2010

DESSO® Brings Cradle to Cradle® to Turkey

DESSO® has held a hugely successful Cradle to Cradle® event in Istanbul, attended by many of Turkey’s leading architects and interior designers and underlining how the Cradle to Cradle® message is being increasingly welcomed internationally. Read more

Renewable energy breakthrough for DESSO®: Desso, Eneco and Host intend to explore joint biogas venture

DESSO® wins Mixology North Environmental and Social Impact award

Desso’s commitment to Cradle to Cradle® manufacturing has been recognised at this year’s Mixology North as the manufacturer won the prestigious Environmental & Social Impact award. Read more

DESSO® meets ecological designers at 100% Design Shanghai

100% Design proved very successful for DESSO®, allowing us to meet designers and other specifiers, and present to them our corporate strategies for creativity, functionality and, not least, our Cradle to Cradle® philosophy. Read more

New showroom opened in Poland

Golden Apple for carpet manufacturer DESSO®

The European carpet manufacturer Desso, located in Waalwijk, The Netherlands, will be honoured with the Golden Apple prize on 23 November. Desso will be honoured with the Golden Apple award since Desso is considered a role model as far as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability is concerned. This is amongst others the case because Desso is a frontrunner worldwide in having old carpet tiles recycled into materials for new carpets Read more

First ‘clean air school’ in the Netherlands opens - Pieter Wijtenschool features innovative carpet that cleans the air

DESSO® awarded BOV Trophy 2010

DESSO® finalist for BOV trophy 2010

The ultimate in luxury and design: DESSO® carpet featured in new Cunard 'Queen Elizabeth' liner

DESSO® receives two 'Good Industrial Design' recognition awards at the opening of Dutch Design Week

Special designer carpet for the new teaching hotel ‘Chateau Bethlehem’ in Maastricht, The Netherlands

DESSO® strengthens UK & Ireland position with expert industry executive

Leading European carpet manufacturer DESSO® has further strengthened its team with the appointment of expert industry Executive, David Nicholls, as Sales & Marketing Director UK & Ireland. Read more

DESSO® GrassMaster at Wembley Stadium

DESSO® appoints former Unilever Executive to run its Global Consumer Division

Leading European carpet manufacturer DESSO® has further strengthened its team with the appointment of former Unilever Director, Rob Peters, as Managing Director, Consumer Carpets. Read more

DESSO® enhances its Eco-Intelligent carpet tile range, Reclaim Ribs

Leading European carpet manufacturer, DESSO®, has enhanced its ecologically-intelligent carpet tile collection, Reclaim Ribs, by extending its colour range to offer 16 options. This popular choice of carpet tile is designed for a range of environments that demand durability and a sustainable choice. Read more

CCO DESSO Group describes new DESSO AirMaster® on ‘Floor Focus’

Alexander Collot d'Escury, and Kemp Harr, publisher and owner of Floor Focus* Magazine and Floordaily.net, discuss DESSO AirMaster® Read more

Inspiration at your fingertips as enhanced DESSO® website offers creative design choices

Leading European carpet manufacturer, DESSO®, has updated its business carpet website extensively to provide customers with inspiration and information about its wide range of broadloam and carpet tile products (www.desso.com). Read more

CEO DESSO® participates in World Expo Shanghai 2010

Stef Kranendijk (CEO DESSO Group) has given a lecture on World Expo Shanghai 2010 regarding Cradle to Cradle®. After Michael Braungart’s kick off Kranendijk gave a clear description of the DESSO® business case. Read more

Indoor air quality often substandard - Special carpet for cleaner air

Carpet manufacturer DESSO® has introduced a new type of carpet specially developed to improve the air quality inside buildings. Read more

DESSO® grass at 2010 FIFA World Cup

For the first time in history, a FIFA World Cup™ will be played on grass pitches that are partly made up of artificial grass. Desso Sports Systems have been asked by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa to install a Desso GrassMaster system in two match venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Read more