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The Konfurb brand makes its international debut at the 2024 NeoCon Show in the US.

The Buro Persona 24/7 achieves AFRDI 142 Rated load for office swivel chairs at 185kgs multiple shift operation, with a static load tested to 530kgs.

We expand our range with Koplus office pods helping to improve hybrid workspaces through more meeting spaces.

The Buro Mentor, Buro Vela and Buro Alto office chairs achieve the AFRDI Green Tick Gold certification, ensuring ethical sourcing of non-toxic materials and sustainable design that minimises waste and promotes responsible water and energy use in manufacturing.

The Buro Maverick 247 Controller Chair is released in Australia.

This voluntary certification demonstrates that Buro responsibly sources any wood or forest products used in its products.

We begin our donations to Greening Australia, supporting their mission to plant half a billion trees by 2030. They are committed to tackling Australia’s environmental challenges in ways that work for communities, economies and nature; planting millions of native trees and plants, protecting hundreds of native species, and supporting Traditional Owners’ aspirations for restoring the country.

We improve our Product Stewardship Programme demonstrating our commitment to responsible life cycle management and the core principles of product stewardship and extended producer responsibility. In conjunction with our manufacturing partners and resellers, we will take back all Buro supplied seating products and recycle them.

We launch the Konfurb Sense in Australia and winner of another iF Design award.

Buro Seating is working with Trees that Count to mitigate our CO2 footprint and help protect New Zealand’s threatened biodiversity.

As more people began working from home we wanted to deepen our commitment to ergonomic excellence. Buro partnered with the Australian Physiotherapy Association to ensure our chairs meet the highest standards of postural support.

Buro is ranked 81st in NZ, a great effort for small business, having funded 1,714 native trees since joining in 2021.

Our Buro Dynamic Intelligence™ technology is an example of seating innovation designed for today’s world, improving circulation, mobility and concentration. Dynamic Intelligence™ features in our Buro Mentor chairs.

Designed by Martin Ballendat, German-born internationally recognised Industrial Designer. The Konfurb Duoblock chair was awarded a Red Dot Award – Best of the Best in 2018, followed by an IF Design Award in 2019 along with the Konfurb Harmony.

We change our appearance to better reflect our values of health and wellbeing demonstrating our commitment to seating being about people and performance, not just chairs.

We removed the chrome on the Buro Lindis chairs and replaced it with reflective silver powdercoat frames.

Mondo products were developed to make ergonomic desk chairs accessible for a great price point. It actually existed as a brand for a short appearance in 2004, before it made its comeback in 2017.

Our education seating products were developed to enhance learning environments, helping both students and teachers through great furniture design.

The Konfurb Fly Sled chair, designed by Claudio Bellini was driven by the consideration that a chair needs to mirror the human body. The shape is designed to simultaneously provide comfort and flexibility, while remaining durable and strong.

Our health and aged care products were developed in direct response to the needs of aged care and medical industries where functional, durable design is key to delivering quality everyday care.

We launch our first Konfurb products, including the Konfurb Searl which is still a part of the Konfurb range today.

Buro expands to have offices in Christchurch, Auckland and Brisbane.

We commit to quality and durability, with a 10 year guarantee on our products.

Our first product range featured a version of the Buro Persona, the Buro Persona Mk2 and MK3 are top selling chairs in the Buro range today. On occasions we see the original Buro Persona returned to Buro for reupholstery and then back to work some 20+ years later!

Buro was founded on 1 August 1994 by David Boyd, with a small team of two. David was based in Auckland and Chris Berry in Christchurch.