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BATHROOMS

Designing wellness

From concept to finished product, duka is the ‘’Made in Italy’’ that furnishes the

contemporary bathroom space.

lanning and building shower Furnishing this place means to combine shower can be transformed into a real
enclosures as furnishing elements the word design with the concepts of well- daily “pampering” for mind and body.
Pof the highest quality, both being, hygiene, healthiness, performance,
technical and formal, capable of defining durability, reliability and safety. For this How a duka shower enclosure is born
living trends and spreading a new concept reason, each duka product is designed Innovation, technology and high
of well-being to liven up the bathroom and manufactured to ensure an optimal quality raw materials are the basis of
environment with maximum comfort and result, both in terms of aesthetics and the creation process of a duka shower
safety, is the basis of the duka philosophy. performance. Thus, the time spent in the enclosure. The production is carried
out exclusively at their headquarters in
Bressanone, one of the most impressive
and outstanding constructions recently
built in South Tyrol. It is an extraordinary
example of innovative construction
developed around Industry 4.0, where
software, machines and people work
together. Many of the operations leading
to the construction of a shower enclosure
are assisted by machinery, but for duka
manual work is fundamental. In fact, the
products ‘thrive’ thanks to the precision
of man’s work. In the assembly phase, for
example, each individual enclosure is the
responsibility of one single person, which
contributes to high quality standards.
duka uses only tempered safety glass,
which is characterised by high resistance
to impact, thermal rejection and increased
bending strength. The glass is directly
sourced from duka’s factories located
near Venice, and is cut to the millimetre

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