Bretford

公司简介

从成立之初,布雷特福德就一直活跃着。1948年,拉斯和爱德华·皮特里克兄弟成立了一家工具和模具金属冲压公司,当时只有两名员工,布雷特福德发现自己制造了一系列奇怪的产品:吹风机、烤炉和太阳灯。然而,在60年代,该公司重新定位并迅速崛起,以满足发展中的视听(AV)行业的需求。Ed和Dave Petrick兄弟(Russ的儿子)在60年代末进入这个行业,到70年代末,Bretford已经成为学校和机构的主要AV设备供应商。70年代还需要复印机架,而80年代看到了电视相关产品的销售增加和投影屏幕的引入。在80年代中期购买了木材制造设施后,布雷特福德开始为其金属家具制造木材和层压板组件。有了必要的资源,布雷特福德开始营销会议室家具——低端和双色,但全面的产品线。大约在这个时候,一位经销商向克里斯·皮特里克(戴夫的儿子)和克里斯当时的导师、全国合同销售经理伯克·奎因(Burke Quinn)提到,布雷特福德几乎填补了会议和培训家具市场的一个空白——缺乏一站式购物选择。如果他们能把这条线提高到一个更高的质量水平,他们就会生产它了。因此,他们做的。 With input from end users and the guidance of designers during an 18-month period, Bretford conceived, designed, engineered, and brought to market the Presentation Environments line at NeoCon 1995. The series is handsome--a departure from Bretford's history of a more functional aesthetic--and complete, including everything from tables, to AV support furniture, TV mounts, presentation boards and lecterns. Bretford now offered a total solution. Since its introduction, components of the line--the TransTable, Media Cart, Hospitality Cart, Powered Conference Table and Recessed Monitor Table--have been chosen five years in a row for Best of NeoCon awards. Bretford prides itself on being a quality manufacturer in many facets including the contract furniture market, office furniture market, audio visual market and educational market. Excerpt taken from March 1998 Facilities Design & Management.