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Company Overview
Lema is a distinguished Italian brand in the interior design sector, renowned for its fusion of traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology. Located in a globally recognized industrial district for furniture production, Lema excels in combining bespoke attention to detail with industrial production capacity, ensuring high standards of quality and customization through collaborations with top designers like Piero Lissoni.
Current Operations
Lema operates on a large scale, managing a network of skills and collaborators to support various projects, from standard collections to highly customized solutions. The company emphasizes a family business ethos, driven by the Meroni family's passion and dedication across generations, focusing on enhancing skills and experience to meet global market challenges.
Historical Background
Founded in the 1930s by Angelo Meroni, Lema pioneered integrated furniture systems in Italy during the 1970s. The company manages the entire production cycle internally and operates a 55,000 square meter industrial plant in Brianza, Italy, with over 250 employees and a network of approximately 1,000 resellers in 65 countries.
Sustainability and Certifications
Lema is committed to environmental sustainability, using renewable energy and sustainable materials. The company holds certifications like BS OHSAS 18001 and UNI ISO 45001 for workplace safety and health, and ISO 9001 for quality management. Lema also offers FSC® certified products, ensuring responsible forest management.
Product Offerings
Lema specializes in modular systems for living areas and bedrooms, offering a wide range of customizable home furnishings, including seating, tables, storage units, beds, and accessories. The company combines high-quality materials with advanced engineering to enhance the Made in Italy brand and Italian design spirit.
Introduction
Lema is a renowned Italian company specializing in modular and customizable furniture, particularly wardrobes. Established in the 1930s, it has grown into an industrial leader known for its quality materials and innovative production processes.
Modular Systems and Customization
Lema revolutionized the furniture industry with its modular wardrobe system, 'Armadio al Centimetro,' which allows for extensive customization in finishes and sizes. This system is designed to meet both aesthetic and functional needs, offering flexibility and personalization.
Lema Home Concept
The Lema Home concept emphasizes a sophisticated and contemporary lifestyle. The furniture is designed to harmonize with each other, prioritizing hospitality, relaxation, and warmth.
Wardrobe Collection
The 'Armadio Al Centimetro' is a highlight of Lema's innovation, offering wardrobes made from 100% recyclable materials. These wardrobes can be customized and integrated with additional systems for various functionalities, including the Lema Air Cleaning System (ACS), effective against viruses like Covid-19.
Production Excellence
Lema combines advanced industrial processes with meticulous manual craftsmanship. The company manages the entire production process internally, ensuring high-quality standards from raw materials to final packaging.
Design Collaborations
Lema collaborates with leading designers to create a wide range of furniture, maintaining its position as a reference point for Made in Italy furnishings. Under the guidance of Art Director Piero Lissoni, Lema continues to innovate and expand its product range.
Exhibitions and Communication
Lema's exhibitions, designed by Piero Lissoni, showcase the brand's strengths and iconic furnishings. The company's communication strategy is digital and omnichannel, providing comprehensive tools and support for retailers.
Lema Contract Division
Lema Contract specializes in bespoke solutions for large residential and commercial projects. This division offers turnkey solutions, handling every stage from concept to installation, with a focus on custom, high-quality outcomes.
Hospitality and Residential
Lema Contract provides bespoke furnishings for apartments and residences, leveraging their expertise to solve technological and timing challenges in production and installation.
Retail
Lema manages complex processes for creating stores and franchises, ensuring control over the production cycle and offering effective after-sales support.
Project Development Process
  • Feasibility: Continuous dialogue between design and operational development to find innovative solutions and materials.
  • Research of Materials and Finishes: Emphasis on exploring materials and construction processes for functional and aesthetic potential.
  • Solutions: Translating project analysis into constructive research to find suitable materials and technologies.
  • Prototyping: Breaking down project elements for industrial replication, crucial for design verification and refinement.
  • Mock-up Stage: Creating mock-ups to visualize and refine project ideas.
  • Shop Drawing and Engineering: Developing final technical drawings for production, serving as a detailed guide for construction sites.
  • In-House Manufacturing: Ensures control over production processes, crucial for custom projects.
  • Logistic Service: Comprehensive transport cycle management, focusing on eco-sustainable packaging and efficient distribution.
  • Installation Service: Specialized assembly teams ensure compliance with safety requirements and efficient project execution.
  • Post-sale Follow-up Service: Ensures customer support and the ability to reproduce project components as needed.
LEMA UK
Established in the UK for over thirty years, Lema UK Ltd was founded in 2012, with a flagship store in Chelsea. It represents both the Casa and Contract divisions, contributing to prestigious project acquisitions and winning awards like the "Most stylish luxury furniture store" in 2021.
Key Achievements
Lema UK has been recognized for its stylish luxury furniture, winning the 'Most Stylish Luxury Furniture Store' award at the Greater London SME in 2021.
Project Portfolio
The document lists numerous projects undertaken by Lema UK, including luxury apartments, hotels, and corporate spaces across cities like London, Hong Kong, Venice, and more. Notable projects include furnishing for the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair in London, the Bulgari Hotel in Rome, and the Kempinski St. Moritz Residence.
Contract Division
Established in 2004, the Lema Contract division was created to manage large international orders with a focus on custom-made solutions. The division has grown to handle complex projects, working closely with architects and developers to meet high-quality standards.
Timeline and Milestones
The document outlines significant milestones in Lema Contract's history, including the opening of their London office and flagship store, and their partnership with Vodafone for furnishing stores across Italy.
Design Collaborations
Lema UK has collaborated with renowned designers and architects, such as Matteo Thun and Antonio Citterio, to deliver high-end furnishing solutions for prestigious projects.
Key Projects
  • Bulgari Hotel Dubai: Supplied furniture for 90 rooms, 24 villas, and 11 luxury apartments, designed by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel & Partners.
  • Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London: Furnished 153 rooms in this exclusive 5-star hotel, part of Hyatt's Unbound Collection.
  • Lincoln Square, London: Partnered with Lodha Developers UK to furnish 221 luxury apartments with custom wardrobes and panelling.
  • The Henley, Hong Kong: Provided bespoke walk-in closets for 1,425 apartments, featuring the multifunctional Lema Fashion Box system.
  • Mandarin Oriental Residences, Mayfair, London: Awarded kitchen and cabinet packages for this prestigious development.
Office Solutions
The document also details the offerings of IOC Project Partners, a branch of Lema Group focused on office furnishings. IOC specializes in technological walls and provides a wide range of products including executive furniture, operating systems, and wall systems.
Rebranding
In 2019, International Office Concept was rebranded as IOC Project Partners, emphasizing a modern office vision where functionality, design, and technology are key elements.
Conclusion
Lema Contract and IOC Project Partners demonstrate a strong capability in delivering tailored furniture solutions across various sectors, maintaining high standards of design and functionality.
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Bespoke attention to detail and industrial production capacity: the two souls of Lema. The story of Lema is a story of Italian manufacturing and an expert combination of innovation and tradition based on the central tenets of quality and customisation. The strength of the company lies in its extraordinary manufacturing capacity that has over the years made it possible to combine the values of traditional craftsmanship with the most innovative technologies. Great care is taken at every stage of realisation, from the design to the final product, thanks to the attention to quality and the close...

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Lema Today Labour Packing Varied Items Customer Service Finished Items Efficient Retailers Advanced Technology Planning Quality Varied Technical Flexible Direct Control Production Cycle Furnishing Result Network Products Promotion Home Environment National "Lema today is a solid company, structured and articulated on a large scale. In addition to producing, it manages a capillary network of skills and collaborators that allow it to support any type of project from those based on their own collections to those highly customized and customized." . COMPANY PROFILE “ Lema oggi è una solida realtà...

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A solid entrepreneurial vision that does not forget the values of the family business Among the keys to Lema’s success there is undoubtedly the passion and dedication that the Meroni family carries on from generation to generation. Initially with Carla and Luigi, today with their children and grandchildren: before being an industrial organisation, Lema is a family business guided by a coherent entrepreneurial vision whose founding values of respect and professional ethics constitute the working method. Lema management, in synergy with the policy of the Meroni family, responds to the challenges...

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Pioneers in Italy in integrated furniture systems In the early ’70s, Lema was the first Italian company to design and produce integrated furniture systems, managing the entire production cycle internally, from the search for raw materials, to processing, right up to the finished product. Today, the Italian company boasts in the heart of Brianza a covered industrial production plant of 55,000 square metres, divided between the two plants, one in Alzate Brianza (CO) and one in Giussano (MB), designed by Arch. Angelo Mangiarotti with over 250 employees, and a network of approximately 1,000 resellers...

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Years of history Anni di storia Flagship store Countries Paesi Lema is from the beginning one of the major players Made in Italy design in the world. Lema è fin dagli esordi uno dei maggiori player del Design Made in Italy nel mondo. COMPANY PROFILE Sqm production area Mq area produttiva

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LEMA HOME & RESIDENTIAL FORNITURE LEMA CONTRACT Starting in the ’30s, Angelo Meroni - the grandfather and namesake of the current President - opens a workshop in the centre of Arosio, specialising in the production of classic furniture. The Meroni family establishes Lema, inaugurating a new production plant of 30,000 square metres designed by Angelo Mangiarotti. The International Office Concept is established, an internal department dedicated to the design and manufacturing of office furnishing collections. Lema inaugurates the London headquarters in the heart of Chelsea on King’s Road. The Lema...

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Lema Dealers Network EUROPE COMPANY PROFILE

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Certifications and sustainability, the Lema path doesn't end Lema has always had a keen focus on environmental issues and is constantly striving to improve its operation, adhering to regulations which favour the use of sustainable processes and materials. Key steps taken over the years include the progressive move from traditional to water-based paints, as well as a concerted effort to limit emissions. Our headquarters in Alzate uses renewable energy, while the entire logistics area opened in 2013 is completely self-sufficient in terms of energy thanks to the photovoltaic plant installed on the...

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Lema is able to produce, on request, products with the FSC® certificate, an international reference standard that identifies products containing wood from forests managed correctly and responsibly according to strict environmental, social and economic standards. FSC® is an international, independent non-profit NGO, which includes among its members environmental and social groups, indigenous communities, forest owners, industries that process and trade wood, scientists and technicians who work together to improve forest management around the world. Since 2013 Lema has also acquired ISO 9001 certification,...

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LEMA HOME The tailoring and bespoke realisation of each piece of furniture are the two main characteristics that have distinguished Lema over the years. Unique in the world of furnishing, the Italian company offers modular systems with a high level of customisation that are flanked by equally customisable furniture in colours and materials thanks to the close link between craftsmanship and technology. For about eighty years, in fact, Lema has combined the quality of materials and production processes with a technical engineering in continuous improvement that enhances Made in Italy and the spirit...

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Lema Home From customised modular systems to design brand able to furnish the entire home First company in the production of modular wardrobes of industrial manufacturing, Lema stands thanks to the quality of materials used and the production processes, together with a technical engineering that boasts over eighty years of experience. To this day, in the heart of Brianza, Lema strengthens the family business created in the 1930s with a research in furnishings and development activity. An industrial company of excellence, which comprises 55,000 square meters, in two offices in Alzate Brianza and...

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Lema Home Lema Home is the place where design enters on tiptoe, expression of a contemporary and sophisticated lifestyle far from clamour and pretentiousness. The furnishings interact with each other in harmony, uniting without losing their identity: hospitality and conviviality, relaxation and warmth become the priorities of living according to Lema. LEMA HOME Lema Casa è il luogo dove il design entra in punta di piedi, espressione di un lifestyle contemporaneo e sofisticato lontano dal clamore e dalla pretenziosità. Gli arredi dialogano tra loro in armonia unendosi senza perdere la loro identità:...

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