Polypropylene chairs: characteristics and particularities

What are polypropylene chairs and what are the characteristics and peculiarities of this material? Those that we define more simply as plastic chairs are actually furniture made with the help of materials such as polypropylene or polycarbonate. In most cases, therefore, these chairs are not made of simple plastic.

We often and willingly decide to buy a polypropylene chair because of its great practicality, as well as its remarkable resistance.

With the term plastic we are often referring to different types of materials and in particular to polypropylene: here's everything you need to know about this material.

Polypropylene, what is it?

We can define polypropylene as a thermoplastic polymer that comes directly from the processing of petroleum. This material was invented by the famous chemist Karl Ziegler and the engineer Giulio Natta: both inventors were awarded in 1963 with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Since its invention, polypropylene began to be used for the production of many products of common use. Here are the main properties of this material:

• Lightness
• Resistance
• Non-toxic material
• Totally odorless material
• Material extremely easy to clean and sanitize
• Versatile material

The only disadvantage of this material is that polypropylene is derived from petroleum processing and is therefore not environmentally friendly.

Why buy a polypropylene chair?

The plastic chairs made with the help of polypropylene have had a huge commercial success in the last decade, mainly due to a series of advantages related to this material. In fact, polypropylene is an extremely light material, transparent and characterized by a remarkable thermal resistance; moreover, this material is able to resist in an optimal way to shocks.

Precisely because of the characteristics of the material with which these furnishings are made, polypropylene chairs are an extremely comfortable and versatile product: on the market it is possible to purchase polypropylene chairs for indoor use and polypropylene chairs for outdoor use.

These products tend to fit harmoniously with any style of furniture (classic and traditional style or modern and dynamic style).

Polycarbonate chairs, characteristics

By plastic chairs, in addition to polypropylene models we also mean chairs made with the help of polycarbonate: this material is a thermoplastic polymer obtained from acid and initially used in the infrastructure sector. Starting from the 90's this material started to be used also in the interior furniture sector: it was thanks to the precious contribution of Philippe Stark and Kartel that this material started to be frequently used in interior design.

The first chair produced in polycarbonate was the very famous Marie, presented at the Salone del Mobile in 1999: this piece was immediately successful, so much so that from that moment on many companies decided to produce polycarbonate chairs to launch on the market.

Is a chair in polypropylene or in polycarbonate better?

Both polypropylene and polycarbonate are materials capable of boasting considerable resistance: as regards the ability to resist scratches we can say that polycarbonate is certainly better than polypropylene: the latter is also more flammable than polycarbonate, since it derives directly from the processing of petroleum.

To conclude, we can say that both products are furnishings able to meet the highest quality standards and for this reason they are highly sought after on the market. On the market today it is possible to find a wide range of polycarbonate and polypropylene chairs: chairs in polypropylene and polycarbonate that are economical, stackable and transparent.

Gavardo chair, our proposal of polypropylene chair

Chair Gavardo is an excellent model of chair in polypropylene, able to meet the highest standards of quality. This model of chair is presented with structure and seat in white polypropylene or alternatively in sand color.

Gavardo chair is perfectly suitable to be placed in the context of a young and modern furniture but also in a room furnished with a more classic style.