Past. Present. Future.

Margarete Klöber founded a factory for healthy seating in Überlingen in 1935, championing the “freedom to sit in healthy comfort”. The first ergonomic chair concept was christened “Polstergleich”.
The company’s specialisation in office swivel chairs as its core area of competence has evolved over more than 70 years, and is now flanked by furniture programmes for conference rooms, reception areas, seminar and dining facilities.
2007
Klöber Ciello conference swivel chair
Design Matthias Dohm, Klöber Design-Team
2007
Klöber Orbit Network conference swivel chair
Design Klöber Design-Team
2007
Klöber Veo
Design Matthias Dohm, Klöber Design-Team
2007
Giving up the former company headquarters in Überlingen. Relocation to an new administrative building. Merger of all company areas in Owingen.
2006
Klöber Duera
Design Matthias Dohm, Klöber Design-Team
2005
Klöber Orbit Network
Design Eckhard Hansen und Gerhard Reichert
Facts magazine executive chairs test 11/ 2005 – rating “excellent”
2005
Klöber Ciello
Design Klöber Design-Team/ Matthias Dohm
2005: red dot award
Nominated for the Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2006 (federal German design prize)
2004
Klöber Carrée
Design Burkhard Vogtherr
2003
Klöber Orbit
Design Eckhard Hansen und Gerhard Reichert.
Orbit – the new meaning of ergonomics.
Design combined with emotion: The special water bed effect.
Facts magazine test winner 11/ 2006, executive chairs test
2003
Klöber Cato
Klöber Design-Team/ Matthias Dohm und Achim Schmid.
2004: red dot award
2005: Nominated for the Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2006 (federal German design prize)
2002
Klöber Tasso
Design Burkhard Vogtherr
2001
Klöber showroom in Owingen
1998
Klöber Metric.
Design Eckhard Hansen und Stefan Preisig
Design Awards:
Erkenning goed Industrieel Ontwerp
Architektur und Office
reddot award
1998
Klöber Canos.
Design Burkhard Vogtherr
1987
Design high on the agenda at Klöber: Connex.
Design Burkhard Vogtherr
Ergonomics advisor Prof. Diebschlag, Technical University of Munich
1st prize: Design Innovationen 87, Industrieforum Essen.
1975
Besides Überlingen purchase of a second plant in Owingen.
1975
Success story with Klöber Dactylo
1960
A prominent topic: Edge protection
1955
The 1950s at Klöber: GK5017
1935
The dawning of ergonomics
1935
Margarete Wiggenhauser-Klöber, company founder at the trade show in Frankfurt.