Following on from Our People, Our Place is the second pillar of the ARMONY EQUA project that defines the goals and aims of the company’s sustainable development. Focusing on the community is a very important driver in the sustainable development process. This is why we strive constantly to exchange value with our community and promote local expertise, in order to give it more systematic and effective visibility.
Exchange value with our community
The company and the local area, an unbreakable bond
Our company, which has premises in the provinces of Treviso and Pordenone, has become an example of excellence in the modern and design kitchen sector, thanks also to its strong roots in north-eastern Italy, an area that boasts world-renown expertise and craftsmanship in the furniture industry, which allows us to cooperate synergistically with highly qualified local suppliers.
This area started to develop in the 1920s and redesigned the geography of the area, where the borders are defined by the different local specialisations.
In order to produce our kitchens and maintain exceptional quality standards, we use components and raw materials with specific characteristics that require consolidated expertise in order to process them in the best possible manner. Examples include our stainless steel worktops, manufactured thanks to our partnership with Vittinox, one of the key players in the Inox Valley. Our wood, a noble raw material, which is selected with great care, privileging prestigious local woods such as Noce Canaletto Walnut and Chestnut. And the natural stones, which originate from another world-class cluster located in north-eastern Italy.
The relationship between Armony and local specialised craftsmanship is characterised by an ongoing exchange of value. The creativity, research and innovation to which we aspire are a constant stimulus for companies that over the years have developed unique industrial processes for the production of melamine and PET panels.
Excellence attracts excellence
At Armony, high-level furniture craftsmanship merges with a tradition for fine wines and foods, as our local area is famous for historical products such as Prosecco DOC, Prosciutto San Daniele or Figomoro di Caneva figs. Armony has always worked closely and partnered with companies in these sectors, especially for the events that the company organises at its showroom and in the local area.
However, our commitment towards the local community doesn’t stop there. We will soon be launching a project to plant hundreds of trees at the company’s Caneva site, focusing on species native to the area, such as the Figomoro di Caneva, in order to protect local biodiversity and offer our personnel greater climatic comfort.
The local area, our added value
Working in close contact with such a thriving area allows us, on the one hand, to be competitive, anticipate trends, explore contemporary life and consolidate the leadership of Italian design and, on the other, to pursue and comply with sustainability goals, by drastically reducing the long-distance transportation of raw materials and not contributing to the consumption and erosion of forests and quarries in developing countries.
Armony considers its local area the place it all began, a place where products of excellence are destined to meet.Raw materials become nourishment, materials become construction elements and technological solutions. This is why we are advocates of our local area, which has made quality, efficiency and business ethics a world-renown hallmark.
With the ARMONY EQUA project, we intend to make our customers and everyone who comes into contact with Armony Cucine aware of our commitment and journey to find our harmony, with the planet and with its inhabitants.
In our next article, we will be talking about the community around us and how we implement an ongoing exchange of value with it. Our surrounding area and the workmanship that characterises it provides us with talent, expertise and materials. We return this value in the form of initiatives, specific programmes and partnerships that involve not only the furniture industry, but the local community as a whole.
For this article, photographs owned by: Vittinox, Fogher Outdoor, Figo Moro da Caneva
