Fornasarig backs its contract chairs with a ten-year warranty

Fornasarig chairs and tables for hotels meeting rooms and lounges

A ten-year warranty is a manufacturing statement before it is a commercial one: it commits the factory to a chair long after the invoice is paid. Fornasarig makes that commitment on chairs, sofas and tables built for contract use, and supports it with static and fatigue testing at CATAS against EN 1728 and ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 — the European and American benchmarks side by side. The company has been in business since 1878 and is still run by the same family, now in its fourth generation, from Manzano in Friuli.

La Mercanti specifies Fornasarig where seating faces genuinely hard use — hotels, meeting rooms, university halls — and where the client will still be looking at those chairs in a decade.

FAQ

What does the ten-year warranty actually cover in a contract setting?

It is offered on furniture designed for intensive commercial use, which is why the same pieces are put through static and fatigue testing at the CATAS institute against EN 1728 and ANSI/BIFMA X5.1. Those protocols simulate years of loading, tilting and repeated stress rather than a showroom afternoon. The warranty terms that apply to a specific model are confirmed on the manufacturer's documentation, project by project — ask us and we will pull them for the items you are considering.

Choosing contract seating that survives a decade

One practical rule for designers and purchasing managers specifying chairs for heavy public use.

Ask which test protocol the chair actually passed

Contract seating is not a category, it is a test result. Before comparing prices, ask which standard each candidate was tested against and by whom: EN 1728 covers European strength and durability requirements, ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 the American ones, and an independent institute such as CATAS performs the work. A chair with documented static and fatigue results behaves predictably in year seven; one without them is a hypothesis. Request the reports at selection stage — they are far harder to obtain once the order has shipped.