Today we'll take a look at one of the largestEuropean kitchen factories This year our editorial team made one of the most pleasant trips in the history of our magazine. We went to the French Alps to the kitchen factory No. 1 in France — Mobalpa.
Name five words that come to mindfirst of all, when you hear the phrase "furniture factory". Most likely, you will say: workshop, machines, workers, rumble, sawdust. We would have said the same until recently. Until we saw the process of making furniture at the Mobalpa factory. The production facilities here are more like a comfortable surgical room, where it is always clean, light, everything is neatly in its place, there is no fuss and noise. This is literally how furniture is born, amazing in all its qualities. No, not furniture - works of art that make any room cozy, and their owners - happy.
The production of this factory is located ina unique natural alpine reserve, spreading above the town of Annecy, which is called the French Venice in the Alps. The fusion with nature here is absolute, which means that the production itself is environmentally friendly. Imagine: workers ride bicycles around the factory, and the snow-capped mountain peaks are reflected in the mirrored windows of the building... Amazingly beautiful!
The process of making furniture itself is also unusual.— everything that can be automated is automated and robotized here. The quiet sound of the machines does not disturb the majestic silence of the natural beauty, as if dozing in a centuries-old peace, where no stormy industrial activity intrudes. A light pleasant smell of wood sawdust dissolves in the room in an elusive wave that runs up and melts — falling shavings are collected on the fly by a special vacuum cleaner, which is why these workshops are so almost sterile, surgically clean. There is nothing superfluous, accidental, or unnecessary here.
Human participation in the process of furniture creationis due to the observance of ancient traditions of handcrafting with wood. This also makes the products of the Mobalpa factory unique in its kind, which compares favorably with those manufactured by the flow method in the factories of other manufacturers.
Olga Grigorieva, interior design studioFlamandRose: — We have been cooperating with the Mobalpa factory for over 10 years. Positive feedback from our clients can speak for us about this fruitful tandem. And there are many of them! Among the main advantages, I can name a wide range of models and a convenient design system. In one project, we can use modules for the kitchen, living room and bathroom. Simple and convenient. Another significant advantage is the convenient storage system developed by the factory. With the help of the i practis system, we can take into account any wishes of our clients and create the most comfortable space for cooking and storing food. With the Mobalpa factory, we create an individual project for each client! flamandrose.ru
Editorial opinion:— It is hard to imagine that everything in a factory can be so clean and neat! And having seen it with our own eyes, we understood what the embodiment of the saying “it doesn’t get any better” looks like. A 100% successful combination of natural beauty and eco-friendliness of production, automation and participation of manual labor, quality of materials and perfection of the shape of products! Stereotypes are broken here. New criteria of perfection appear here. Ideal furniture is born here for those who value coziness, comfort, eco-friendliness and the highest quality.
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