Fittings manufacturer Julius Blum has ranked amongst Austria’s TOP TEN patent applicants for years. The company’s innovative force has made Blum the market leader in the fittings branch, and kitchen users all over the world are inspired by Blum products which bring enhanced user convenience to the entire home.
Blum strives to achieve perfect motion with all its fittings solutions. Blum products make opening and closing furniture a mesmerizing experience and increase the quality of motion and user convenience throughout the home in particular in kitchens. Consistent developments and innovative force are required to achieve this goal. Blum stands for innovation, dedicated employees and convincing products and services.
Julius Blum GmbH is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of furniture fittings. The company’s main business segments are lift, hinge, box and runner systems. The product range is rounded off by services which support customers’ activities in the fields of marketing and logistics. Blum’s innovative products and convenient services are backed up by many years of development, the great know-how of dedicated employees and continuous efforts to identify customer needs along the entire value added chain from kitchen manufacturers, sellers and fitters to end users (i.e. kitchen buyers). The insights gained from this research are incorporated into the development of new products which are beautiful to look at and practical to use.
The family-owned company has seven plants in Vorarlberg which all have state-of-the art workplaces and high-tech production facilities. Blum has been able to assert and maintain its position as a reliable supplier to furniture manufacturers and as an innovative leader of the fittings branch thanks to consistent developments in R&D for many years. “We apply for patents to protect all our latest developments which are designed to meet our customers’ existing and future needs. We’ve been ranked amongst Austria’s best patent applicants for many years. This also bears testimony to our innovative force,” says Jürgen Wilke who is in charge of industrial property rights at Blum.
Some 7,600 employees work all over the world today to perfect the motion of Blum’s fittings systems. Their efforts all focus on the needs of end users. Thanks to continuous dialogue with customers all over the world, Blum comes up with new and innovative product ideas which offer utmost user convenience and make furniture beautiful inside and outside. Blum’s fittings systems excel throughout the home in terms of well-thought-out functions, outstanding design and long service life. Over the years, Blum’s products have won many awards both for product quality and beautiful design.
Blum has 30 subsidiaries and agencies. Its products are supplied to more than 120 markets all over the world. Blum is also actively represented in several African countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
Contacts;
Julius Blum GmbH
Tobias Joseph
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www.blum.com
