Founded in 1949, Caimi is one of Europe’s leading design-oriented furniture and furnishings manufacturers operating in the home, office and contract sectors. Present on the main international markets through its own distribution network, with Snowsound it has focused its scientific and technological research on the acoustic wellbeing sector, inventing a series of sound-absorbing materials and solutions.
Caimi works with the most highly renowned Italian and international designers and architects, but also with young up-and-coming designers, and, in order to carry out applied research, with some of the finest universities and most cutting-edge research centres in Italy.
With pieces featured in international design museums, it has received high-profile recognition around the world, including two Compasso d’Oro Awards, three German Awards and a DesignEuropa Award, assigned by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, confirming Caimi’s commitment towards conducting research and towards protecting the inventiveness that constitutes the company’s primary asset.
Logistics
Caimi, through a sophisticated integration between production unit and logistics, successfully handles a range of about 3.000 items with over 35.000 components, thus assuring an extremely quick delivery time.
Patents
Since its foundation in 1949, Caimi has believed it is essential to protect its inventions and its work by patents because “Ideas are the only human capital” (Renato Caimi).
Hundreds of Caimi products are protected by patents and models, as a guarantee of the attention paid to the utility and originality of the products offered. This constant commitment has elevated Caimi among the stars of the “Disegno e Design – Brevetti e creatività italiani” exhibition at the Ara Pacis in Rome and winner of the first edition of “DesignEuropa Award”, organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO. The award celebrates excellence in the field of design and its management among owners of registered European Community designs and models DMC.
Attention to details
Founded in 1949, Caimi has always combined the precision of industrial manufacturing with the attention to details and finishings that is central to the best of Italian craftsmanship.
Right from its origins, Caimi has adopted an innovative approach to work based on a philosophy that marries the quality of artisan know-how with the perfection of a modern, technologically advanced company.
Made in Italy
The products are designed, developed and manufactured in Italy.
Philosophy
Who is the invisible man?
The end user of our products. He is invisible, because, although not physically there, his presence is hanging over the whole planning and production process. Seeing our product, he intuitively understands how it was studied and manufactured and how it is sold and advertised. Even if we don’t see him, he can pass his judgement on each step of our production cycle, starting from the object he holds in his hands. That’s why we behave as if he was always there.
Beyond the product…
Beyond the product, the service: we try to understand what the customer’s requirements are, even when they lie outside the product itself, and to find a solution. The exchange of ideas and advice between us and our interlocutors is always a positive and constructive opportunity.
Awards
Thanks to the manifold projects Caimi has carried out in the sectors of furniture, design and culture, its products are displayed in exhibitions and museums and have enabled the company to play the lead in some prestigious events and important prizes and accolades, including the XXI and XXIV Compasso d’Oro Award ADI, the Honorary mention XXII Compasso d’Oro ADI, in several selections ADI Design Index, the DesignEuropa Awards by EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and three German Design Award.
