Xilolab
Manufacturer Köln / Germany
Xilolab is a creative workshop where wood is the main character: a company born of the union of different experiences and of a common interest, interior design. Heart and founding members of the company are a naturalist photographer who has made of high-profile carpentry his profession and a manager with a long experience in the industrial field. The merger of the two professionals assures competence in construction, creativity in design and a particular focus on sustainability and environmental protection. The team relies on the support of designers, graphic designers and interior design specialists: collaborators whose contribution guarantees originality and innovation.
Xilolab’s concern for environmental sustainability is at the heart of our business choices. We design and build our products without forgetting the future of our children, giving quality to the present and making treasure of the experiences of the past. We value the beauty of wood, emphasizing its features. For instance, we do not treat some woods such as cedar (Cedar sp.) or pine (Pinus cembra), to enjoy their scent and warmth , the natural surface and their beneficial properties. When we make use of finishing treatments, we use high quality and natural based substances, to ensure a low or neutral environmental impact and minimal harmful emissions, both in the manufactuing as in the final disposal phases. So to protect the health of the consumer and ours as well! Manufacturing is strictly craft: we leave the workers the pleasure of craftsmanship and quality in production, fully respecting labour rights and paying attention to safety. Xilolab products are exclusively made of European certified timber, FSC or PEFC , to respect the environment and the economic and social conditions of the withdrawal site.
PHILOSOPHY
Xilolab’s concern for environmental sustainability is at the heart of our business choices. We design and build our products without forgetting the future of our children, giving quality to the present and making treasure of the experiences of the past. We value the beauty of wood, emphasizing its features. For instance, we do not treat some woods such as cedar (Cedar sp.) or pine (Pinus cembra), to enjoy their scent and warmth , the natural surface and their beneficial properties. When we make use of finishing treatments, we use high quality and natural based substances, to ensure a low or neutral environmental impact and minimal harmful emissions, both in the manufactuing as in the final disposal phases. So to protect the health of the consumer and ours as well! Manufacturing is strictly craft: we leave the workers the pleasure of craftsmanship and quality in production, fully respecting labour rights and paying attention to safety. Xilolab products are exclusively made of European certified timber, FSC or PEFC , to respect the environment and the economic and social conditions of the withdrawal site.
- Address Burgwiesenstraße 113, 51067 Köln | Germany
Xilolab is a creative workshop where wood is the main character: a company born of the union of different experiences and of a common interest, interior design. Heart and founding members of the company are a naturalist photographer who has made of high-profile carpentry his profession and a manager with a long experience in the industrial field. The merger of the two professionals assures competence in construction, creativity in design and a particular focus on sustainability and...