Purchasing guide: How to choose the right Manutan EXPERT seating for your company?

No office is complete without a comfortable and stylish chair – it’s an essential item of office furniture as business premises are the meeting point for employees, future recruits, consultants, clients, suppliers and more. No matter how long a person stays on the premises, it is essential to provide them ideal reception conditions. The way visitors perceive the company’s image is at stake. Moreover, providing quality furniture that meets the needs of employees helps to create satisfactory working conditions. In this guide, Manutan EXPERT helps you identify your priorities when choosing chairs.

To make a choice, several criteria can be considered, such as the desired style, the use that will be made of the seat or its placement. The versatility of this type of chair offers a key advantage: It is interchangeable and easily adaptable, whatever the situation.

In waiting areas

The waiting room chair contributes to the first impression of the company in the visitor’s mind. Even though reception areas are not meant to be waiting areas, such seating helps to create a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. If a person has to wait for any reason, they will feel more comfortable under pleasant conditions.

This chair should at least be padded and have armrests. Its aesthetic appearance also makes a difference. A high-quality chair or a chair with a modern design conveys the image of a company that cares about its visitors.

In meeting rooms

Things are changing in companies: Gone are the days when meeting rooms were just a space for large formal meetings and little else. Meetings can now consist of a brainstorming session, for example. Employees can also choose to meet for a very short period of time while standing to avoid wasting time, in the manner of “daily stand-up meetings[1]“. A meeting can also include a team that is partly remote.

As with all furniture, chairs should reflect the company’s style. Seating can vary from high-end to contemporary, colourful, minimalist or even stackable to free up space.

In offices

While particular attention should be given to choosing the right office chairs, the seat(s) facing the desk should not be overlooked. Offering comfortable seating to visitors is a sign of consideration. This type of chair should match the overall style of the room and its quality should not be very different from the office chairs and the rest of the furniture.

The ergonomic chair

The ergonomic chair is intended for prolonged use in offices. Its shape is designed to hold the body in a position that prevents strain. Poor posture at work can lead to health problems such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

An ergonomic office chair can come in many forms. It can be a conventional chair with adjustable seat height and backrest angle. There is also the kneeling chair, which helps to naturally straighten the back. As for the standing desk, it is height-adjustable depending on the needs of its user. The muscular effort is therefore shared across the whole body.

What are the advantages of the Manutan EXPERT seating?

Manutan EXPERT is the result of almost 45 years of experience in providing equipment for companies. It offers a range of carefully selected chairs. The development of the brand is based on strong commitments to companies.

Competitive prices

On average, Manutan EXPERT products are cheaper than those of equivalent quality from their competitors. To best reflect furniture market variations, careful monitoring of prices and listening to customers’ needs allow the brand to adjust prices. With attractive prices and batch selling, it supports and caters to the needs of all kinds of companies.

Everyday products

Customers’ everyday needs are the starting point for the development of the Manutan EXPERT range, just like the Manutan EXPERT chair range. Seating is a must-have for all kinds of spaces within a company, from reception areas to break rooms and meeting rooms. By offering as many essential products as possible, Manutan EXPERT aims to make it possible for companies to buy everything they need on a single website.

Guaranteed quality

Each Manutan EXPERT item is tested internally or in a laboratory throughout its life cycle. As the brand believes in offering the best quality, every Manutan EXPERT product comes with a 10-year warranty free of charge. Consumables and personal protective equipment are covered by this warranty for 3 years.

Things to consider when choosing seating for your company

Through this descriptive list of the main features of chairs, it is possible to identify the key aspects to consider when choosing a particular model.

The type of base

The three main categories of bases are:

• Four-legged;
• Cantilever;
• Central base.

The most common model is the four-legged chair. These types of chairs offer great stability and go well with most furniture.

The cantilever shape allows the chair to be put at the edge of a table. By making it easier to handle the furniture when cleaning the floor, it contributes to the health of the cleaning staff.

Chairs with a central base are chosen for their design, such as the swivel chair, or for their practicality, such as the platform chair. Wheels can be useful in offices. They reduce the effort required to change position, which improves the comfort and well-being of users.

The seat materials

A fabric cover on a chair gives it a warm look. Leather is not only cosy, but also refined. Both covers are usually found on padded chairs, making them more comfortable for visitors who have to sit for a long time.

A polypropylene seat makes the chair more lightweight and resistant. This material is easy to clean and waterproof. Polypropylene is also a recyclable material, which allows Manutan EXPERT to offer recycled chairs among its range of products.

Sustainability

Sustainable chairs offer several advantages, depending on the model:

• Fully or partially designed using recycled materials;
• Recyclable packaging;
• Packaging from the recycling industry;
• Ergonomic design, which is part of corporate social responsibility policy (CSR);
• A partially or fully recyclable product;
• Local manufacturing at reasonable price.

The functional aspect

A chair should have practical advantages, such as being stackable, which is possible with more than half of the Manutan EXPERT models. The ability to stack chairs allows them to be stored while saving floor space. With the help of a storage or hand trolley, stacking chairs or even folding chairs can be moved quickly, making it simple to reorganise a space after a crowed event such as a conference or a banquet.

Although armrests make chairs more comfortable, they also make them bulkier and therefore they are less suitable for small spaces or for layouts that require people to be sat close together (meetings, conferences, etc.).

The general style

The two main forms of chairs are the one-piece chair and the separate seat and backrest chair. Usually made of plastic, the one-piece chair is economical, lightweight and offers good support.

Although not their most important aspect, chairs must also fit aesthetically into the spaces they occupy. Their colours, materials and design should match and reinforce the atmosphere of the space. Black, white or with a wooden effect, these seats blend in easily, regardless of the room’s decor. This makes it possible to use them in rooms that have different atmospheres after having been redesigned. As for your outdoor spaces, steel or aluminium chairs are to be favoured.

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[1] Daily stand-up meetings are a new type of meeting, usually intra-departmental, in which each employee explains what they achieved the day before and what they plan to do during the day.