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College: the versatile, hygienic shell. Ideal for social distancing in classrooms

Monday 03 August 2020, Vestone

Over the last few months, the Covid19 health emergency has led to new market needs aimed primarily at protecting people's health and lives. Indeed, guaranteeing social distancing and ensuring maximum hygiene standards to reduce bacterial spread has become absolutely fundamental.
Since 1947, Ivars has specialised in the production of seating components, and we have always committed to safeguarding and recognising the value of people, always paying close regard to the needs of our customers. Indeed, throughout this unprecedented period, we have strived to offer effective solutions both by identifying products already in our catalogue that can fully meet current market requirements, and by researching new, more advanced solutions.

First of all, to ensure social distancing within the classrooms, we offer a highly effective and functional model which is already in our catalogue, namely, College, the shell specifically created to furnish Educational settings.

In fact, College is equipped with a distinctive storage basket, 4-star swivel base, and optional fully swivelling writing tablet, which makes it a completely self-contained, easy-to-use study station which can be moved around the classroom. Thus, it becomes an ideal proposal for ensuring social distancing requirements, capable of reducing the spread of infections with extreme ease.

Cristian Quarenghi, from the Italian Sales Department, states:

"College shell was specifically designed for Educational environments. Its immediate success derives from the fact that it’s a completely self-contained study station, thanks to its storage basket and writing tablet which can turn around 360°, and thus it can be used on both right and left side with extreme comfort.
Up to now, these characteristics have been highly appreciated, as they offer the freedom to move seats easily around the classroom to carry out, for example, groupwork or to move them from one room to another. But in this specific market context, College provides a very important advantage, because it ensures that social distancing requirements within classrooms can be met with ease.
In fact, we are receiving many requests for College kits with storage basket or 5-stars swivel base."

He adds: "Those who choose College also have the advantage of a minimalist, modern design, along with a high degree of comfort and quality guaranteed by Ansi Bifma EN 1729 certifications".

So Ivars' experience in the production of chair components is your guarantee of cutting-edge product proposals.
Available in 6 trendy colours, College shell provides comfort, quality, superb design, excellent functionality, and more besides. The entirely plastic seat means it’s easy to clean and sanitise, helping bacterial reduction.
In fact, extensive testing carried out by our R&D department has in fact recently demonstrated that all the models in our catalogue with plastics at sight can be cleaned using a cloth dampened with a mixture of water and bleach (or ammonia) at 0.1% dilution or water and alcohol 70° or even steam-cleaning equipment at 100 °C, without causing any damage to the seat.

This advantage makes College ideal for use in all the environments where many people come and go during the day or which are occupied by a large number of people every day. The shell is in fact extremely versatile, and despite being designed for Educational settings, it adapts perfectly to different frames, meaning it can also be used to provide a highly functional solution for Contract, Community, Home and Office locations. Even in these contexts, providing the possibility to clean and sanitise the seat easily is certainly of primary importance. 

Indeed, the shell-shaped structure of College ensures extreme ease of cleaning, thus guaranteeing that users can sit comfortably, sure that the shell they are using is extremely hygienic.

To find out more about the versatility of College and choose the solution that best suits your needs from the many combinations available, you can use our configurator on Ivars website on its dedicated page.

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