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Environment
A logical continuation of our principles of ecological action that have been practiced for years is our management system, with which we have committed ourselves to environmentally friendly production and capture raw material and energy consumption for environmental protection, in order to improve it on an ongoing basis.
Frames:
These steel constructions are untreated and entirely recyclable.
Upholstery:
The polyurethane foam used is foamed with water vapour and is CFC-free.
Adhesives:
A substantial proportion of the adhesives we use have been changed over to a water-soluble basis. Solvent-reduced adhesives are used for technically difficult gluing.
Mechanics:
All moving parts are screwed together and easy to replace.
Wearing parts:
All wearing parts (such as gas pressure springs) are easy to replace.
Eco-design
Eco-design attempts to minimise the environmental strain created by products. The phases in the life of a piece of upholstered furniture range from the manufacturer of its materials to the production of the upholstered furniture, the phase during which it is used and its disposal. Eco-design generally concentrates on aspects such as the durability of products and in particular on the materials used to produce them. Because the greatest environmental strain created by upholstered furniture does not arise during the phase in which it is used (as is the case with household appliances, for example), but rather in the production of its base materials, such as leather and foamed material. The eco-design checklist is used for product developments and covers parts manufactured in-house, purchased parts and production methods. Thus, FSM leather is only dyed in aqueous systems free of solvents. Since 1985 FSM has carried out processing in a chrome-reduced manner, using solvent-free leather, which by far exceeds German environmental standards.