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Cattelan Italia designs and produces home furnishings: chairs, tables, coffee tables, beds, complementary funiture such as shelves and bookcases.
Di Liddo & Perego started its activity in the sixties and immediately established itself as an important reality in the field of furniture thanks to its productive and entrepreneurial skills.
Now its seat in Meda, near Milan, has reached considerable dimensions, with a built area of about 14.000 square metres.
Di Liddo & Perego is the result of precise strategic choices that have made up the company philosophy during many years. The use of high-quality materials, the good value for money, the co-operation with various designers, the attention to modern needs for design and functionality, the reliability of its services: these have always been the company's main characteristics.
For these reasons Di Liddo & Perego is nowadays a reference point in the field of furniture, and not only in Italy, because during the last years Di Liddo & Perego has approached the European markets as well.
The company has recently found many new collaborators. The foundation members are now collaborating with the new generation: Andrea Di Liddo is responsible for commercial service, Roberto Perego for productivity, the architect Matteo Perego for communication activities and commercial direction.
An ever new research of quality, an accurate study of contemporary design, a continuous attention paid to every-day way of living and to the market trends as well: Di Liddo & Perego partners believe that the way they went many years ago is still the right one to go today. In order to reach ever new and ambitious objectives.
Spidem was founded in 1984 and has since become renowned in the espresso coffee machine industry for its cutting edge technology and special attention to quality and esthetics.
Over 30 patents have been registered by Spidem for developing the technology that makes it possible today to achieve superior quality results with home espresso machines, yielding espresso and cappuccino with the delicious "crema" and consistency comparable to that of the best espress shops. Many of these patents have been licensed to well-known international manufacturers of both domestic and professional espresso coffee machines.
Innovation and technology have quickly elevated Spidem to become an impoprtant and prestigius brand recognized all over the world, and today over 90% of production by Spidem and its subsidiaries is targeted for export.
Ansager Furniture was founded in 1922, offering complete home-furnishing interiors to the local Danish community. As the company developed over the years, high quality Dining Solutions became a focus area. This opened new markets and by 1962 American, German and English consumers had discovered Ansager furniture. Today, over 90% of our production is exported to several countries around the world.
Ansager offers the widest selection of Dining Series designs and woods by any Danish manufacturer. We work with top designers to create our many collections, which also include Bedroom, Living and Family Room furniture.
Ansager is synonomous with the most seasoned and respected wood experts in the business. Our vast knowledge of wood drying, manufacturing and finishing allows us to offer comprehensive Dining and Livingroom programmes in the following solid woods: Teak, Cherry, Oak, Beech, Walnut and Alder.
Veneer work is no less demanding, and our expertise in this area is matched only by the finest craftsmen. Our wood know-how has gained us an excellent reputation as a sub-supplier of quality pieces to other manufacturers.
Our most respected wood expert has been featured with an interview in the American furniture publication Design Directions. Meet the son of the company’s original founder by downloading the article here: wood.pdf
Our constant goal is to offer our customers the optimum in selection, quality, service, and accuracy of delivery – no matter where in the world they may be. We look forward to serving you.
Ansager mission statement
We strive to be a leader at identifying and fulfilling present and future needs in furniture design and home furnishings.
At Ansager, we will constantly strive to develop our skills at effectively analyzing our customers’ needs and developing intelligent and efficient solutions that surpass their expectations.
Established in 1954, Zanotta is one of the recognized leaders in Italian industrial design.
Guided by the insight and wonderful entrepreneurship abilities of the founder, Aureilio Zanotta, beginning in the 1960s it won and has held the international spotlight. This was thanks to its products: emblematic for both their formal and technological innovations.
In the late 1980s Aurelio Zanotta gave the following explanation of his success. "During the 1950s and 1960s the furniture and furnishing accessories industry was bubbling over with creativity. Some firms which currently are leaders in the industrial design field and have gained international stature were sharp enough then to grasp the crux of the design and manufacturing problem. It was possible to produce both profits and culture, at the same time."
Internationally famed architects and designers have always been called in to create the products. Some of them are: Achille Castiglioni, Gae Aulenti, Marco Zanuso, Ettore Sottsass, Joe Colombo, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, Giuseppe Terragni, Carlo Mollino, De Pas-D'Urbino-Lomazzi, Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, Alfredo Haberli, Werner Asslinger and Ross Lovegrove.
Today's collection comprises these furniture types: armchairs, sofas, storage units, bookcases, chairs, tables, coffee-tables and furnishing accessories.
Diverse manufacturing technologies are employed. In harmony with the corporate philosophy aimed at R&D, they allow the advanced use of a host of materials, like metals (aluminum alloy, stainless steel, brass, bronze, etc.), plastics, glass, marble, granite, wood, fabrics and leather.
In 1989 the "Zanotta Edizioni" collection was added to our line; these furnishing objects are close to applied art. Freed from the constraints of mass-production, the collection's articles are handmade to a great extent. By harking back to the most significant facets of Italy's artistic craft tradition, they revive and rework disused techniques, like mosaic, inlay and painted decorations.
The pieces in the "Zanotta Edizioni" are supposed to be selected and loved, as one picks and loves paintings, sculptures, rugs and tapestries. They, too, are destined to expressively enhance the home. Lastly, this small-batch or numbered and limited edition will augment their value over time.
Many of our pieces' forms rise above the triteness of the threadbare expressions or represent creations that went against the tide. So many creations are mentioned in design history books and displayed at the world's major museums (New York's MOMA and Metropolitan Museum, the Paris Centre George Pompidou, the London Design Museum, Berlin's Arts and Crafts Museum, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, etc.).
Zanotta has received legions of prizes for its achievements. They include three Compasso d'Oro Awards: in 1968 for the Guscio hut designed by Roberto Menghi; in 1979 for De Pas-D'Urbino-Lomazzi's clothes-stand; and for Enzo Mari's 1987 Tonietta chair.
Over time, our company has backed a multitude of experimental endeavors and cultural undertakings to promote the development and dissemination of concepts tied to the creation of household artifacts. Zanotta participates yearly in countless exhibitions and shows in the sector of industrial design, art, architecture and fashion. This intense cultural promotion of the collection boosts its manufacturing.
Currently, the firm's collections are distributed in over sixty nations.
Antonio Almerich Company designs, manufactures and markets furniture, lighting and decorative accessory collections, in classic as well as contemporary styles. Our products are marketed under four exclusive brand names - each highly distinguished by its particular philosophy. Yet all share two common features - uniqueness of design and maximum quality in "high style international decoration".
Since 1943, the company's diversification of products, styles and brands, together with a strong commitment to adapt to constant changes in international markets, has made Antonio Almerich, S.L. a well known industry leader.
Products
The manufacture of cabinet and metalwork is carried out at the company's own facilities, which are fully equipped with all the latest technological advances. Antonio Almerich S.L. brings together the best in hand-crafting traditions accumulated since 1943, while remaining faithful to its goal of producing the highest quality products.
Antonio Almerich S.L. has its own design staff, led by General Manager Antonio Almerich himself. The staff enjoys the collaboration of such internationally famous designers as Miguel Milá, Oscar Tusquets, André Ricard and Carlos Riart - all pioneers of Spanish design who have won a number of National Design Awards. The list of collaborators also includes Ricard Ferré and Ximo Roca, among many other outstanding professionals - a clear sign of the staff's innovative and creative potential.
Each of the four brands cover all kinds of home lighting and furniture. Products employing the same design, or showing an aesthetic or functional consistency are grouped, in turn, into specific collections.
Almerich Lighting
Lighting: Made up of approximately 30 classic collections:
* Ceiling and pendant lights: hanging ceiling lights.
* Ceiling fixtures: direct-mount ceiling lights.
* Wall sconces:wall-mounted lights.
* Table lamps: table lighting.
* Floor lamps: free-standing lights.
* Halogen columns: free-standing lights..
All our lighting units comply with European Union standard EC: EN 60598, and have satisfactorily passed the inspections necessary for obtaining the ETL label for the USA. They also meet the technical specifications of all other destination countries.
Almerich Furniture Furniture:
* Bedrooms and dining rooms.
* Offices.
* Auxiliary furniture: centre and auxiliary tables, console tables, mirrors, glass cabinets, pedestals, shelves, etc.
Almerich Decoration Accesories
Decoration accessories:
Table centres, fruit bowls, candy boxes, ashtrays, vases, umbrella stands, clocks, coat hangers, magazine racks, catalogue stands ...
Diseño, fabricación y comercialización de mueble, iluminación y artículos de decoración, en estilo clásico y contemporáneo. Fabrica: lámparas, plafones, columnas halógenas, dormitorios, comedores, despachos, mobiliario auxiliar ...
“Ekornes shall be a leading brand name supplier of home furniture in domestic and international markets.”
Ekornes shall be one of the most attractive and leading brand name suppliers of furniture and mattresses for home use, both nationally and internationally. The company’s articles of association are more general with regard to defining what business activities the company shall undertake. Clause 2 of the company’s articles of association states: “The company’s purpose is to operate business activities and whatever may be associated with this, including participation in other companies.”
The strategies, goals and values that apply to the company’s business are set out in its handbook “Objectives and Values for the Ekornes Group”. This is available as a separate document. Please refer to this document for details of the company’s goals and overarching strategies.
Brands
Ekornes ASA is the largest furniture manufacturer in the Nordic region and owns such brand names as Ekornes®, Stressless® and Svane®. Stressless® is one of the world’s most famous furniture brands, while Ekornes® and Svane® are the best known brands in the Norwegian furniture market. While products are manufactured at seven factories in Norway, they are sold in large parts of the world through a network of wholly owned sales companies in selected markets.
Stressless - The Innovators of comfort™
Stressless® was introduced in 1971, as the first recliner designed to meet your body’s need for movement and support when seated. No wonder Stressless® became known as the ultimate recliner. 35 years later, and with worldwide sales of over four million, Stressless® is still the ultimate recliner and the reason is simple; our key concern is constantly improving comfort. Whether it’s a new technical feature or a different way of applying ideas, you’ll find it on our range of recliners and reclining sofas, which take them to an even higher level of comfort. As ‘The Innovators of Comfort™ ’, we have never compromised. And rest assured, we never will.
Ten years ago the Stressless® concept was widened with the introduction of Stressless® reclining sofas. Since then other manufacturers have tried to follow our lead and have introduced low-back sofas where seats can be adjusted individually.
However, Stressless® is still the ‘original and best’ so whenever you’re looking at reclining furniture, make sure it carries the Stressless® logo. Then you will know it’s an original from ‘The Innovators of Comfort™ ’.
Ekornes Collection
Ekornes Collection is our collection of comfortable fixed-back sofas with a wide range of combination possibilities. Several Ekornes Collection sofas has similar design as our Stressless sofas and also some Stressless recliners, so you can arrange your room according to your needs and space without compromise.
Svane
Svane logo
Svane was the first trademark to be registered in the Norwegian furniture industry. There is a close connection between laying comfortably and getting enough sleep. Today this connection is widely documented through science, but when Jens E. Ekornes made the first Svane mattresses in 1937 he had come to the same conclusion through common sense. The Svane mattresses which combined mattress springs and breathing capabilities, soon became a success. There is a long way from 1937 and up until today, but peoples trust in the Svane brand is as strong today as back then. This is a trust we have to earn every night.
1 A New Direction Pallucco changes direction.Pallucco reconfirms the original power of its brand name, driven by design, research and communication. Our aim is to boost our image as a ‘Design Company’ more than ever.Acquired in 1990 by Mino Bellato, Pallucco’s turnover has increased greatly over the past few years: the bookcase designed by Wettstein, the great Fortuny lamp and the Papiro lamps by Calatroni have been the leading products.In the winter of 2006 Pallucco separated amicably from the Bellato brand name (the historical family business) with which it had coexisted for 15 years, and now the two companies are forging their way ahead independently.Pallucco is perhaps the only Design Company operating in the Furniture and Lighting sectors. Pallucco stakes its all on creativity, materials and processes so as offer its clients a home that is unique and instantly recognizable – not lacklustre and indistinguishable from a thousand others.
2 New EnergyPallucco has put the art direction for the current season in the capable hands of the brilliant Dutch designer, Jurgen Beij.Jurgen Beij (1965) is not designing at the moment; he is seeking and coordinating new designers and is responsible for prototypes, communications and exhibitions.Jurgen Beij. says:In Pallucco the air is charged with the desire for change. There are new products and there will be more to come because there is a gradual aspiration to grow In these circumstances I enjoy working with other designers and don't feel an urgent need to create products of my own. Standing behind the scenes, it’s easier for me to understand and offer support to the work of other designers. On the stand for the 2006 Furniture Exhibition I take up, once more, the scenographic concept of hiding/connecting objects and showing space, because context is perceived from a form, not from a detail.
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