OFFECCT was founded in 1990 by CEO Kurt Tingdal and Design Manager Anders Englund, and is situated in Tibro, Sweden. The company name is an imaginative concoction of the Swedish word offentlig (meaning public) and the English word affect. The play on words grasps the very core of the company; to affect public space and generate creative meeting places.

Today the OFFECCT Group has sales of ca SEK 100 million, around 55 % of which are exports. OFFECCT's head office and showroom is in Tibro, Sweden.

OFFECCT is also represented in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa and Russia.

OFFECCT combines genuine Swedish craftsmanship with qualitative and innovative design. We execute our beliefs in close collaboration with some of the world's most renowned designers, who all share our company's passion for creative meeting places. Together we strive to create elegant and intelligent products.

Several public spaces all over the world have been furnished with objects from OFFECCT. A few examples are Restaurant Kungsholmen, Stockholm (Sweden), Pravda Restaurant, Helsinki (Finland), Dansk Radio, Copenhagen, (Denmark), MoMA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), Sfera building Restaurant, Kyoto (Japan).

The three dimensions Social and financial are taken into consideration in OFFECCT's product development approach. We are seeking to develop products with a long life cycle. This means imposing requirements on ourselves and our subcontractors.