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Continued
investment
Dams Furniture is a UK manufacturer of office furniture and soft
seating products. The business has invested heavily over the
last three years in our production facilities and manufacturing
technology, including over £3 million in the last year in new
machinery, which has given us greater efficiencies and quality
of product.
Quality products with
the
environment
in mind
In 2019 we
were awarded
Manufacturer of
the Year
Packaging
We operate a sustainable approach to waste packaging
and are compliant with The Packaging Waste Regulations
through our membership of Ecosurety. Returned packaging is
assessed when it arrives back at the factory, marked green for
re-use or red for recycling which ensures we get maximum
use from our packaging.
We re-use cardboard attached to off-cuts of MFC as corner
protection for our desktops, storage and boardroom tables.
The Cardboard we use for packaging is 100%
reusable with an 84% recycled content.
We are an Upper Tier EA Waste Carrier, our Licence Reg.
No: CBDU82920. This enables us to collect, move and
repurpose or recycle product from our clients.
At Dams we drive our business towards quality of
manufactured product lines to ensure zero defects. We
design and manufacture all products to the latest British and
European Standards and ensure our product ranges are
FIRA/SATRA tested for Safety, Strength and Durability.
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All the foam used by Dams has also passed the rigorous CRIB 5
or cigarette and match tests, which refers to material or furniture
that’s been tested to pass UK Fire Regulations
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We now only use water based adhesives in our manufacturing
processes, being low in VOC content, safer and more
environmentally friendly
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We have also entirely eliminated the use of CFCs and HCFCs in all
our manufacturing processes to protect the ozone layer
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