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Mark Perry Business Furniture

Mark Perry Business Furniture is an Australian manufacturer of quality office seating that meets the auditing and testing for GECA standards.

 

Product Marketing Name:  Mark Perry Business Furniture

Use and Application: Office Seating

Date of Certification: 29 April 2009

 

     1.   Description of the Technology.

Established as a company in 1995, Mark Perry Business Furniture has experience in commercial seating. Mark Perry Business Furniture is a wholly owned Australian company and the production factory is situated in Melbourne. Mark Perry Business Furniture also manufactures products that meet the requirements of the Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute.

     2. The Products

 

Plasma Chair: Office seating task chair with waterfall seat.

MD Plasma Chair: Office seating task chair with 3 lever mechanism

Contour Plus Chair: High use office seating task chair.

 

Core Environmental Criteria Tested:

 

Environmental Requirements

Core Environmental Performance Characteristics
Fitness for Purpose The nominated products have been tested by AFRDI and certified to the AS/NZS 4438:1997 standard. A five year warranty is offered for all Mark Perry Business Furniture products.
Resin Identification Codes Resin Identification codes are stamped on plastic components over 100g. The plastics used for each component is also listed in the product literature.
Polyurethane Padding Requirements No latex or foam rubber is used in the manufacturing of these products and is therefore exempt from this criterion.
Fabrics These Mark Perry Business Furniture products use only ECA certified fabrics for the upholstery of the chairs.
Adhesives Water based adhesive is used in the manufacturing of these products and is compliant to GECA Adhesive Standard GECA 01-2007.
Overall Loads A review of the production ingredients used in the manufacture of the products under assessment shows that none of the listed hazardous substances are used.
Prohibited Substances A review of the production ingredients used in the manufacture of the products under assessment shows that none of the listed prohibited substances are used.
Separability Mark Perry Business Furniture has demonstrated that the products are sufficiently separable into constituent materials without the use of specialised tools or expertise.
Product Custodianship Mark Perry Business Furniture has in place a product stewardship program. Mark Perry Business Furniture will arrange recycler to pick up the products at no cost to the customer.
Coatings and Treatments No treatment is applied that would prevent post consumer recycling.
Replacement Parts Gregory Commercial Furniture provide a minimum 5 year warranty for replacement parts, this satisfies the requirements of this criterion.
Packaging Requirements The products are transported with cardboard boxes and plastic (LDPE). These materials are technically recyclable and the LDPE is not halogenated.
Product Information The available product information sufficiently covers correct use and recycling instructions.

View Mark Perry Business Furniture EPD

 

        3. Environmental and Social Regulatory Obligations:

 

GECA also found the Mark Perry Business Furniture range to be fully compliant with their obligations under Labour, Anti-Discrimination, and Safety Regulations. The company has not been the subject of prosecution in relation to compliance with labour, anti- discrimination, safety regulations and environmental regulations in the past 24 months.

 

 

Additional Information

 

Good Environmental Choice Australia recommends these products to green purchasing officers, specifiers, and every day Australians seeking to purchase products and services on the basis of functional and overall environmental and human health performance.

 

For more information contact Mark Perry Business Furniture directly:

 

 

Mark Perry Business Furniture

Address: 8A Humeside Drive, Campbellfield, VIC, 3061
Ph: +61 (03) 9357 9060
Fax: +61 (03) 9357 9040
Web: www.markperry.com.au

E-mail: sales@markperry.com.au

 

 

You can go to the company's web site here:

 

 

Plasma Chair

 

MD Plasma Chair

 
 

 

 
 

Contour Plus Chair

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
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