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FLEXA
Much more than furniture...
Many companies are scrambling to create manufacturing processes to meet consumers' new demand for environmentally-sensitive materials and business practices. For FLEXA Furniture, that is the way we have always done business.
FLEXA, founded in 1972 in Denmark, makes children's bedroom furniture including beds, bunks, desks, armoires, drawers and fun textiles. All bed components are made from solid Nordic pine grown above the 60th parallel, in the northern Russian forests, a resource the company values and conserves.
FLEXA recently purchased a majority stake in ZAO Zapkarelles, a Russian company with licenses covering over 2 million acres of forest in order to better control this precious resource. FLEXA practices sustainable forestry, as approved of by the Forest Stewardship Council, a global accreditation body meant to help preserve the earth's forests. The company requires that all suppliers have the same goals and policies toward protecting the forests.
FLEXA's commitment to green encompasses the production of every FLEXA product. From lacquer to fabrics, the company works hard to provide children with bedroom furniture that is all natural and toxin-free. For example, lacquer in traditional manufacturing is typically toxic. Not so with FLEXA beds. We use a special water-based UV lacquer to seal, protect and color the wood, there are no odors or particles that create pollution during production. Parents can be happy their children will not be sleeping next to chemicals.
The use of the water-based lacquer also protects the workers in the FLEXA factories. Workers in the lacquering section of the plant do not have to wear special gloves or masks to protect them since there are no harmful substances. Special machines with UV light harden the lacquer within minutes of application.
All fabrics, rugs and mattress materials are also chemical free. Fabrics and rugs are made with all-natural pesticide-free cotton and are certified Oeko-Tex a European standard for ecologically-friendly textile manufacturing. Mattress materials contain no formaldehyde or other dangerous out-gases. FLEXA's all-natural latex mattress is also allergen-free.
FLEXA's green stance also encompasses an innovative recycling plan that in recent years as turned into a viable energy alternative. All sawdust and wood chips leftover from FLEXA's bed and case good production are recycled into clean burning sawdust pellets for the company's subsidiary, FLEX Heat. The pellets, which have no additives or lacquer, are used to heat FLEXA's wood processing facilities in Estonia and their plants in Denmark and are also sold to thermal power plants throughout Europe. FLEX Heat A/S produces 85,000 tons of heating pellets annually.
FLEXA is an innovator and a manufacturer of modular children's bedroom solutions. Based in Denmark with an office and factory in Suffolk, Virginia,
the company has been making children’s furniture since 1972. FLEXA is today, one of the leading kids furniture manufactures globally.
www.shopFLEXA.com is the Official Online Sales Website for FLEXA Furniture in Northern America.
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