Innovative chair easily made using low pressure moulding

Described as an innovative design in office furniture, the Avian chair is easy to manufacture and low in cost thanks to Hettinga Technologies' low pressure injection moulding process.

The chair, unveiled at the recent Neocon'94 office furniture show in Chicago, USA, is said to be attractive, comfortable and reasonably priced. It is injection moulded of polypropylene by Blue Water Plastics Inc, of Marysville, Michigan, USA, in two sections - the seat shell and the base. Hettinga's Liquid Gas Assist (HELGA) process is employed in the ribbed sections of the seat shell, in the