alumiNation 2010

alumiNation 2010
We make
chairs.
That’s what we do.
Made by hand from 80% recycled Aluminum.
It’s better for the environment that way.
But it’s not easy.
In fact it takes 77 steps to get there.
Welding, grinding, tempering, polishing.
And that’s just a few of them.
After all why should the machines have all the fun?
There’s no mould injected, mass production here.
Sure we use a few machines, but for us
they’re just tools, operated by us, by hand.
Product Index:
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It takes 50 hands 4 hours to make just one chair.
And if you want it polished, that’s another 8 hours.
Made by hand.
It’s what makes every chair unique.
Look underneath a few.
Some welds may be more buzzed than burred.
Others more burred than buzzed.
It’s not a mistake. It’s human.
Designed to last 150 years.
So if it breaks on your 121st birthday,
please send it back. We’ll happily replace it.
Now that’s what we call sustainability.
PG. 8
Navy Collection
PG. 36
Kong Collection
PG. 64
1951 Chairs & Stools
PG. 74
Lancaster Chair & Table
PG. 22
Hudson Collection
PG. 50
Heritage Collection
PG. 70
Superlight Chair
PG. 81
20-06 Collection
PG. 30
Icon Chairs & Stools
PG. 54
Café Table
PG. 70
Morgans Chair
PG. 86
Nine-0 Collection
PG. 56
Emeco Stool & Table
Here’s how
Materials & Process
The 1006 Navy ® aluminum chair, developed
in collaboration with ALCOA in 1944, was
designed for US Submarines. The Navy utilized
Emeco
chairs because they are impervious to corrosion,
non-magnetic, lightweight, fireproof and incredibly
strong. These are also the basic attributes of
aluminum. Emeco uses the best quality material to
assure you of the best possible chair.
77 Steps
Skilled Emeco craftsmen employ over 77
individual steps to create the 1006 Navy ® chair.
Many of these craftsmen have taken over twenty
years to perfect their skills. Our facility in
Hanover, Pennsylvania is one of the few remaining
manufacturing plants in the area. Emeco looks
forward by implementing the latest manufacturing
techniques and apprenticeship programs.
Forming
Emeco starts with soft ‘0’ temper aluminum to
achieve smooth curves and fluid form.
Welding
The Emeco chair requires meters of weld, from the
distinctive tapered legs through the custom molded
seat to the iconic back. Emeco uses no hardware in
creating this monolithic entity.
Grinding & Polishing
Emeco craftsmen grind flush for a one-piece
appearance. Emeco specially trains its polishers
to produce a hand-polished finish that is as close
to perfection as possible. It takes eight man-hours
to polish one Emeco chair — individual parts are
polished, assemblies are polished again, and the
completed chair is polished a third time. Handpolished chairs are finished with aluminum polish,
and then a final wipe-down of cornstarch to create
the super high shine. Hand-polished chairs develop
a “patina” with age and use, similar to any fine metal.
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we do it:
Heat Treating
A proprietary heat treatment begins with aluminum
tensile strength at bendable 18,000 pounds per
square inch (p.s.i.) and ends at ridged 45,000
pounds p.s.i. There are three steps to strengthen
the chair: a 960 Cº salt bath takes the aluminum
from 0 temper to T4, the chair is squared up to
eliminate wobble, and then baked overnight in
a special oven to take the aluminum from T4 to T6,
or 3 times stronger than steel.
Hard Finishing
Every inch of each chair is hand brushed in the
direction of the aluminum grain. This procedure
alone takes years to master. No other aluminum
product is hand finished to the skill level of an
Emeco chair.
Anodizing
Through this electrolytic process, the surface of an
aluminum chair transforms from aluminum to
aluminum oxide — a super durable finish. Aluminum
oxide is next to the hardness of a diamond. In fact,
most sandpaper today is aluminum oxide.
Powder Coating
Emeco uses high-quality European power coat
in this electro-static process. Electric current is
passed through the chair, which attracts the sprayed
powder, and then the chair is baked at 350 Cº for
a uniform coating.
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Stop
recycling.
Environmental Issues:
Credit #2.1:
Emeco uses 80% recycled aluminum content to
make our chairs. Of the recycled aluminum, half
is post consumer (soft drink cans) and half is post
industrial (manufacturing scrap). Chairs made
out of virgin aluminum have an energy density that
is 17 times higher than that of Emeco chairs.
Emeco all-aluminum chairs are 100% recyclable.
The Emeco factory in Hanover, PA conforms to
all applicable U.S., State and Local environmental
regulations.
Construction Waste Management
Emeco uses 100% recyclable shipping and
packing materials. We even use paper tape.
It is important to note the recycled content, and
recyclability of Emeco chairs. But in addition, and
perhaps even of greater significance, is the aspect
of lifetime costing. Emeco all-aluminum chairs
have an estimated lifespan of 150 years or more,
making them a sound investment in every way.
LEED™ Certification:
No product can be LEED™ Certified; certification
is only granted to the entire building or interior. A
project is LEED™ Certified by qualifying for credits
that accrue when environmentally sound choices
are made in the design and building process.
Product choices can help the project qualify for
LEED™ Certification by being environmentally
sound. Some jurisdictions require new construction
to have a minimum number of LEED™ Credits.
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Credit #4.2
Recycled Content
Emeco aluminum furniture is made of
80% recycled aluminum; 40% post consumer
recycled material and 40% post industrial
recycled material.
The 111 Navy Chair® is made of 65% post
consumer recycled PET plastic.
Credit #5.1
Regionally Manufactured Materials
Projects shipped within 500 miles of our Hanover,
PA facility — cities on the East Coast from Boston
through Washington, DC. In addition, the recycled
aluminum used in Emeco products is processed in
Baltimore, MD, adding another credit contribution.
Aluminum does not emit VOCs or aldehydes in any
measurable concentration, therefore out gassing
requirements are not applicable.
LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) is a division of the US Green Building
Council, a government sponsored organization whose
goal is to promote environmentalism in the building
industry. For more information please visit
www.usgbc.org.
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Emeco
with…
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Frank Gehry
“I wanted three things in this chair: comfort, light
weight and strength. Aluminium was the obvious
choice and Emeco was the only company that
could make it.”
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Adrian Van Hooydonk
Andrée Putman
“What I wanted to do with the Emeco chair was
what my friend Coco Chanel did with the ‘little black
dress’ — create a simple, smart, sexy chair that
never goes out of style.”
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Ettore Sottsass
“We agreed that the modernization of the 1951 chair “A chair must be really important as an object,
would be 100% Classic Emeco — simple utilitarian because my mother always told me to offer a
chair to a lady.”
and masculine. The design phase that followed
was one of the most collaborative and rewarding of
my life.”
4 Norman Foster
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Philippe Starck
“If you use the good materials you keep the chair a
long time and if you keep your chair 20 years then
you almost don’t need to be recycling.”
“The 20-06 is the result of a genuine collaboration
between the Foster Studio and the Emeco Team
and will contribute to Emeco’s remarkable history.”
Michael Young
“I feel passionate about working with natural
materials that live for ever; wood and metal are
really the materials that connect to the human.”
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Navy
The Navy ® Chair is protected by trade dress under
U.S. Trademark Registration 2,511,360
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1 Navy® Upholstered Swivel Chairs:
Urban Outfitters Corporate
Headquarters, Philadelphia
Design: Meyer, Scherer
& Rockcastle, Ltd.
Photo: Lara Schwimmer
2 Navy® Chairs & Stools:
BBH Advertising
Design: Gensler
Photo: Andrew Bordwin
3 Navy® Stools:
The Marmara Sisli Hotel, Istanbul
Design: Autoban
Photo: Kerem Sanliman
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4 Navy® Stools:
The Marmara Sisli Hotel,
Istanbul
Design: Autoban
Photo: Kerem Sanliman
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5 1006 Navy® Chairs & Stools:
IV Restaurant, Tiber River, Rome
Design: Elena Piulats
Photo: Marco Ravasini
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6 1006 Navy® Chairs:
IV Restaurant, Tiber River, Rome
Design: Elena Piulats
Photo: Marco Ravasini
7 Emeco has always had
unique testing procedures.
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Navy® Chair 1006
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Navy® Barstool 1006-30
111 Navy Chair ® 111N
Made from 111 recycled
PET plastic bottles.
Navy® Chair 1006
Three welds. Our signature.
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Navy® Semi-Upholstered Chair 1022
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Navy® Chair w/ seat pad 1006
Navy® Upholstered
Armchair 1001
Navy® Armchair w/ Natural Wood Seat 1104-A
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Navy® Barstool w/ Natural Wood Seat 1104-30
The 1104 Navy® features
a seat created with CNC
technology and made
of certified renewable,
local timber finished with
natural matte lacquer.
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Hudson
Icon
Philippe Starck
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Hudson: U.S. Design Patent No. D458,767
Icon: U.S. Design Patent No. D559001
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1 Hudson Rocking Chair:
Ramses Restaurant, Madrid
Design: Philippe Starck
Photo: Luis Hevia
2 Hudson Chairs:
Residence, NY
Design: Meyer Davis Studio
Photo: Michael Amaud
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3 Hudson Chairs & Stools:
Project: Gensler Office,
San Francisco
Design: Gensler
Photo: Laignel/ Takata
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4 Hudson Stools:
Velvet Bar, Warsaw
Design: Robert Majkut
Photo: OLO Studio
5, 6 Icon Chairs & Stools:
Grant Grill, San Diego
Design: Esteban Interiors
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7 Hudson Chairs:
Morton Square Residence,
New York
Design: S. Russell Groves
Photo: Eric Piasecki
Hudson Chair HUD
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Hudson Barstool HUDBAR-30
Hudson Rocking Chair w/ Arms HUDROC-A
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Hudson Counter Stool w/ seat pad HUDCTR-24
Hudson Chair HUD
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Icon Barstool ICONBAR-30
8 Icon Stools:
Ideon Showroom, Chicago
Design: SkB Architects
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Icon Chair ICON
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Icon Barstool ICONBAR-30
Both Icon chairs and stools
stack 4 high. A heavy-duty
trolley is available.
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Kong
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Philippe Starck
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U.S. Design Patent No. S D494,375 & D496,173
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1,2 Kong Chairs & Stools:
Restaurant Bon, Moscow
Design: Philippe Starck
Photo: Luis Hevia
3,4 Kong Barstools:
Baccarat World
Headquarters, Paris
Design: Philippe Starck
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5 Kong Barstools:
Baccarat World
Headquarters, Paris
Design: Philippe Starck
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6 Kong Chairs & Stools:
Ramses Restaurant, Madrid
Design: Philippe Starck
Photo: Luis Hevia
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7, 8, 9 Kong Stools:
Kruisherenhotel, Maastricht
Design: Henk Vos
and Ingo Maurer
Photo: Etienne van Sloun
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10 Kong Stools:
Kruisherenhotel, Maastricht
Design: Henk Vos
and Ingo Maurer
Photo: Etienne van Sloun
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Kong Chair w/ seat pad KONG
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Kong Armchair KONG-A
It takes 8 man-hours to
polished one Kong Stool.
It’s actually polished three
times — first in separate
parts, then sub-assemblies,
and finally the entire stool
Product
at
once. Namehere 0000
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This is a Kong Barstool
after it’s been welded,
but before it’s been ground
down and polished.
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Kong Counter Stool w/ Arm KONGCTR-24A
Kong’s hand formed back is
cantilevered off the seat by
a solid aluminum connection,
then welded and ground
smooth.
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Heritage
Café Table
Emeco
Stool &
Table
Philippe Starck
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1 Heritage Stacking Chairs:
Norwich University, Vermont
Design: Perry Dean Rogers
& Partners
2 Winton Dinges (r)
founded Emeco in 1944.
He was into art.
3 Heritage Stacking Chairs:
Luxe Restaurant, London
Design: United Designers
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Heritage Stacking Chair HER
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Heritage Stacking Barstool HERBAR-30
Heritage Rocking Chair HERROC
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Square Brushed Café Table CAFESQ-23
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4 Custom Height
Café Tables:
ONO at the Gansevoort,
New York
Design: Jeffrey Beers
International
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Emeco Stools:
Salt Tasting Room, Vancouver
Design: Evoke International
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7 Emeco Stools:
Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen, NYC
Design: Schnipper’s
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7 Emeco Stools:
Todd St. Productions,
New York
Design: TWB
Photo: Eliot Kaufman
Emeco Table TABL-30
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Emeco Stool STOL-18
The Emeco Stool is simple,
super durable, inexpensive,
and comes in three heights.
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From the Emeco archives:
The 1951 company Christmas party
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1951
Superlight
Morgans
Lancaster
BMW DesignworksUSA
Frank Gehry
Andrée Putman
Michael Young
1951: European Patent No. 000403795-0001,
U.S. Design Patent No. D518,6565
Superlight: European Patent No. 200407-001,
U.S. Design Patent No. 513,7105 & No. D525,041
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1 1951 Chairs & Stools:
Foxwoods Casino Dining
Court, Connecticut
Design: Schefer Design, LLC
2 1951 Stools:
Huntington Stadium,
Columbus Clippers
Design: Suzanne Toney
3 This is the long lost Emeco
chair from 1951 that inspired
the new version.
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4 1951 Chairs & Stools:
Foxwoods Casino Dining
Court, Connecticut
Design: Schefer Design, LLC
5 1951 Chairs:
eCreamery, Omaha
Design: The Architectural Offices
Photo: Tom Kessler
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1951 Chair 1951
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1951 Barstool 1951BAR-30
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6 Morgans Chair:
Morgans Hotel, NYC
Design: Agence Andrée Putman
Photo: Eric Laignel
7 Putman’s notes on the first
Morgans Chair prototype.
8 Superlight Chairs:
NBBJ Office, Seattle
Design: NBBJ
Photo: Timothy Soar
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Superlight Chair SUPER-X
Morgans Chair MNY1
Superlight is in the
permanent collections of the
Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum, the Corcoran
Gallery, IIT, MoMA SF, and
the Pinakotherk der
Moderne and now MoMA NY.
Morgans merges the classic
Mallet Stevens chair (1928)
with the iconic Navy® chair
(1944) to create something
wholly original.
Lancaster Chair LANC
Lancaster Table LANT
Lancaster chairs come in
four finish combinations and
stack 6 high.
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20-06
Nine-0
Norman Foster
Ettore Sottsass
20-06: European Patent No. 477666
U.S. Patent No. D541,068 S
Nine-0 Stacking Chair: U.S. Design Patent No. D571,129
Nine-0 Swivel Chair: U.S. Design Patent No. D577,518
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20-06 Chairs:
Winspeare Opera House, Dallas
Design: Foster + Partners
Photo: Nigel Young
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20-06 Armchair w/ seat pad 2006-A
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20-06 Stacking Chair 2006
The back and seat of the allaluminum 20-06 are hand
welded onto the frame
requiring 5 hours to produce.
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20-06 Barstool 2006-30
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20-06 Chairs stack 12 high.
A heavy duty trolley is available
20-06 Square Café Table 2006CTSQ-24L
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20-06 Square Bar-Height Table 2006CTRD-24L
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4 Nine-0:
Brown University Science
Center, Providence
Design: Bergmeyer
Associates, Inc.
Photo: Warren Jagger
5 Nine-0:
Delaware State Unversity
Design: Holzman Moss
Bottino Architecture
Photo: Chris Lovi
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Nine-0 Stacking Chair NIN0
Nine-0 Stacking Barstool NIN0-30
Nine-0 Swivel Armchair NIN0-SWV-3
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The polyurethane seats and
backs on Nine-0 have an
integral steel frame and are
guaranteed for use indoors
and out. Chairs and stools
stack 6 high.
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alumiNation:
You’ll find Emeco chairs in the finest bars, restaurants and hotels around the world. But also in
business’s cafeterias, lunch rooms and break areas. Private universities, public schools and
libraries also choose our chairs. The most exclusive shops use our stools at their makeup counters
and our chairs in their changing rooms. Theme parks, stadiums, exhibitions all use Emeco
chairs. And we still sell chairs for jails, hospitals and Navy ships. Visit our website for distributors
and representatives in:
Australia
Benelux
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Eastern Europe
France
Hong Kong
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Middle East
New Zealand
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Scandinavia
Spain
Taiwan
Turkey
UK
United States
Venezuela
Emeco Life-Time Warranty:
Emeco 7-Year Warranty:
Terms:
Contact:
Navy®, Hudson, Icon,
Heritage, Kong, 20-06™ Chairs &
Stools, and Emeco Stools &
Occasional Tables
Superlight™ Chairs, 1951™ and
Nine-0 Chairs & Stools, Nine-0,
all swivel seating, 20-06™ Tables,
Café Tables & Work Table Legs
Emeco will replace or repair defective
furniture covered by this warranty.
Customers must call +1 717 637 5951
to report a claim, and items must be
shipped, prepaid to:
Emeco
805 West Elm Avenue
Hanover, PA 17331 USA
Emeco chairs, stools and tables are built
in accordance with the highest standards
of design and manufacture. Emeco
warrants, to the original purchaser, all
chairs and stools to be free from
defects in material and workmanship
under normal use and conditions for life.
Fabric that is not manufactured by
Emeco is not covered by this warranty
but governed solely by the guarantees
or warranties, if any, of the upholstery
manufacturer. This warranty also does
not include factory upholstery, scratches
and chips to a powder coated color
finish, scratches and blemishes to a
polished finish, or floor glide wear.
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Emeco 5-Year Warranty:
111 Navy Chair®
Emeco chairs, stools and tables are built
in accordance with the highest standards
of design and manufacture. Emeco warrants, to the original purchaser, all chairs
and tables to be free from defects in
material and workmanship under normal
use and conditions for 7 (5) years from
date of receipt.
Fabric that is not manufactured by
Emeco is not covered by this warranty
but governed solely by the guarantees
or warranties, if any, of the upholstery
manufacturer. This warranty also does
not include factory upholstery, scratches
and chips to a powder coated color
finish, scratches or discoloration and
deterioration to Polyurethane or ABS
plastic (due to harsh cleaners) or plastic
laminate components, scratches and
blemishes to polyurethane components,
scratches and blemishes to a polished
finish, table top wear, or floor glide wear.
Emeco, 805 Elm Ave.,
Hanover PA USA 17331.
In no event shall liability under this
warranty exceed the original purchase
price of defective furniture.
This warranty does not apply to furniture
damaged by accident, abuse, neglect,
or misuse, nor does it apply if repairs are
attempted by purchaser or by anyone
other than an authorized Emeco agent or
the Emeco factory.
Phone: +1 717 637 5951
Fax: +1 717 633 6018
info@emeco.net
©Emeco 2010
Credits:
Product Photography:
Mikio Sekita
except pages 82 (r)
and 84 (r):
DRF Chicago
Graphic Design &
Factory Photography:
Fogelson-Lubliner
emeco.net