Latest Desso Group BV Stories

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Desso, the European carpet and sports pitches company reached a new milestone as its commercial and consumer carpet products became the first in the world to be certified under Version 3.0 of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard administered by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. A substantial part of Desso's commercial carpet tile range as well as commercial and consumer broadloom carpets...

WAALWIJK, the Netherlands, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- During January 23-27 2013, Stef Kranendijk, Chairman of the European carpet and sports pitches company Desso, will be speaking at the World Economic Forum's summit in Davos about the benefits of the circular economy. Based on Desso's own experience of developing Cradle to Cradle(R) processes and products since 2008, Kranendijk will be able to speak from direct experience about how you can develop a new business...

WAALWIJK, the Netherlands, November 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Exeter Business School, ranked 2nd for business studies by the Sunday Times and creator of the innovative One Planet MBA programme with the World Wildlife Fund, has published its in-depth study of Desso's Cradle to Cradle(R) strategy[1]. This case study, 'Desso and the Cradle-to-Cradle(R)Challenge: Rethinking Carpet as a Closed-loop Supply System' examines the challenges encountered by Desso after its...

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, December 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A digital extension of 'Circles of Architects(R)' European carpet manufacturer Desso is extending its Circles of Architects(R) concept with an online platform for interior architects and designers. This web community focuses completely on architecture, design, innovation, product development as well as the Cradle to Cradle(R) concept, which is so inextricably linked with Desso's...

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, February 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Desso Group BV, with headquarters based in the Netherlands, today owned by NPM Capital and current management, announces that NPM Capital and Desso's Management Board have the intention to sell the company to Bencis Capital Partners, whereby the current management will continue to invest in the company. This intended transaction will take place under certain conditions, including that the relevant competition authorities...