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HON Office furniture

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

HON Office furniture
The HNI Corporation and owners of HON office furniture and Allsteel office furniture have annual sales in excess of 1 billion dollars and are the second largest office furniture manufacture in the world. It all started in 1948 when friends Max Stanley, Clem Henson  decided to create a Company to give work to GI’s returned from the second world war. They created a benevolent Company with profit sharing schemes that sought to reward the members for growth and achievement. Their first plant was in Muscatine Iowa. Early products included metal filing cabinets and multi drawer units. Their revolutionary metal kitchen cabinet was called Home- O- Nize from which the name HON office furniture came about. A sustained period of growth and acquisition proceeded
HNI who own HON are one of the top one thousand largest companies in the USA
HON manufacture a board range of office desks, office chairs and metal filing cabinets. Included in these is Mentor steel based workstation desks, Jackson traditional veneer executive furniture and the Perpetual ergonomic office chair. HON is also heavily involved in the educational sector with a range of products including height adjustable workstation desks and the 6000 series of teacher desks
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AIS office furniture

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

 

AIS office furniture
Are a relatively new office furniture Company founded by Bruce Platzman and his team in 1990. They were then involved in the remanufacture of panel based system office furniture or furniture cubicles. They were known as Affordable Interior Systems and mainly serviced the New England region of the US. In 1996 the began to manufacture brand new office furniture, desks and panel systems and very quickly grew to a 20 million dollar company. By 2007 the turnover was over 100 million making them one of the top office furniture manufactures in the country. This has been brought about by offering good value and fast delivery, 90% of the office furniture from AIS is shipped within 10 days. AIS also have the prestigious Greenguard certification and between 40-50% of the materials used in the production of office furniture are recyclable.  Ranges include DIVI panel based office furniture, Matrix office screens and room dividers and the A02 range of open plan system furniture
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Assman office furniture

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Assman Buromobel
A German office furniture manufacturer based near Osnabruck. Founxded when Heinrich Ahsmann took over the village carpenters shop. The Company started its growth when his son Dieter joined in firm in 1968 and in 1969 they had 15 staff with a turnover of DEN 1 million.. The 70’s saw rapid growth but is was the development of the Org-norm range that propelled them to the DEN20 million mark. In 1989 when Diter son Dirk joined the firm turnover was over DEN100 million and Assman had become one of Germany’s leading office furniture manufactures. Their office furniture is marketed through specialist dealers throughout Europe, Russia and here in the UK. Popular ranges include EsitAss range of height adjustable desks, InvitAss wooden storage cupboards, CnvassPro entry level office furniture and RondAss call centre furniture. All furniture is manufactured to high quality standards and adheres to European standards for the production of office furniture
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Bulo office furniture

Friday, October 31st, 2008

 

Bulo designer office furniture
A design based office furniture Company based in Belgium Bulo was founded by Walter Busschop in 1963. His first successful project was a wooden office storage trolley. This profit of which were re invested to form the Company. In 1970 Bulo follows the total design concept offering the Belgium market Ofiice furniture and chairs, Plants, wall coverings and office lighting. In 1987 Bulo opened its new factory in Mechelen within the industrial area between Antwerp and Brussels and became the leader on the Belgium office furniture market. 1989 saw the launch of Buloflex  a new space saving office furniture system, followed by Bulosafe a keyless lockable storage range. In 19921 Dirk and Luk Busschop worked with local office interiors designers and launjched the H20 range. Carte Blache is a forum for Architects dn Designers to work with Bulo to create designer furniture, these collaborations have led to products such as  Easy Rider by Danny Venlet, Love table by Edouard Francois and the Spine desk bench system by Evelyne Merkx
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