History
Afa was founded in 1968 by Francolini brothers and was called Adria Frigo Arredamenti. It was born humbly as most of the companies born in those years and was specialized in the production and sale of refrigerators, refrigerating rooms and refrigeration products.
Knowledge management process started by the founders and continued by the new generation has launched a continuous cycle of development and implementation of the Group which has allowed to optimize and value all the activities of production, marketing and installation of complete furnishings, furniture and their accessories.
In the last decades, the upgrade and improvement process has never stopped. The new generation has worked since the beginning on strategic and operational plans, necessary to realization and achievement of the aim of a careful and continuous expansion.
Thanks to constant commitment, used resources and a scrupulous and correct attitude, AFA has gained esteem, credibility and an excellent reputation in the sector and among customers.
AFA Today
AFA designs and realized furnishings and accessories to create unique settings for bars, ice cream shops, pastry shops, restaurants, wine bars, pubs, clubs, disco bars, cinemas, theatres, bowling allies, theme parks, boutiques, showrooms, exhibition stands, motor home, hospitality, wellness, spas, beauty salons, hotels, residences, naval interior, housing.
AFA designs, produces and installs: bespoke furniture, boiserie, moquette and parquetry, doors and frames, fabric accessories, upholstery, curtains, lightings and accessories.
We have preserved the handcrafted accuracy of works thanks to the mastery and precision of our staff and using modern machinery.
AFA is involved in all stages of the production cycle from the research of materials to the realization of furniture. The production cycle is also complete for the processing of: wood, metals, upholstery, fabric and lighting.
Each planning offer is managed until the installation and after that with continuous customer care and maintenance.
Our headquarters
Onsite Manufacturing
Lighting
Lighting is an important part of interior design. In effect, a proper lighting has the ability to create a more comfortable location.
If the lighting we have chosen is designed and based on our needs and those of our location, its activities will be eased.
Fabric
AFA Arredamenti is inspired by the textile tradition and offers different kind of fabric, especially flame retardant fabric for furnishings and homes. Different stages such us spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing characterize the productive process. Commitment and research and visual design studies allowed to achieve technological aim, combining quality of fabric, styling and colors with safety, as well as with fashion.
Metals
In our laboratory, the traditional craft of blacksmith and the art of metalwork blend with innovative ideas and taste for design creating original and unique realizations. Every object created is a unique piece, the result of true craftsmen’s work, combining the mastery of manual labor and the support of modern technology.
Wood
AFA Arredamenti realizes bespoke furnishings, combining the tradition of woodwork with the most modern technologies. In addition to the design and production of furniture in any room of homes and public places, AFA Arredamenti can create new spaces combining functionality and design together.
Glass
Glass is the most common material in the furniture industry, because it better combines with current trends of interior design, offering elegant solutions and making locations spacious and luminous.
Transparent, shiny, crystal clear, glass has become fundamental material to realized furniture and accessories.
Refined and highly versatile, glass can enhance the design of every location, customizing and making it unique.
Upholstery
For your clients’ comfort the best is still not enough; this is the reason why AFA Arredamenti offers excellent upholstered chairs and sofas.
Our items characterized by the maximum comfort are the result of our craftsmanship; for this reason we offer a number of variants: from foam to the soft and refined combination of polyurethane foam and air cells.
AFA upholstered furniture is fireproof and certified as per the classification of reaction to fire: 1 IM.