Stokke AS
| Stokke AS | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Aksjeselskap |
| founding | 1932 |
| Seat | Ålesund , Norway |
| sales | 622.5 million NOK (approx. 76.1 million euros) |
| Branch | Manufacturer of children's products |
| Website | www.stokke.com |
| Status: 2007 | |
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The Stokke AS is a Norwegian manufacturer of prams and children's furniture based in Ålesund . The company, which was founded in 1932, is now Norway's second largest furniture manufacturer and, with 189 employees, achieved sales of around 622.5 million Norwegian kroner (approx. 76.1 million euros) in 2007.
Stokke is internationally known for innovative design in children's furniture. Particularly well known the company for 1972 put on the market highchair Tripp Trapp (of Peter Opsvik devised), which was sold by the end of 2007 more than 6 million times. Stokke sells its products in over 50 countries. Over the years, Stokke has manufactured and designed a wide variety of furniture, paying particular attention to ergonomics, uniqueness and functionality. Since 2006, Stokke has exclusively produced children's furniture and equipment for toddlers such as high chairs, children's rooms, carrier systems and prams in the premium segment. The other chairs previously sold under the Stokke name have since been marketed under the Variér brand .
In 2003 the Xplory stroller from Stokke received the Award for Design Excellence from Norsk Designråd .
Since it was founded, the company was owned and managed by the Stokke family for 3 generations until the beginning of 2014. Today the company belongs to the Belgian-based investment company NXMH, which is wholly owned by the South Korean company NXC. NXC is the largest shareholder in NEXON Corporation.
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- ↑ Sector information NORWAY MÖBELMARKT (2008) (PDF; 129 kB)
- ↑ Stokke profile at NORTRADE
- ↑ Stuart Crainer, Des Dearlove: times handbook of management . Pearson Education, 2004, pp. 272-273
- ^ Leo Kent: Peter Opsvik: Changing the way we sit. (No longer available online.) Humans Invent , September 18, 2013, archived from the original October 14, 2012 ; accessed on October 9, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ extradienst.at. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012 ; Retrieved October 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Movement is now called Variér. möbel culture online , October 2, 2006, accessed October 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Stokke Xplory - an enormous urban success ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Stokke website - company. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
