Our series has already guided you through seven stages in the life of an office chair – from product management via the development workshop to the sewing room. The eighth and final part of our office chair series explains how the individual parts produced during...
We’ve come up with something rather special to celebrate Christmas this year: instead of gifts for our customers, Klöber is donating 1000 euros each to two charitable organisations in the Lake Constance region to bring a touch of Christmas magic into the lives of children. ...
The most important exhibition in our industry was held last month: Orgatec – the flagship international trade fair for the modern workplace. In my Orgatec review I’ll give you the low-down on which of our seating highlights were available to test out, and let you...
In the last part of the series we introduced you to Gerhard Schwenke: he gives the Klöber prototype chairs the “GS mark”, so that they can go into series production. Today the story continues in cutting and stitching. Under the management of Judith Schmidt, the...
We’ve been maintaining contacts with architects all over the world for years – offline and online. But what do the architects actually think of Klöber and our office chairs? We asked them: Architects test – the AIT Klimastuhl test Nine interior architects and architecture firms from all...
As manager of the Klöber test laboratory, every day Gerhard Schwenke is faced with files of standards, all of which have to be met. In this interview he reveals why, as far as he is concerned, the standards do not go far enough and why...
In Part 5 of our “Stages in the life of an office chair” series, I would like to hand you over to my colleague Leo Kiefer, master upholsterer and developer at Klöber, who will show you the upholstery development workshop. This is the department where...
Too hot, too cold: nearly one in five people disagrees with colleagues where the room climate is concerned. Furthermore not only does the temperature affect performance, but also how comfortable you feel. But these problems are a thing of the past thanks to the Mera...
In the first three parts of this series, my colleagues explained the timeline followed by a new Klöber office chair, passing through the Product Management, Design and Technical Implementation departments along the way. My job? Tool and fixture making. As the name of my department suggests,...
A good office chair needs time. Here at Klöber we spend an average of two-and-a-half years on a new product that will be allowed to bear our brand name. Today I am interviewing Christian Roth-Schuler, head of Product Development, to find out what happens during...
Market observation, trend research and inspiration: these are the first steps in the life of an office chair, as explained in more detail by my colleague Hagen Trischler, product manager at Klöber, in Part 1 of this series. I’m going to describe what happens next....
When I first started work in the marketing department at Klöber a few weeks ago, I kept asking myself the same question: How does that work – having development and production combined at one site? Gradually I got to know the different departments and employees,...