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1926
the founder
manzano 1926
bicycle wheels 1935
jonathan chair 1983
sandro tonon 1971
technology of bent wood 1929
the thirties 1933
“la fabbrica” 1950
the research 1985
the sons 1960
high gloss lacquer 1981
alberto tonon
“cavaliere del
regno”
founds the
company
the location of the
company is in the
northeast of italy,
the friuli area in the
village of manzano
paolo nava creates
the jonathan chair.
a new interpretation of
the typical bent chair of
the past.
sandro tonon joins the
company.
bringing tonon back
to its own brand.
uniforma, is the first
collection of design
after supplying the
furniture industry
high gloss furniture are
coming in fashion.
tonon gets with the
paperclip chair a
bestseller in america.
department stores as
bloomingdale and macy’s
sell the chair all over the
united states
alberto tonon, brings as
first the technology of
bent wood to italy
the economic crise in italy,
everything is lacking, tonon
specializes in the produc-
tion of bicycle wheels in
wood
tonon is growing up to 220
workers. in the aera the
people are calling the
company tonon
simply “la fabbrica”
(the factory)
in cooperation with the
designer paolo nava and
a company in the aircraft
industry tonon is
developing the first
carbonfiber chair
augsto and bruno tonon lead
the company in the 60ies,
supplying the italian
furniture industries as
subcontractor
tonon delivers deck-
chairs for the cruise
ship rex for lloyd
trieste
the history
river side 2016
fl@t 2018
contract collection 1986
not only wood 2000
internationa awards 2002
sideboard move 2015
corda collection in & out 2019
TONON today
here comes the sun 2009
new materials 2003
the change of upholstery 1998
tonon opens a new market
in the horeca business
(hotel, restaurant,
cafeteria).
the wide program of the
flower collection
gives an answer for every
destination.
hotel chains like sheraton,
holiday inn, hilton etc.
get customers of tonon.
follow me is the
first collection of
tonon
that includes
metal chairs
shell is one of
the first
winning
products of
tonon in a de-
sign award
the first chair in skin
injected foam is born
(integral foam)
our first sideboard is born with
carvet front doors in wood or in
soft touch
the first outdoor col-
lection.
tonon invests in
moulds.
sundance, sunrise and
sunset are
produced in
polyethylene with a
rotational moulding
process.
episodes collection will
get soon one of the most
famous collections of ton-
on. in 2004 tonon delivers
over 1900 chairs for the
main
restaurant of the queen
mary 2
sandro tonon developes
together with 6 designers a
fully upholstered
collection all manufactured
with injected foam shells
the up-chair immediate-
ly gets the favorite in all
international markets, both
for the material and for its
organic design
the product
manufactured in soft touch
polyplus for indoor and
outdoor seating
tonon is
changing from
the traditional
upholstery on
wooden frame to
shells with steel
construction and
injected foam
You for me 2007
up - chair 2011
In the difficult period of the pandemic, which unfortunately stopped
the activities all over the world, Tonon continued the research
and development of new collections, with great attention to the
moments of change we were experiencing. This is how the Moon
was born, created by the professionalism and creativity of Mac Stopa,
a collection that in a short time became the ‘’best seller‘’ of our
company.
episodes collection 1998
