Begin with what's left over. Turn it into what will last. Pretty much our story.American furniture company Emeco was founded in 1944 to make lightweight, non-corrosive, fire resistant, torpedo proof chairs for the US Navy from salvaged aluminum. A war-time necessity. That became an ongoing direction. Today it's scrap plastic. We keep it out of oceans and landfills and turn it into chairs that last. A planet necessity.As we apply what we've practiced in the past, we are looking toward the future. Emeco is leading the industry, exploring and innovating ways to use consumer and industrial waste, and environmentally responsible resources to create and build simple, timeless furniture. We are very selective about the products we produce because we intend to make them for decades to come. To inspire that commitment, we work with the world's best designers and influential corporations including Philippe Starck, Norman Foster, BMW, Frank Gehry, Coca-Cola, Jean Nouvel, Konstantin Grcic, Nendo, Jasper Morrison, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby and Naoto Fukasawa to make chairs that live up to the standards that we inherited from our founders with a vision to make a difference.