Orangebox is a British brand for contemporary office furniture and workplace solutions — with origins in 1973 (introduction of Giroflex to the British market, establishment of the production facility in Hengoed/South Wales). After various ownership changes a management buyout by Mino Vernaschi, Peter Hurley and Remo Vernaschi followed in 1998. 1999: G64 task chair + expansion into soft seating + new showroom on Clerkenwell Road, London. Summer 2002: official rebranding to Orangebox. Brand principle: "Smartworking" — furniture solutions that foster collaboration, change cultures and improve efficiency by orienting people correctly in relation to technology and one another. September 2018: acquisition by Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Indiana, USA) for £60 million. Continues to operate as an independent subsidiary under its own brand. Headquarters: Hengoed, South Wales.

Product portfolio: task seating (Do, G64, Flo, Spira, Being), soft seating (low-back/high-back sofas), acoustic pod systems (Airea 2006 — first pod system, Orangebox invention; Air3 2014 — internationally patented opening roof system, advanced fire safety for sprinklered office environments; freestanding, scalable, demountable and repositionable; glass panels + soft acoustic panelling), collaboration settings, tables. Certifications: FISP (FIRA). Sustainability programme: "Tread Softly" — materials selection, supply chain optimisation, carbon footprinting. Application areas: corporate headquarters, educational facilities, co-working, healthcare sector.

For architects and interior designers seeking for corporate headquarters, educational facility, co-working, healthcare sector and demanding international workplace contract projects a British office furniture brand with origins in 1973 in Hengoed (South Wales) that officially rebranded as Orangebox in 2002, operates since 2018 as an independent Steelcase subsidiary and with the "Smartworking" concept, the Air3 acoustic pod system (2014 — internationally patented opening roof system, fire safety for sprinklered offices, scalable, demountable), the first Airea pod system (2006), G64/Do/Flo/Spira/Being task seating and the "Tread Softly" sustainability programme produces agile workplace solutions for the changing world of work — Orangebox invented the acoustic workplace pod with the Airea system (2006) and the Air3 (2014), and has since established the Smartworking concept internationally as an independent Steelcase subsidiary.