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Public buildings, such as hospitals, nursing homes and office buildings, are subject to stringent preventive building measures, including the requirement to keep the lobbies, waiting areas as well as corridors serving as escape routes in case of fire, free from any fire load. Standard-issue, flammable wooden-frame and upholstered seating are therefore not suited for these areas due to the heavy smoke development in case of fire. Thanks to the Kusch+Co Fire Prevention Concept, these much-frequented areas can be furnished with design-oriented as well as comfortable seating. For this purpose, a close-fitting, flexible fabric is incorporated in the upholstered pad between the foam and the upholstery cover. This special fabric – called flamline – is nonflammable, heavy-duty even in direct contact with fire and A2 nonflammable according to DIN 4102 as approved by the building authorities.This compound consisting of upholstery foam, nonflammable fabric and fabric meet all the requirements of the classification DIN 66084 P-a – the paper pillow test. The wooden parts are treated with a UV-curing, environmentally harmless water-based lacquer, and therefore, in compliance with DIN EN 13501 B s2 D0, graded low flammability. The development of potentially life-threatening amounts of smoke is prevented when the furniture features this concept.

People, suffering from reduced mobility for a wide variety of reasons, have to cope with many different challenges in their environment. Especially senior citizens, pregnant women, as well as very small, tall or corpulent persons, not forgetting persons with an individual disability, often have difficulties to take a seat and even more so to subsequently get up. These problems mainly originate from the dimensions of seating, as width and height are usually standardized. Or the seating provides insufficient support. For this reason, Kusch+Co has selected a range of series that are available in a variety of different seat heights as standard, with reinforced armrests, or inclined upholstered pads. They have even more bespoke solutions for orthopaedic wards, capable of carrying a body weight between 150 and 300 kilograms. Special attention is given to the seating geared towards the market segment Travel : most bench series come with the standard option to incorporate resp. retrofit PRM-seats or table tops at a bespoke height. As a result, these variations meet the specific requirements and wishes of all passengers and travelers with a disability – in compliance with the EU regulations on PRM equipment for all airline passengers (PRM = persons with reduced mobility).

Rooms are characterised by their atmosphere and their identity – the layout therefore has a special importance. Accordingly, the related discipline, interior design, is so much more than just an addendum to architecture. The selection as well as the use of appropriate seating is inextricably linked with this discipline. That is why Kusch+Co provides professional interior planning services. In addition to our extensive range of seating series, the company-own interior designers – whether commissioned by our sales consultants or acting as a competent partner for our sales partners – work out individual seating configuration or even entire interior design concepts. Ranging from upmarket office environments, seminar and lecture rooms, canteens and cafeterias, lobbies, reception and waiting areas all the way to patient and surgery rooms – we can provide detailed furniture layouts as well as realistic 3D visualisations. Next to our versatile product solutions, we possess specialized know-how with regard to the requirements to hygiene and fire prevention in contract environments, or with regard to interior design guidelines for workplaces. Our services encompass colour and material suggestions for furniture all the way to entire colour and material concepts for rooms or even entire buildings.