THE GREAT KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - Duropal

DIENER & WISSING ON DIENER & WISSING
‘Quality’ plays a great role in the vocabulary of Holger
diener and Knut Wissing. “Nothing leaves our workshop
unless it is of absolute top quality. We cannot and
will not tolerate faults”, is their joint philosophy.
the substance behind this can be seen immediately
on opening the door of their workshop in iserlohn,
Germany. although the place is very busy and the
woodchips are flying everywhere, everything still
looks orderly, clean and logically thought-out. if the
first impression is right, these two have already won.
Since its foundation around ten years ago, this
seven-man business has specialised in the production
of individual pieces of furniture. the regular customer
base includes private individuals and catering businesses,
as well as doctors’ practices and companies of
all types. all have the same requirement in the design
of their furniture for canteens, reception rooms or
living rooms: quality. and the fact that this is an absolute
priority is demonstrated amongst other things
by full order books. “the shop is in full swing”, says
Holger diener with visible satisfaction. the people at
duropal have also become aware of the strengths
of diener and Wissing. the short distance between
arnsberg and iserlohn is another reason for not only
AT DIENER & WISSING THEY RELY ON THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY — AND
THE INNOVATION POWER OF THE SEAMLESS LAMINATE HPL SOLIDCOLOR
supplying the workshop, but also making use of its
services. duropal has therefore become the second
mainstay for diener and Wissing over recent years.
Whenever the HPL specialist needs such things as new
displays for its exhibitions or dealers, the order goes to
iserlohn. a cooperation from which both sides profit:
from the maximum possible level of quality.
DIENER & WISSING ON DUROPAL
iNNoVatioNS
“This product arouses our passion.” Relatively normal,
when a company says that. Extremely unusual however
when the customer says it. In this case, the customers
are Holger Diener and Knut Wissing. The passion of
these two cabinet-makers is for furniture production —
and the creation of high-quality individual pieces.
And the product which arouses their passion is Duropal
HPL SolidColor. HPL World visited their workshop in
Iserlohn and found there two genuine fans of the
Duropal brand.
“What Kleenex is to paper handkerchiefs, duropal
is to worktops. When one becomes successful in this
trade, the name duropal always comes up.” despite
this praise, Holger diener knows from his own daily
practice how flexibly duropal HPL products can be used
for a host of applications other than worktops: “this
very robust material has become increasingly softer and
pliant over recent years — and therefore increasingly
easy to work with. the improved post-forming properties
open up further new possibilities for us.”
Like the material itself, diener also appreciates the
design selection: “our customers like to play with
colours. So we need the matching shade for every
requirement. the décor collection from duropal covers
this ideally.” the same applies for the surface textures:
“Crystal Stone and rustica are in my view perfect surface
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