ARCLINEA: Craft & Tradition The company was set up in 1925 with the name of its founder, Silvio Fortuna Senior, who resumed the business started by his great-grandfather in 1816 and interrupted a century later by the war. It was an artisan laboratory specialising in wood-working, with a vocation for quality. The limited scope of the Italian market in the thirties did not permit rapid expansion. Fortuna’s business prospered and started producing furniture made to order but its scale of operations still remained that of a small business yet, as time went by, it acquired a vast wealth of experience concerning every aspect of carpentry. Immediately after the world war II, there was a radical change in the market and a huge demand arose for wooden furniture. Fortuna’s firm then had all the necessary know-how to meet the public’s new requirements. So successful were its individually designed furnishing projects for private houses, hotels and shops that, in the early fifties, the firm devoted all its energy to producing furniture items. In 1960 the company became “Arclinea Cucine Componibili”, where ARC stands for Arredamento Razionale Componibile (Rational Modular Furniture) and it shifted towards series production, leaving behind its artisan aspect and dedicating all its production energy to kitchen furnishings. This earned it a precise placing in the sector. Today Arclinea is a prestigious and internationally recognized brand with over 300 selected specialist sales points worldwide.

ARCLINEA: The company today Factory covered area of 50.000 sqm of which 38.000 are used for productionWorkforce 200 employees Production output       > 2.500 furniture units/week Arclinea, as a leading manufacturer of prime-quality kitchens, puts itself forward as interlocutor for the interior design of multiple residential housing projects all over the world. Arclinea’s furnishing proposal becomes real added value for property, generating a competitive advantage and playing an important role in the success of marketing and sales. Expert in Interior Design and through its exclusive design cooperation with Antonio Citterio, Arclinea is offering the world market a highly valuable product of unmistakable style. Value expressed in the conception of the environment in which they are hosted, adapting themselves to specific needs at an excellent quality to price ratio.

ARCLINEA: Environmental Commitment As a company, Arclinea is driven by its concerns and commitment to the protection of the environment in the design, production, manufacturing and distribution of its products and services. This commitment requires the use of innovative technology and an environmental & ecological sensitive approach. Green manufacturing practicesAn energy regeneration plant turns production-waste wood into fuel.

lt;p>Reliable flue gas dedustingTakes place by means of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and is an economical and technologically mature solution for removing dust from the flue gases generated by biomass-fired boiler plants used for the generation of inexpensive heat energy. The ESP installed at Arclinea’s production & manufacturing plant allows the resulting dust-like emissions to be reduced to levels that are below the legally mandated values (clean gas levels of <20 mg/Nm3).

Reduced wood consumptionArclinea constructive components feature “Ecological Panels” composed of 100% recycled and regenerated wood superior to normal wood products (solid, compact, non-deformable and resistant over time).Low emissionsAll constructive parts of Arclinea cabinetry are E1 class for formaldehyde emission (low emission of less than 6.5 mg HCOH/100 g).

Water-based paints and lacquersThe Company utilizes water-based paints and lacquers, resulting in cleaner manufacturing process and full compliance with local and global environmental legislation.

Use of recycleable materialsAluminium, stainless steel, glass, Solid Ray (homogenous acrylic material).

Wood veneers feature sustainably farmed teak and oak

ReferencesWhether it be in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America or South America, Arclinea has acquired a reputation as a manufacturer of kitchens with outstanding quality and unparalleled appeal. Wherever exclusive living spaces are created for residential communities, Arclinea is the solution of choice. Every kitchen design for a development reflects carefully design and planning to create a unique living experience for the homeowners. Arclinea’s goal is it to create a kitchen design which “goes beyond the ordinary” and therefore contributes to the success of every development.

ARCLINEA: WHERE THERE’S A KITCHEN Arclinea is sponsor and project partner of Guggenheim Museum in Venice and Centro Cultura Contemporanea at Villa Caldogno (Vicenza).

Arclinea & Culinari Schools throughout the world: Cambridge School of Culinary Arts (Boston), Parole in Cucina (Paris), Città del Gusto (Rome), Mondo Mediterraneo (Amsterdam), Hans Haas Kochschule (Munich), Atelier di Cocina Pujol (Mexico City), Scuola d’Arte Culinaria La Maggiorana (Rivoli-Turin).

“Arclinea kitchens on yacht”: Cerri 86 Flyingsport Flamarosa, 26m., max.speed 42 knots, two 2030 hp motors.

Arclinea: where the kitchen is the home, it is the home which revolves around the kitchen. VisionTo be the primary global luxury kitchen manufacturer. MissionArclinea’s mission is to harmonize creativity and technology, conviviality and functionality, through innovative solutions for spaces that improve our quality of life. Arclinea enriches the contemporary kitchen with Mediterranean warmth, thoroughly and innovatively resolving every technical problem to produce a more creative, personalised, liveable kitchen. Quality and technological resource always merge with creativity and functional innovations of the best design in a unique, personal, constantly evolving direction. The quality of the Arclinea product begins with personally-assisted and customised  design, placing particular emphasis on technology and functional solutions. Arclinea borrows features from professional kitchens and integrates them seamlessly into the home. Arclinea interprets a special way of thinking and using space, time and tools, and of testing the daily rituals of food preparation and cooking. This is evident in the materials used, in the diverse construction details, in the freedom of composition, and in every operational and storage aspect of the kitchen. Whether it be in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America or South America, Arclinea has acquired a reputation as a manufacturer of kitchens with outstanding quality and unparalleled appeal. Wherever exclusive living spaces are created for residential communities, Arclinea is the solution of choice. Every kitchen design for a development reflects carefully design and planning to create a unique living experience for the homeowners. Arclinea’s goal is it to create a kitchen design which “goes beyond the ordinary” and therefore contributes to the success of every development.Today Arclinea is a prestigious and internationally recognized brand with selected specialist sales points worldwide.

ANTONIO CITTERIO Antonio Citterio was born in Meda (Milan) in 1950 and graduated in architecture in Milan at Politecnico.Since 1972 he has worked in the field of the industrial design. In 1999 “Antonio Citterio and Partners” was founded in Milan by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel as a multidisciplinary practice. The firm operates in the fields of product design, architectural and interior design (in both the private and public sectors), space planning, retail and showroom design, corporate image and location design.Today he works for many companies, amongst them Albatros - Sanitec Group, Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, Aubrilam, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Metalco, Pozzi Ginori - Sanitec Group, Simon Urmet, Skantherm, Tre Più, Vitra, Wall.Amongs the most recent projects: “Palazzo Comunale di Clusone”,, headquarter of GlaxoSmithkline in Verona, residential units in Villasimius and Basel, Bulgari Resort in Bali, Showroom Aspesi in Milan, Michele Arboreto Square in Rozzano.In January 2007 Antonio Citterio & Partners obtains the Certification UNI EN ISO 9001:2000.Editorials: Antonio Citterio Industrial Design (Electa) and Antonio Citterio (Edilstampa). Since 2006 A.C. has been an Adjunct Professor of Design at the Academy of Architecture of the University of Italian Switzerland (Università della Svizzera Italiana).