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FURNITURE MANUFACTURE
HIGH END AND HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION
HIGH END AND HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION
AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO
Since our inception, RGE has enjoyed working with the largest furniture manufacturers in the world to create bestselling ranges. Today, RGE are able to take on a wide variety of projects, manufacturing furniture for several different industries and sectors - from flat pack to bespoke.
Our team of experts specialise in furniture design, and are able to create designs for your product from scratch, based on nothing more than your vision.
With years of experience engineering furniture and components, RGE are able to help make your concept a reality, ensuring that the technical functions and specifications of your product meet the high quality expectations that you have.
CASE STUDY - PHYSIOTHERAPY CHAIR
RGE worked with physiotherapist Caroline Ephgrave, who began developing her own office chair, uniquely designed to provide specialised support of the spine, providing a solution to common and avoidable back issues which can be caused by using office chairs.
Caroline designed the adjustable domed cushion with RGE, building upon an original concept which was adapted to make it more user friendly and provide better support. When working closely with our design team, RGE provides support to amend parts of the initial design in order to create a more sleek and streamline chair. Each component was designed to fit together with a cohesive and simple look. A lot of thought went into creating a chair that met the criteria for the dimensions of an office chair without it appearing bulky. Length of the stem also had to be carefully designed and tested in order to meet the strength and dimension requirements to support any user.
RGE sourced a bespoke gas lift specifically designed for the Ephgrave chair, and used our in-house upholstery team in our Lithuania factory to upholster the seat. This addition improved the ergonomics and comfort of the seat. RGE has manufactured the product and stored them at their UK central distribution centre in Cambridgeshire, to be sent directly to customers. RGE tested different materials for the parts of the chair, passing tests and meeting classifications. It underwent strength testing, during which different compositions of glass filed nylon were trialed before making the tools, after prototypes being made of different versions of the chair.
“I’ve really learned from the experience of working with RGE. For me, it was invaluable having a team with in-depth knowledge and experience of chair design to help me bring my vision to reality. Throughout the process, we worked together to find the best materials and solutions to bring out the features of the design and ensure the chair supports the spine – so blending the best of style and functionality. I am delighted that we now have the chair in production and am very grateful to all at RGE who helped to make this possible.”
ADDITIONAL SERVICES:
UPHOLSTERY
With a network of highly skilled upholstery specialists in the EU, RGE can mould, assemble and upholster your furniture to a high quality.
A turnkey service saves our clients cost and space to ease their supply chain requirements.
FABRIC MESH INSERTS
RGE has the capability to produce in-house mesh assembly for backs and seats. RGE has been making Nylon injection moulded back frames and seat frames for a number of years.
In addition, our RGE Baltic facility is equipped with assembly lines capable of assembling the fabric mesh into the backs and seats of office chairs.
POLYURETHANE FOAM MOULDING
RGE has in-house Polyurethane production capability for making soft touch arm pads.
With in-house design and tool making, RGE can make bespoke designs of arm pads competitively and quickly with high quality parts manufactured in the EU.
ASSEMBLY
RGE have the ability to perform linear vibration welding or ultrasonic welding and our experience stretches across many welding applications.
We produce complex base components using linear vibration welding, joining a lower and an upper part with a watertight welding joint to create a stable and accurate complex component.
LABELLING AND BRANDING
RGE are able to offer a variety of labelling and branding techniques, including the automatic application of self-adhesive labels, which is available on many injection moulded parts.
This could be used for a number of requirements such as barcode labelling or extra identification through quality or assembly stages.
PRINTING
Detailed markings, usage instructions and stunning graphics can be applied to cooled components using computer-controlled pad printing (tampography), which offers a premium finish to any product.
Alternatively, simple decorations such as company logos and product markings can be applied through the application of hot-foil blocking, usually during the cooling cycle of the plastic injection moulding process.