The Pfleiderer DST Collection has been showcased at this year’s Interzum trade fair with a range of products that fit the kitchen seamlessly into the living area. The company’s goal was to show how, despite everyday use, the kitchen remains fashionable and presentable and is as varied as the choice of materials.
The DST Collection includes the XTop one worktop: an alternative to kitchen worktops made of natural stone and a joint development between Pfleiderer and Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer, nobilia. The objective was to create a wood-based panel worktop, which visually, functionally and in its general quality look, is as close as possible to a natural stone product.
Extensive tests were necessary to increase moisture and impact resistance. At the end of this process, the XTop one worktop was created, which has a multi-layer structure. It is made if a particleboard core, an HDF function layer and an HPL layer. This combination of layers makes the worktop significantly less sensitive and enables flush installation of sink and hob, because the cutting out takes place within the function layer.
The XTop one was thus awarded the “Kitchen innovation of 2018” consumer prize and also the “pro-K award 2019” for product design and outstanding functionality, as well as the Red Dot Award received in the “Product Design” category.
For furniture and interiors, Pfleiderer previewed a varied range with melamine facing and high-pressure laminate within the DST Collection. The XTreme plus version now enables functionality in horizontal applications with increased scratch and abrasion resistance. Outdoors, the XTerior compact board is used with all the above-named functional properties. This means an outdoor kitchen can also be created on the patio, which meets the same standards as inside the home. Diverse modern textures, in combination with wood and material decors, lend the decors authenticity.
And they can be combined in any way: The DST Collection complete range of decor, texture and core as well as the decor and texture combination of laminate and melamine enables a uniform design to be implemented in outdoor spaces without limiting the functions. The same decor can be used throughout with different cores and textures for the corresponding application properties and thus offers extraordinary design options for the entire home area.
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