Office Furniture manufacturer and wholesaler, DAMS, has opened a new upholstery department at its Knowsley headquarters, creating 10 new jobs and offering customers fabric specification on a wide range of existing and new chairs and screens.
The move is part of an ambitious expansion programme by DAMS, which last year increased its turnover by 10% and moved into newly refurbished offices last November. The company has invested £500k in refurbishing a new unit adjacent to its 55,000 sq ft manufacturing plant and purchasing new upholstery equipment that will ensure consistent quality across both stock fabric options and bespoke upholstery finishes.
Chris Scott, DAMS managing director, explains: “Increasingly, fabric colours and patterns that match corporate branding or complement interior colour schemes are being used in commercial environments to customise the office space. Creating an upholstery service in-house means that we can offer customers the ability to select their choice of fabric from a wide range or even provide their own fabric while still ensuring that they receive the consistent quality, excellent service and competitive lead times that DAMS provides across our own-label ranges.”
DAMS now offers custom-upholstered seating and screens in any Camira or Bradbury fabric and the company has extended its seating ranges for 2014 to maximise the choice available to customers. The upholstery service covers operator and task seating, conference seating, breakout seating, reception area seating and upholstered screens with lead times of just 14 days on bespoke orders and next day delivery on all upholstered stock items.
Chris continues: “As a UK manufacturer, one of the key points of difference we can offer customers is consistent and accountable product quality with a short distribution chain and fast turnaround. The new upholstery department continues this commitment while adding the level of choice that businesses are looking for to make their office unique to them.”
