Customer: Bent Hansen Møbler, Aalborg
Product type: Plastic components for chairs (e.g. armrests, seat bushings, brackets)
Material: Recycled plastic - glass-filled nylon
Process: Injection molding with focus on durability, aesthetics and sustainability
Background information
Bent Hansen is a Danish furniture company based in Aalborg with more than 70 years of experience in upholstery and production of designer furniture. The company is known for its uncompromising approach to aesthetics, functionality and comfort. In their efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of their furniture, they decided to integrate recycled plastic into several of their chair models - and this is where Antex Plast came in as a production partner.
The solution
Antex Plast was chosen to supply injection molded components made from glass-filled recycled nylon, a material with high strength, low weight and good dimensional stability. Among other things, we produce:
- Armrests and seat mounts with high load tolerance
- Hidden bushings for alignment and assembly
- Other plastic components that require a precise fit and uniform surface
The material chosen allows the weight of the chairs to be reduced by up to 22% while maintaining strength and durability. The glass-filled nylon also ensures that the items can withstand impact, repeated use and temperature fluctuations without deformation or color loss.
Our tooling experts have been involved in optimizing forming tools, demoulding and infeed to ensure maximum utilization of the recycled material and minimal waste in production.
The result
The collaboration with Bent Hansen has resulted in modern, sustainable design furniture that maintains the company's high quality and design standards while reducing the carbon footprint. By producing locally in Denmark and using recycled plastic, we actively contribute to a more circular furniture production.
Antex Plast continues to produce components for Bent Hansen's range and sees the collaboration as a model of how sustainability and Danish design can be combined in technical plastic production.
