Quality, Certified Environmental Management, and Social Responsibility
WINI Office Furniture is a family-owned German office furniture manufacturer based in Coppenbrügge-Marienau in the Weserbergland region—founded in 1908 and now in its fourth generation of leadership, with over 115 years of experience in woodworking. WINI stands for innovative products, customized solutions, and original design. The furniture systems are modular: individual parts can be replaced and additions can be made without having to replace the entire piece of furniture. Production takes place at the company’s own factory in Marienau; over 90% of the materials used are recyclable. Together with specialty retailers, WINI supports you with services ranging from needs assessment to planning and customization of furniture, all the way through to after-sales service.
WINI’s environmental management system is validated and registered under EMAS and certified to ISO 14001, while its quality management system is certified to ISO 9001. WINI’s product groups—tables, storage furniture, seating, and acoustic systems—are certified to FEMB LEVEL 3, the highest level of the European sustainability standard for office furniture, as verified by TÜV Rheinland.
Discover WINI Office Furniture: WINI designs and manufactures furniture for reception areas, ergonomic individual and team workstations, executive offices, meeting and conference rooms, central zones, quiet zones, and lounge areas—all customizable to fit your workflows and the tasks of your employees. Your WINI authorized dealer will work with you to plan and furnish your spaces. For better health, more enjoyment, greater motivation, and increased productivity in the office.
Customizing by WINI
We build custom office furniture. In series production. Talk to us about WINI Customizing.
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Design & Quality Made in Germany
We embody quality you can touch. High-quality, well-designed, safe, and flexible.
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Produced with recyclability in mind
We think and act responsibly. Since 1908.
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The WINI Showrooms
Come see our office furniture in person and try it out for yourself—we’d love to welcome you to one of our WINI showrooms near you.
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WINI by the Numbers
WINI was founded in 1908 and is now a fourth-generation family-owned business. WINI employs over 220 people and has delivered more than 165,000 electric sit-stand desks to date. The exhibition space covers more than 4,500 m². More than 97% of the components in all WINI furniture come from the EU.
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WINI Office Furniture is a family-owned German office furniture manufacturer based in Coppenbrügge, in the Marienau district of the Weserbergland region. The company was founded in 1908 and is now run by the fourth generation of the family. WINI develops and manufactures modular table and cabinet systems, as well as solutions for room acoustics, space partitioning, and reception areas, at its own factory in Germany—over 90% of the materials used are recyclable.
WINI traces its origins to the “Wini Holzwarenfabrik” in Duingen, founded in 1908 by Wilhelm Niemeier; the name WINI is derived from “Wi-Ni.” Georg Schmidt acquired the WINI brand name in 1967 and founded the WINI sales company in Marienau. As a result, WINI can now look back on over 115 years of experience in woodworking.
WINI manufactures its products at its own plant in Coppenbrügge, in the Marienau district of the Weserbergland region in Lower Saxony. All furniture systems are produced there as “Made in Germany.” WINI covers over 97% of the site’s heating energy needs through its own production using wood scraps. In-house manufacturing enables customized solutions with mass-production quality.
WINI’s environmental management system is validated and registered under EMAS (Registration No. DE-133-00076) and certified to ISO 14001, while its quality management system is certified to ISO 9001. WINI’s product groups—tables, storage furniture, seating, and acoustic systems—have been certified to FEMB LEVEL 3 since 2021, the highest level of the European sustainability standard for office furniture, as verified by TÜV Rheinland. WINI’s tables, storage furniture, and acoustic systems also bear the Blue Angel label for low-emission furniture made of wood and wood-based materials.
WINI Office Furniture offers commercial customers a 10-year extended warranty on its products. A full warranty applies for the first five years: WINI covers the full cost of replacement parts, installation, and shipping. From the sixth through the tenth year, replacement part costs are covered; installation and travel costs will be communicated in advance via a cost estimate. A 5-year extended warranty applies to consumers. The full terms and conditions can be found in the WINI warranty statement.
Social Responsibility, Quality, Environment
As a medium-sized company, we recognize that we have a significant social responsibility—toward people and our environment. Therefore, environmental protection, fairness, and partnership are of the utmost importance in our decision-making. Good working conditions, a sense of community, and the health and safety of our employees are important to us. We also place the highest value on respect and tolerance, fair working conditions, as well as equal opportunity and work-life balance. As a market player, we act in a spirit of partnership, but at the same time hold our suppliers to high standards. This includes compliance with labor and human rights, the prohibition of bribery, and much more—as outlined in the WINI Supplier Code of Conduct.
Sustainable quality is of central importance to us. Our exceptionally high quality standards apply to our products, their properties and materials, and their ergonomic benefits—as well as to sustainability in terms of resource conservation, life cycles, and reparability. At the same time, our focus on quality extends to all services surrounding the product, such as development, sales, delivery, and installation. Our quality management system plays a key role in this regard. We have defined our quality objectives and our social and environmental policies in the WINI Corporate Guidelines.
The third pillar of WINI’s corporate policy is environmental responsibility. We feel a responsibility to use natural resources carefully, act sustainably, and preserve the environment for future generations. Our environmental management system monitors and documents all environmentally relevant company activities. All employees are required to implement and comply with the legal requirements and the WINI environmental guidelines of our environmental management system.
Whether it involves adhering to laws and regulations, compliance standards, or labor and social conditions—we fulfill our social responsibility in the marketplace and in all our business activities. In doing so, we set high, shared standards that we adhere to ourselves, but we also expect all our suppliers to consistently follow them. In our dealings, we advocate for fair and sustainable cooperation—within the company, externally, and in our relationships with our suppliers. The same standards of conduct apply to our suppliers. The WINI Supplier Code of Conduct is intended to serve as a guide for our business partnerships in day-to-day operations. We require our suppliers to uphold the same ethical, moral, and social obligations that we impose on ourselves and all our employees.
The WINI Supplier Code of Conduct sets out the company’s expectations of its suppliers in various areas:
- Compliance with Laws and Regulations: Suppliers must comply with national and international laws, including labor standards.
- Compliance and integrity: Suppliers must conduct business in a competitive and legally compliant manner, particularly with regard to anti-bribery and fair competition.
- Social and Labor Conditions: Fair treatment of employees is required, including the prohibition of forced labor, child labor, discrimination, and harassment.
- Environmental Sustainability: Suppliers must comply with environmental laws and standards, including environmental permits, resource consumption, and waste minimization.
- Code Revision: Regular review of the Code and notification of suppliers regarding significant changes.
Here you can find more information about our WINI Supplier Code of Conduct.
Environmental policy is a central component of WINI’s corporate policy and brand. It is therefore directed at the entire workforce and shapes the thinking and actions of WINI Office Furniture. The environmental management system aims to continuously review and improve all activities that impact aspects of the company’s and society’s environmental policies.
Learn more about sustainability at WINI here.
- Our business focuses on the development, manufacture, and distribution of office furniture, as well as related services.
- Our goal is profit-oriented growth. We aim to strike a balance between sustainably increasing our market share and achieving an appropriate return on investment. Viewed from a long-term perspective, these two objectives are compatible with one another.
- WINI is committed to a corporate identity (CI) and design culture that enables a distinctive public image and with which employees can identify.
- This corporate identity and design culture is guided by our BrandGuide. The current BrandGuide has been in effect since 2006, and its condensed “Master” version definitively outlines WINI’s core values: reliability in attitude, excellence in performance, and perfection in style.
- We encourage a willingness to perform and good ideas to drive the continuous improvement process (CIP). A trust-based leadership style and management through goal-setting are intended to support this.
- We foster a collegial work environment. The “golden rule” applies to how we interact with one another: Treat your colleagues, employees, and supervisors the way you would like to be treated!
- Speed is a valuable competitive advantage for us; therefore, speed also shapes our internal processes: All tasks are handled helpfully and as quickly as possible.
- An actively practiced quality management system is an essential part of our corporate culture. We welcome any errors or complaints that arise as opportunities to continuously improve our processes and achieve maximum customer satisfaction.
- Acting in an environmentally responsible manner in the development of our products, the selection of our suppliers, and the design of our processes is our stated goal.
2024
With SARA(Chipboard Made from100% Recycled Waste Wood), WINI offers a chipboard that is produced completely without the use of virgin wood for the first time.
2023
WINI sets the course for a product portfolio geared towards the future and launches the WINEA ELEMENTS communication and central zone furniture system and the multifunctional, mobile table system WINEA TEAMS.
2021
WINI is immediately certified with the highest LEVEL 3 certification for sustainable products and manufacturing processes.
2020
With Jan Hendrik Karsch, the 4th generation starts in the management of WINI Büromöbel.
2018
The restructuring of production to batch size 1 is completed. WINEA SONIC, the third wall and acoustic system, is introduced and wins the German Design Award in the same year. WINEA FLOW sets new standards for the office furniture industry as the first desk system with motorized quick adjustment.
2015
WINI is awarded the gold medal as a "Sustainable Manufacturer" by the Federal Association of the Consumer Initiative. The conversion from fractal organization to batch size 1 production begins - an important milestone towards customizing.
2010
With WINEA PRO , the market is presented with a multivariable sit-stand table system that sets design benchmarks and wins many awards.
2008
The company celebrates its 100th birthday at its Marienau site With a big party for everyone.
2007
Managing Director Hans F. Karsch says goodbye to day-to-day operations.
2006
The revised brand "WINI. My office" will be presented at ORGATEC.
2005
WINEA FOCUS is honored with the iF-Product Award 2005 and nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006, which is awarded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor.
2002
WINI is one of the few companies in the office furniture industry to be awarded the environmental badge "Blue Angel because low emissions".
2001
WINI is one of the "TOP 100" most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany.
1999
WINEA FAME is awarded "Best New System Product" by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) in Los Angeles.
1998
The WINEA FAME table system is the only German product to be recognized as a "particularly ecological product concept" and receives the international design award in Tokyo.
1997
Senior partner Minna Schmidt dies at the age of 80.
1996
Development of the WINEA FAME table system. The BRISK management desk system receives the iF Design Award.
1994
The branch plant in Drakenburg is closed and production is concentrated at the Marienau site.
1993
The sandstone hall, formerly a sawmill and plywood factory, is converted into a new seminar and exhibition center with 1,300 square meters of exhibition space.
1992
Turnover doubled in just a few years as a result of reunification, reaching a peak value of DM 98 million.
1989
With the characteristic three Red triangles, the WINI figurative mark is created - as a symbol of the interaction between people, product and environment.
1986
Georg Schmidt dies at the age of 82. Carolina Schmidt-Karsch and Hans F. Karsch, with senior partner Minna Schmidt, take over the management of the WINI Group.
1983
Georg Schmidt celebrates his 80th birthday. In the same year, daughter Carolina marries Hans F. Karsch. The WINEA office system is the first WINI product to receive the iF Design Award from Deutsche Industrieform.
1981
Takeover of the "JUWEL small furniture factory" in Emmerthal. Real wood production is now concentrated in this specialized factory.
1978
After completing her studies, the entrepreneur's daughter Carolina takes over internal and external communication at WINI.
1976
Hans F. Karsch joins WINI as sales manager.
1968
New WINI administration building in Marienau.
1967
Georg Schmidt acquires the brand name "WINI", founds the "WINI-Vertriebsgesellschaft" in Marienau and takes over the branch factory in Drakenburg as well as the Duingen site.
1963
ITH-Möbelfabrik starts producing fitted kitchens for OKAL-Fertighauswerke in Lauenstein.
1956
Minna and Georg Schmidt found the "ITH-Möbelfabrik" on the Marienau factory premises. In addition to office and school furniture, home furniture, especially music chests, is also produced.
1953
Wedding of Minna Meier and Georg Schmidt.
1948
Under the leadership of Wilhelm Niemeier's nephews Helmut and Gerhard, the company "Wilhelm Niemeier Nachfolger KG" in Marienau grows to a size of over 600 employees.
1945
Georg Schmidt becomes plant manager at the WINI factory in Duingen, where he meets Minna Meier, the adopted daughter of company founder Wilhelm Niemeier.
1936
Wilhelm Niemeier acquires a former wood processing factory in Marienau. Further branches are established in Braunschweig and Drakenburg (Weser).
1914
After the start of the First World War, Wilhelm Niemeier is called up for military service. Lina Niemeier takes over the management of the factory until her husband's return in 1918.
1908
Wilhelm Niemeier (Wi-Ni) founds the "Wini Holzwarenfabrik" in Duingen.
The WINI 100th Anniversary Book offers a glimpse into the company’s history and structure. Why is WINI actually called WINI? What’s the story behind the company from Marienau? The WINI 100th Anniversary Book introduces you not only to the WINI team but also to suppliers, customers, and retail partners, and answers many questions about our company and our history. Embark on a journey through 100 years of company history. Read more in the WINI anniversary book.
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