Did Ikea Invent Flat Pack
Stockholm (Reuters) – Swede Ingvar Kamprad, the Billionaire Founder of the Ikea Retail Empire Whose Cheap, Functional Furniture Is a Feature of Homes Around...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swede Ingvar Kamprad, the billionaire founder of the IKEA retail empire whose cheap, functional furniture is a feature of homes around the world, has died at the age of 91. … He founded IKEA in 1943 when he was just 17, but didn’t hit gold until 1956, when the company introduced flat-pack furniture.
In what year did flat-pack furniture start to be sold commercially?
Kamprad started IKEA in 1943 when he was just 17, but his big break came in 1956, when the company pioneered flat-pack furniture.
Where did this concept of flat-pack furniture come from and why?
It is thought that flat pack was invented in 1956 by Mr Gillis Lundgren, a Swedish draughtsman. The story goes that Mr Lundgren bought a table, and had to unscrew its legs to be able to fit it into his car, which gave him the idea of manufacturing furniture in kit form.
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