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Kinnarps

Kinnarps is one of Europe's leading providers of interior solutions for offices, educational institutions and healthcare facilities — founded in 1942 by Jarl and Evy Andersson in Kinnarp (Västra Götaland region, Sweden), where the young couple acquired a carpenter's shop and initially produced custom-made office furniture for architects. 1989 world's first electrically height-adjustable desk offering. 1993 first furniture company in Sweden with ISO 9001 certification. 1997 ISO 14001. From 2000 acquisitions: Materia, Skandiform, Klaessons; 2010 Samas Group Germany (Drabert, MartinStoll). Today 100% family-owned (children and grandchildren of the founding family); 6 production sites exclusively in Sweden; approx. 1,800 employees; presence in approx. 40 countries.

Kinnarps Group brand family: Kinnarps, Materia, Skandiform, NC Nordic Care, Drabert, MartinStoll. Product categories: office chairs (ing series — 3D Ultra Auto-Fit mechanism; ingCloud), desks and height-adjustable tables, conference furniture, reception furniture, sofa and lounge furniture, storage systems, space dividers, education furniture, care furniture. Methods: Next Office® (needs analysis for individually designed offices), Next Education (concept for active learning environments), Next Care (methodology for healing spaces). Sustainability tool: Better Effect Index (first comprehensive sustainability rating system for interior solutions, 6 sustainability areas).

For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational and healthcare projects a European market leader for office interior solutions founded in Kinnarp (Sweden) in 1942 by Jarl and Evy Andersson and still 100% family-owned today that with exclusively Swedish production in 6 factories, the Kinnarps Group brand family, the Better Effect Index as the first comprehensive sustainability rating system for interior design and the Next Office®/Next Education/Next Care methods — Kinnarps began in 1942 in Kinnarp with a carpenter's shop and custom-made office furniture for architects: since then grown into Sweden's largest office furniture family, in 1989 with the world's first electrically height-adjustable desk, in 1993 with Sweden's first ISO 9001 office furniture company — and today with the Better Effect Index as the next chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinnarps

Kinnarps is one of Europe's leading providers of interior solutions for offices, educational institutions and healthcare facilities — founded in 1942 by Jarl and Evy Andersson in Kinnarp (Västra Götaland region, Sweden), where the young couple acquired a carpenter's shop and initially produced custom-made office furniture for architects. 1989 world's first electrically height-adjustable desk offering. 1993 first furniture company in Sweden with ISO 9001 certification. 1997 ISO 14001. From 2000 acquisitions: Materia, Skandiform, Klaessons; 2010 Samas Group Germany (Drabert, MartinStoll). Today 100% family-owned (children and grandchildren of the founding family); 6 production sites exclusively in Sweden; approx. 1,800 employees; presence in approx. 40 countries.

Kinnarps Group brand family: Kinnarps, Materia, Skandiform, NC Nordic Care, Drabert, MartinStoll. Product categories: office chairs (ing series — 3D Ultra Auto-Fit mechanism; ingCloud), desks and height-adjustable tables, conference furniture, reception furniture, sofa and lounge furniture, storage systems, space dividers, education furniture, care furniture. Methods: Next Office® (needs analysis for individually designed offices), Next Education (concept for active learning environments), Next Care (methodology for healing spaces). Sustainability tool: Better Effect Index (first comprehensive sustainability rating system for interior solutions, 6 sustainability areas).

For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational and healthcare projects a European market leader for office interior solutions founded in Kinnarp (Sweden) in 1942 by Jarl and Evy Andersson and still 100% family-owned today that with exclusively Swedish production in 6 factories, the Kinnarps Group brand family, the Better Effect Index as the first comprehensive sustainability rating system for interior design and the Next Office®/Next Education/Next Care methods — Kinnarps began in 1942 in Kinnarp with a carpenter's shop and custom-made office furniture for architects: since then grown into Sweden's largest office furniture family, in 1989 with the world's first electrically height-adjustable desk, in 1993 with Sweden's first ISO 9001 office furniture company — and today with the Better Effect Index as the next chapter.