Steelcase, the world’s largest manufacturer of office furniture, has announced that all seventeen of its active solid colors and seven wood grain 3mm and 1mm edge bands are PVC-free on twelve of its systems furniture product lines.
The product lines where PVC-free edge banding is now standard include: c:scape(R), media:scape(R), Universal Worksurfaces (including knife-edge tops), Universal Storage, Duo(TM), i2i(R) tablet arm chairs, Elective Elements(R) 6, Details(R) AdjusTables, Kick(R), Currency(R), Groupwork(R), Jenny(R) tables and tablet arm chairs. Additionally, Steelcase offers PVC-free power solutions for its Answer(R), Montage(R), Tour(TM), EE6 and c:scape(R) products.
Steelcase has offered PVC-free edge banding internationally in Europe since 1995 and leads its industry with this offering in North America.
"In November 2008 we announced the availability of the first PVC-free power components as standard for our Answer(R) and Montage(R) furniture systems," said Jeff Bradley, category product manager, Steelcase. "Now, we are pleased to offer PVC-free edge banding as standard on this large collection of products."