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Tuesday 21 May 2013

History

In 1983, Concept & Forme is a two-man band : Gérard Pitance and Benoît Lafontaine who decide to become partners on the development and production of a very special wood stove (the current Stûv 60) designed by Gérard Pitance. They sub-contract the production of components and do the assembly and installation themselves. Their capital : creativity and motivation. Early days are laborious but the firm slowly develops, progressively tools-up, staff increases little by little, offers new types of stoves ; products are carefully finished and highly efficient.

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Today

Concept & Forme offers 120 jobs, produces 14,000 units annually, delivers a highperformance infrastructure and exports to all European countries (> 70% for export). Stûv has always endeavoured to produce high-performance stoves. Today all models officially conform to European standards. They have been tested in laboratories which use the European standards EN 13229 (inserts) or EN 13240 (stoves).

 

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Stûv 60 – The very first Stûv ! It was designed

to hang up to a wall. Closed, it was a match

for the very best wood stoves. It worked in

slow-burning mode : fed in the evening, it

could be rekindled the next morning even

after a long night. It would open in a snap

and provide the joys of an open fire. And

even be used for a barbecue !

Company Philosophy

One can only reach such levels by developing competences in all areas: technical, administrative, financial, human resource, management, marketing... but there are two areas that characterize this company : the design of its products and a permanent attention to human problems.

 

The design of Stûv stoves has nothing much in common with the current and somewhat flashy “trendy” designs one sees in magazines ; it is timeless, sober, and – beyond its visual aspect – it is deeply respectful of the users, their household environment, of the Environment itself, of those people who build them and install them.

 

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Barbecues – With the Stûv grill, the food

is not placed over the embers but in front

of the flames. The food is cooked by

radiation and there is no danger of it being

carbonised by drops of fat that blaze up as

they fall into the fire.

Distinctions

• Entreprise de l’Année 2006 (Company of the year 2006 in Wallonia)

• Great Prize “Wallonia Export 2006”, “young exporters” category

• Design Prize, Batimat 2003

• Concours Lépine, the President’s Prize, Paris show 2001

 

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Stûv 30 : 3 stove in 1! It can operate behind its glass door, as openfire and

barbecue or as a slow-burning fire. Other similar models are available : a stove

to be integrated in the construction or a wall-suspended model.