In addition to Sebel Furniture Ltd, KI subsidiaries include KI UK Ltd., KI East Asia Sdn. Bhd, KI Nova Scotia, KI Canada and KI India. To provide additional benefits to its global customers, KI also has sales offices and licensed manufacturing facilities throughout the world, including now Australia, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, India, China and other Asian countries. KI tailors products and service solutions to the specific needs of each customer through its unique design and manufacturing philosophy.

Furnishing Knowledge, since 1941

Over many decades, KI has built a solid reputation as the manufacturer who knows the furniture industry best and is committed to providing customers with the right solutions. By targeting specific core markets - healthcare, education, business and government - we can quickly respond to our customers’ unique needs. Our Go-to-market strategy provides choices. Customers have the option to purchase furniture according to what fits their ordering and fulfilment process.

Sebel has always maintained a commitment to technological leadership. In our 6o year history we have been an early adaptor of new materials and technologies, such as Polypropylene.

Our state-of-the-art systems allow us much more scope, speed and volume consistency than many of our competitors through our:

Sebel has 60 years experience transforming ideas into unique furniture products.

We've been successful through listening to our customers, understanding their needs and producing market leading products to meet their requirements. It’s also why we can offer 10 year and lifetime warranties on select products.

Behind each Sebel product is our genuine manufacturing culture which is focussed on making products that have the latest ergonomics (Form), work at a practical level (Function) and are built to last (Quality). When you buy Sebel, you are investing in your customers, students and staff, ensuring they will benefit through features that have been designed and refined over many decades including:

Australia sets some of the highest manufacturing standards in the world. It's also where much of our R&D, testing and manufacturing is done.

Additionally, Sebel is a quality accredited manufacturer under ISO 9001. This registration covers the Quality Management System for the:

• Design
• Manufacture
• Sourcing
• Sale
• Delivery and Installation

... of commercial furniture for indoors and outdoors applications.

Our Australian based 5000sqm distribution centre (with dedicated loading docks for local deliveries and container handling facilities for interstate and overseas shipments) is a vital link in the chain that enables Sebel to fulfil client orders to any point on the globe. With exports to over 65 countries, clients have come to recognise the benefits of dealing with a company committed to the furniture market.

Our 60 years experience in designing and supplying the world’s best value chairs and desks - has taught us a few things about how to help a person be more comfortable, concentrate longer and perform better.

People sit up to 75% of their day
Studies show that students alone can spend up to 75% of their time sitting at a desk. Sebel designed our range of chairs and desks to maximise comfort and concentration over a long period.

Good design promotes movement
Sitting in a fixed upright position all day is actually detrimental to posture and increases fatigue. The wide range of seating positions adopted by students and adults are all supported by our Postura chair due to its purposely designed wide base and flat seat.

Why good lumbar support is essential

Evans, Collins and Stewart (1992) studied furniture size misfit on 211 fit students. The below results clearly show:
55% reported sitting discomfort or pain
32% head-neck-shoulder area misfit
48% thoraco-lumbar area misfit
10% lower limb area misfit
Our Postura chair is the result of 60 years continuous design improvement to provide excellent lumbar support for small children to large adults.

ENVIRONMENTAL ACCREDITATIONS

Sebel is committed to eliminating environmental impacts by regularly re-evaluating our products and adopting new and sustainable business processes.

Sebel have been awarded GECA certification on a range of furniture, based on the below criterion.

The Good Environmental Choice Accreditation (GECA) is internationally recognised and the only environmental labelling program in Australia. It indicates the environmental performance of a product from a whole of product life perspective for consumer goods. The accreditation is awarded to products that meet voluntary environmental performance standards which have been created and assessed in conformance to international environmental labelling standards.