MEAM UAE Business Awards 2018

70 MEA MARKETS / 2018 UAE Business Awards , Best Office Design & Furnishing Company 2018 Bene is a leading international specialist in the design and furnishing of inspiring office and working environments. We explore the secrets behind the firm’s incredible success. Photo Credit: UA180054 Since 1790 Bene has been creating inspiration office spaces that meet the needs of its clients. The firm defines the office as a living space and its concepts, products and services turn this philosophy into reality. It combines a tradition of quality stretching back 228 years with innovation and award-winning design. The corporate group has its head office and production facilities in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, and is active in more than 40 countries. As a full-service provider, Bene implements office concepts, and thereby contributes to its customers’ corporate success. For more than 15 years Bene has been active in the Middle East and is proud to have supplied the interiors for the Dubai government’s “Office of the Future” project in 2016, the world’s first ever 3D printed office building. In modern companies, the most exciting innovations take shape in areas where employees have the freedom to think in a playful way and to let their ideas develop. This means those areas that promote a lively group dynamic and offer space for creativity are increasingly important in the everyday life of an organisation. As one of the industry’s first movers, Bene recognised this trend early on and had a decisive influence in shaping it. In recent years, Bene has developed numerous new products in this segment, which it has successfully introduced to the market. One of them is PIXEL, which consists of boxes made of unprocessed pine plywood that can be put together quickly and flexibly to make a wide variety of furniture. Pixel won many awards and showed how simple yet ground breaking this office life altering innovation is. Overall, as the leading international designer of modern working environments, Bene is dedicated to keeping ahead of the latest trends and developments in business and society and transforming this knowledge into innovative concepts and products for the working environment of tomorrow. In cooperation with 40 international experts from the business, research and arts sectors, Bene has used the digital revolution as a jumping- off point for a methodical review and comprehensive presentation of the latest trends and their impact on working environments (futureofwork.bene.com) , and looking ahead it will continue to work to create the office of the future for its valued clients. Company: BENE Middle East Address: D3-Dubai Design District, Building 2, Office 208, P.O. Box 33861, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971-4-568-7131 LinkedIn: Bene Middle East & North Africa