Vestre, one of Scandinavia's leading manufacturers of sustainable furniture with Scandinavian design for urban and outdoor environments, will present a new series of outdoor furniture made of wood and aluminium at Stockholm Design Week 2019. Consisting of park benches in various designs, litter bins and cycle racks, the ‘Folk’ range is made of Hydro's aluminium profiles.
“We are proud of partnering with Vestre, whose goal is no less than being the most sustainable outdoor furniture company in the world. Aluminium is a well-suited material for modern and sustainable design and is robust enough to stand all kinds of weather for decades to come,” said Egil Hogna, Head of Hydro’s business area Extruded Solutions, former Sapa.
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The new ‘Folk’ series is created by the Swedish studio Front and is a truly Scandinavian collaboration: the aluminium profiles are extruded at Hydro’s plant in Norway, while the furniture is produced at Vestre’s production facilities in Torsby, Sweden.
“Aluminium is the eco-friendly metal. It’s light, robust, and beautiful and can be recycled an infinite number of times. Melting aluminium requires just 5% of the energy needed to produce new aluminium,” said Jan Christian Vestre, CEO of Vestre.
“A products carbon footprint starts at the drawing board. To produce in the most efficient way we need to work together and exchange knowledge across the value chain. Experts – from designers, suppliers and manufacturers must work together to develop products that can easily be taken apart and recycled when they are no longer in use,” said Hogna.
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