OPEN INNOVATION FOR INTERIOR DESIGN
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OPEN INNOVATION

"Arpa is a catalyst for innovation in the world of interior design, working side by side with its Partners, "co-designing" outstanding Made in Italy solutions".

Since 1954 Arpa Industriale has been designing and manufacturing panels with very high quality HPL technology for the most diverse applications: from architecture to interior design, from healthcare to shipyards, from transport to hospitality, from retail to kitchens. It offers a vast range of choices of products, extremely varied in both structure Arpa HPL are produced at the 150,000 sqm plant in Bra, Piedmont, with all the expression of lively and original creativity that the "made in Italy" label stands for.

Arpa Team is dedicated to companies, designers, architects, post formers, furniture producers and those who use the HPL for their job with a substantial objective: researching, experimenting and suggesting new solutions to create added values answering with effectiveness to every customer requirement. Arpa People are reliable, realistic, enthusiastic, professional, curious. People open to confrontation and consistent in achieving the Customer

Arpa wants to be unique in the development of innovative materials and solutions for and together with our Clients and Partners. Arpa wants to be leader in our industry, able to forerun and explore new markets and new uses with courage and passion. Arpa wants to be open to new challenges and able to generate concrete ideas with the reliability, the expertise and the simplicity that Arpa wants to be catalysts in the creation of value for the interior design market with solutions "made in Italy", with strong attention to responsibility, sustainability and continuous collaboration.

Innovation, reliability, passion, responsibility, safety, teamwork. These are the principles and values behind Arpa's philosophy

Because there is no design without innovation. The delicate balance between aesthetic values and performance, emotions and technical abilities, simplicity and creativity is always a step ahead in the future. This step can only be traveled alongside with our partners and clients, through sharing, cooperating and co-designing in Arpa's unique technological processes are at the cutting edge because Arpa people believe in being humble, courageous and curious.

Because being reliable is an ethical imperative, but also a natural The company's long history spanning a full 50 years is something of which Arpa people are proud. They know what they do and they do it well. Arpa's expertise and excellence is a proven fact: in the design of HPL panels, in solutions for clients, in the choice of technologies, in the selection of materials, in its production processes, in its management of human resources, in its internal organization and in its relationship with its

Because passion is a key ingredient in the creative process. Arpa strives consistently to pursue concrete and tangible quality, in all types of HPL applications, present or future. Arpa wants its clients and partners to know the Company for what it is: a team of professionals, but people too. This is for them the greatest possible guarantee.

Because Arpa believes in integrity, honesty and sustainability. Responsibility is best expressed through the reciprocity of a solid relationship, both internally via employees' mutual respect and outside the organization through the leveraging of the various skills available throughout the territory and the network of partner companies of which

Because health and safety are a right. Safeguard and protect the environmental quality and preserve people's health and safety, it's always worthwhile. In Arpa we have adopted systems for a constant and systematic evaluation of every possible risk; we have applied safety procedures for the maintenance and the management of all plants and processes; we have trained Arpa people because everyone must be responsible for their own safety and for the Because qualified people work in safety conditions.

Because innovation is a social process which cannot be carried out alone. Goals can only be achieved through teamwork with a consistent effort to promote and facilitate synergies, co-planning and exchanges at all levels. This must be done within in a network and co-designing environment which is always open to new partnerships, internal and external. Thus Arpa is not merely an organization: it is an enterprise built around excellent people in whose quality and value Arpa will

The basis of our sustainability policy is that we strongly believe that any change should start with ourselves. Sustainable development provides us with challenges as well as new opportunities. The challenge is to limit the impact of our product and operations on the environment. At the same time we see opportunities to help our customers solve their sustainability needs through new products and solutions. We are fully committed to playing our part in understanding and meeting the associated diverse challenges, now Arpa Industrial Controlled Wood that has been reduced that has bean reduced...

DO NO HARM. DO GOOD. DO BETTER. DO NO HARM: we ensure that everything in our direct control creates as little negative impact on our environment as possible. DO GOOD: we strive to look for opportunities to maximize the sustainability contribution of our products in their end-use. DO BETTER: we believe that many sustainability challenges are opportunities that make good business sense today and will allow us to continue to grow our business.

The history of Arpa begins alongside and shares common ground with that of Italian design in general. Within this tightly bound, dynamic relationship lie new possibilities in industrial production resulting in furniture and works of design which, in consideration of market needs, help generate new products. Together research and innovation continue to be the forces which drive the company.

1954 - Arpa is founded in Bra, Italy Production capacity: