1988 | ARTEMATICA KITCHEN: THE FIRST KITCHEN DOOR IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A NOT VISIBLE ALUMINIUM FRAME

The “Artematica” kitchen programme was introduced in 1988 and is still in production. It revolutionised the kitchen door concept: it was the first door in the world to have an aluminium frame that was not visible from the outside, the first in the world with a layered, 5mm thick HPL panel, the first in the world in glass without a visible frame and hinge, the first with a system that conveyed water without wetting the door and the first in the world to be produced in wood and HPL in a single block.
From the point of view of production “Artematica” eliminated the finished door warehouse and introduced the “just-in-time” production system. Valcucine formed a network of satellite suppliers with a quality and environmental-protection outlook (e.g. that used water-based instead of solvent-based varnishes).