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New logistic department

At Kvist Latvia, we have started a new logistic department to meet our customers’ demands regarding market condition requirements. The department will ensure logistic related challenges such as special labeling, mounting, communication, and transportation, and that goods are reached on time, under safe conditions, and in the right place.

Our know-how provides us with the ability to offer a diversified assembling, packing, and transportation ready for the onward distribution to our customers. The primary focus will be the internal communication between sales and production facilities to meet and exceed our customers demand. The department has already 13 new employees and still growing.

29.05.2017

Visiting IMM Cologne 2017

IMM Cologne is the first international interior show hosted in 2017. Kvist Industries was not a part of the fair exhibition, but we have been visiting the fair to find out the last trends in the industry. We were very glad to see in the showcase some of our customers and the furniture that we produce for them. The most important trend in the interior design world is represented by freedom and creativity. Raw materials are combined despite textures, colors or place in the house. In the furniture industry, wood is on the top wish list even if contemporary furniture tends to combine it with different materials such as plastic or metal for new aesthetics. The usage of wood furniture is expanding in design interiors, in offices and houses from the living room to the bathroom. Our overall impression is that the fair is growing every year in both visitors and exhibitors and the atmosphere makes the fair very special.

Below you can see some of the furniture that we have been a part of the developing and manufacturing process.

02.03.2017

InBetween Bar Stool

Classic wood craftsmanship with compression molding

In addition to the InBetween collection, we have started to produce the InBetween Bar Stool.

The InBetween Bar Stool is designed by Sami Kallio for &Tradition and it represents a great wood craftsmanship.

At Kvist, we produce the bar stool using two old and traditional manufacturing techniques compression molding which makes the wood light and thin but still strong and woodturning which is using a lathe to create a better detail.

The seat and side panels are produced of formpressed oak veneer which provides comfortable seating and support. The arm rest is curved shaped produced of turned solid oak as well the legs are made of solid oak using the woodturning technique to create the shape and to provide stability.

We are very pleasant to be a part of this process and to use our wood know-how and production facilities to manufacture the bar stool until packing ready for the onward distribution.

The bar stool can be ordered in different wood finishes white oiled oak, smoked oiled oak, black lacquered oak.

The iconic J52 as a two people bench - J52D (double)

J52D represents a unique bench designed to provide comfortable seating for two and it can be used with a dining table or for freestanding.

J52D is designed in corporation with Børge Mogensen design studio and it represents a contemporary furniture icon in the Danish design. The J52D also aligns in the mindset of Børge Mongensen, who designed beautiful and functional furniture at a reasonable price without compromising the quality and high standards.

All used wood is FSC® certificated from European forests. The seat is made of molded beech with phase edges of the seat. The legs and the base of the seat are made of solid beech which gives stability.

Today, Kvist Industries A/S has the honor to own the unique rights for producing all the classic FDB furniture in our factories in Denmark and Latvia and together with our partners the furniture is distributed worldwide.

18.10.2016

Nanolaminate Production

Fenix NTM® is an innovative nanotech material, created by Arpa Industriale. The external surface of Fenix NTM® involves the use of nanotechnology and it can be used in a very wide range of interior design products.

The surface has low light reflectivity, it is extremely mat, anti-fingerprint with a smooth and soft touch. It reduces the number of bacteria and it is easy to clean, having the possibility of repairing small scratches with a sponge or for larger scratches an iron.

Fenix NTM® is not a high-pressure laminate but a acrylic resin. Using the nanotechnology with acrylic resin, hardened and fixed with Electron Beam Curing process.

Since 2014, we are working towards getting the necessary know-how, with Fenix NTM®, and now it is implemented in our daily production. Together with Fritz Hansen, we will launch Fenix NTM® implemented on the table tops of the famous Piet Hein tables.

18.10.2016

ISO 9001 - Quality Management System

At Kvist Industries, we are constantly working on improving our services and products, having high standards for our Quality Management System. We use ISO 9001 Principals in order to give real benefits to our customers and employees by ensuring the sustainability of all birch and beech materials.

Kvist Industries’ Quality Department provides guidance and tools to ensure that all our products meet consistently our customer’s different requirements and exceed their needs. In our daily work, we comply our work with the principles of ISO 9001.

In order to constantly improve the quality and productivity, our company is working in an efficient way, having a structured organization on specific departments. All this makes themanufacturing process being aligned and understood by all employees; also the system will provide our customers with uniformity.

07.09.2016

Growth in better and worse!

"Normally we are delighted when we receive orders and our customers perform well," says CCO Michael Kvist. “But the total order intake in the recent months is showing a level of 40% higher than the estimated". This makes a great challenge in purchasing, production and put pressures on delivery and not least the ability to keep what we have promised our customers.

CEO Jens Bach Mortensen adds “there are major challenges in procuring materials, especially oak wood is a limited material in the market. Our supply covers the forecasts we have from our sales department and customers, while remaining demands are bought on the spot market, where both quality and price can vary widely. We have the manpower to implement the desired volume, but we have a few bottlenecks as a challenge”. The biggest problem is lack of resources and unstable output from the overbooked departments, we have difficulties in complying the confirmed agreements and provide valid bid for the increased amount of orders.

Kvist Industries invest regularly in new capacity, but in the short term the job is to optimize existing machinery in order to meet the demand. CTO Søren Kvist informs that investment in equipment has been made so it’s possible to meet the future need, but the focus is to work with optimizing and rationalizing the processes. In particular, there is still great potential to optimize the lines, which in the spring was moved from Slovakia to Latvia. "The full effect will be seen during the autumn and I hope that by the end of the year, once again we can put pressure on the sales department and customers to secure future growth."

Employees in Latvia and Denmark are doing everything they can to meet the large demand. However, it is the Executive team responsibility to ensure resources and capacity to secure stability of the supplies.

23.06.2016

FDB furniture for the people

FDB Furniture Design Studio created a strong furniture concept back in the 1950's and behind it are some of the most iconic Danish designers. The concept behind "Furniture for the People" was to ensure that working class can also have the possibility to buy high quality, well-designed furniture for a low amount of money.

In 2013, in collaboration with Coop and with great success we relaunched some of the classics FDB pieces and since then we kept doing it. FDB Design Studio won great popularity through beautiful design and functional furniture that could be purchased by the general population at a reasonable price without compromising the quality. In order to acquire this, both the design and the production are rational and simple, qualities which later made the Danish Design famous around the world.

22.06.2016

3rd of June 2016

Kvist Industries A/S had the honour to receive a very important guest in our production facilities in Årre. Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark visited our tabletop production and showroom on 3rd of June 2016.

During the tour around the tabletop production, Her Majesty was showed how tabletops are handmade from milling plate to assembling and packing.

The Queen visited tree stations: raw materials, craftsmanship, and quality.
In the end of the tour, we presented our showroom with some of the products that we produce, our FDB collection from the 1950’s, and our latest addition, a lounge chair, developed in cooperation with Tom Stepp.

Looking back, after the Royal Visit, it was a splendid success and an incredible achievement for our company.
With the Queen's visit, Kvist Industries has now a royal touch on our tabletops.

Royal visit at Kvist Industries

H.M. the Queen of Denmark will be visiting Kvist Industries June 3th. We are delighted to have the opportunity to show our production of the classic designs as well as all the new and innovative designs that we produce. Danish design is an important part of every Dane’s national identity and daily life which make it a even bigger privilege for us to produce.

Creations from designers such as Børge Mogensen, Hans J. Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, Poul Volther, Arne Jacobsen and Piet Hein are just few of the classics that we produce here at Kvist. We also collaborate with new designers such as Hans Sandgren Jacobsen, Tom Stepp and Hee Welling.

With our wood knowledge and our specialized production, we are able to meet the demand and produce furniture for great brands like Fritz Hansen, HAY, Fredericia Furniture and Muuto. Recently, in collaboration with COOP we reintroduced the designs from the old FDB Furniture – furniture to the people.

Every week, Kvist Industries produces more than 10.000 chairs and 1.000 tables for our customers which are distributed worldwide.

We look forward to welcome Her Majestic, Queen of Denmark to our production and showroom in Årre and are very honered that the Royal Familiy show a interest in the production of "Funiture for the People".

26.04.2016

Juppa Table

In addition to the “Atelier Pfister” collection, we started to produce the Juppa Table. The table represents a partner to its Juppa Chair and it is produced using the same concept. The table top is made of plywood with linoleum in two colors grey and black and the legs are made of solid wood which gives stability, being an ideal match for the chair.

During the process of the product development, we were in a good dialog with the people behind the table and we came up with some good technical solutions in strengthening and assembling. The table comes in different sizes and it had a special edition of round tables for the Ambiente Fair in Frankfurt.

Tradition combined with functionality and timeless design

The &Tradition dining table is designed by Sami Kallio. The concept behind this table is the desire to design a table that doesn’t take up too much space. The table is a fine blend of simplicity, quality and tradition. Kvist Industries produce the table using two traditional wood knowing techniques: compression molding and woodturning.

The tabletop is made from high-quality MDF board with oak veneer on the top and edges. The legs are made of solid wood using the wood-turning technique to create the conical shape. Furthermore, to ensure high durability, the table is tested for strength and safety.

We are very pleasant to be a part of this process and to use our wood knowledge and production facilities from the beginning until the packing and the final delivery.

The table can be ordered in different sizes and is available in black stained oak, clear lacquered oak and smoked oiled oak.

Read more about &Tradition and the table

11.04.2016

Ambitious plan based on partnership

This year, Kvist Industries is a part of a project that optimizes the supply chain. The project is called “Stram Kæden” which is hosted by Industriens Fond and Dansk Industri. Participating in this project gives us the opportunity to improve our collaborations from the traditional customer/supplier relationship to a partnership. We are creating a closer cooperation with both our suppliers and customers in order to create a better understanding of each other’s business and to use new tools to optimize the collaboration.

Currently, we are working with five key suppliers in our team and we believe this is only the beginning! This project also gives us the unique opportunity to participate with one of our customers, BoConcept in order to move forward in the value chain.

Being a part of this project will give us the knowledge of how to make processes easier so we can accomplish our goals together. Kvist Industries' main goal is to be the preferred partner for customers who appreciate quality and value service within the furniture industry, and by participating in this project, we believe that we will develop a better relation with both our suppliers and customers. It will also increase our flexibility in getting the best prices, lead time and to keep our high standards.