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HELLO
WINTER

Engineering for

child-safety

Meet Bas – The driving

force Behind Our
Child-Safe Solutions

by Coulisse

t Coulisse, we are passionate about
creating innovative and safe
Awindow covering systems. Our
dedicated in-house engineering team works
tirelessly to design and test our products, Manager of Engineering, I oversee a team allows operation with two short wands.
ensuring they meet the highest safety of over 25 expert engineers who specialise Additionally, our manual pull control to
standards. One of the key members of this in different aspects of window covering operate Motionblinds smart motors offers
team is Bas Klein Tuente, an authority in systems including the quality engineers a safe and simple manual operation to
the window covering industry and the joint and product managers. We're always override smart controls if needed. All these
Manager of Engineering at Coulisse. We thinking ahead, striving to find better solutions are designed to be aesthetically
sat down with Bas to learn more about his solutions for the market. pleasing, user-friendly, and cost-efficient.
background, his role, and his vision for the
future of child safety in window coverings. What is Coulisse's philosophy when How do you develop products to ensure

Bas, can you tell us about your it comes to child safety in window they meet safety standards?
coverings?
We follow a rigorous four-phase process
background and role at Coulisse? Child safety is a top priority for us. to ensure our products meet safety
I have been working at Coulisse for
over 21 years, and I love what I do. As the We adhere to the latest safety regulations standards. The R&D phase involves market
and industry standards, but we also go research, trend analysis, and defining
beyond that. Our philosophy of 'child- product requirements. The design phase
safe by design' means integrating child- focuses on creating child-safe, modular
safe solutions into our systems from the solutions across product lines like roller,
start, rather than adding devices as an honeycomb, and roman shades. We design
afterthought. For instance, our cordless safety features like child-proof pull wands
systems, like the cordless solution and safety tensioners, test in-house, and
and smart motorised Motionblinds, 3D print prototypes. The production
eliminate the risk of cord entanglement. preparation phase is critical - we build
The Twin Pull system, a unique feature, moulds and tools for mass production, then

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