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STABILUS goes international: Swivel chair gas springs soon available in North America and Asia

Swivel chair gas springsSTABILUS GmbH, which leads the European market for swivel chair suppliers, will take its swivel chair gas springs business across the pond and all the way to Asia. At “interzum” (held May 13 through 16 in Cologne), Stabilus updated customers and interested visitors about its new strategic direction and new product developments, such as the new “Blue Line”, a cost-efficient innovative swivel chair column. Stabilus presented innovations and specialty types for office swivel chairs, focusing on the topic of ergonomics in sit-stand workstations.

In Europe, STABILUS is the only supplier of gas springs in the swivel chair segment, and globally, the company offers the broadest gas spring product range. Stabilus is now poised to enlarge its “global footprint” by expanding its global presence into swivel chair gas springs.

Productive around the globe
“A large number of our key accounts are producing their swivel chairs on three continents. Following this trend, we will now also start final assembly of columns and gas springs for swivel chairs in Asia – in addition to Mexico. The geographic proximity will shorten response times for the delivery of our high-quality products,” explains Manfred Metzdorf, Sales Manager at STABILUS. In addition, the company will further expand its swivel chair plant in Romania: Recently, the BLOC-O-LIFT production of locking gas springs, used for example for backrest adjustment, was relocated to Romania.

New product strategy launched
At the same time, innovative new developments and improvements as well as the fleshing out of the portfolio are gaining momentum, allowing STABILUS to introduce the new “Blue Line” – a cost-effective product line of swivel chair columns. “With Blue Line, we will be operating in the mid-priced segment, laying the foundation for expanding our strong position in the global market after all European competitors have exited this market segment due to the intense price pressure from Chinese suppliers.”

interzum: Chairs revolving around new STABILUS products
In addition to these strategic developments, at “interzum 2013,” STABILUS will present product innovations as well as specialty and innovation models for the swivel chair segment. A pioneer in its field – most swivel chair columns with special functions that exist on the world market today used to be STABILUS patents – the company will also present the STAB-O-MAT UC – Universal Column. This is a stroke-efficient swivel chair column with an adjustable cone adapter for low seat heights and a wide adjustment range. This makes fabricating costly customized chairs for special seat heights a thing of the past.

In addition to the familiar actuation variants, the new product line includes a very low-force swivel chair column combined with a standard actuation tappet, which makes it ideal for applications with a Bowden cable that require low tensile forces. Swivel chair height adjustment will become a cinch.

Building on proven features
Another focus of STABILUS at this tradeshow will be on the benefits of sit-stand workstations. Here, the BLOC-O-LIFT gas spring will allow adjusting the height and tilt of desks. In addition, the company offers a matching swivel chair column – the STAB-O-MAT SF with a “stroke-dependent stop function.” From a certain height on, the chair will become a support for standing upright. Conformance with standards for the required locking feature to prevent the chair from rolling away is provided for in the form of a brake, namely a rubber stopper that will activate once the seat reaches a certain height.

For additional information see www.stabilus.de