About us

We are one of the leading Nordic suppliers of storage and recycling furniture. We have reached this position by developing continuously. With over fifty years of experience, we have together with our customers managed to collect a lot of knowledge, and through the years we have learned what works. Our long experience along with a strong desire for innovation drives us forward and makes it possible to continually develop new smart design solutions.

Our head office and showroom is located in Norrköping, and we also have showrooms in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo, Helsinki and London.

What we do

We work with design as a method for developing new solutions and products. Our development work always starts from the concept Smart design, which means that we look at design from a broader perspective that includes both aesthetics and quality, function and usability.

We have full control of the entire production and can therefore ensure that we meet our high demands on the environment and quality. It also means that we can adapt furniture to our customers ‘ requests, or customize individual products to meet the specific needs of our customers.

Storage products Recycling and waste bins

Cooperation

We value our customers’ opinions highly because they provide us with important insights into what products we need to develop in order to meet the market demand. When we start a project, we find it therefore important to investigate the needs and develop a plan for how we can resolve them together. By having close cooperation we can ensure that the customer’s thoughts and ideas are included from the first call to the completed project.

Our collaborations have resulted in quite a few awards, read more about them here!

History

TreCe AB was started by Göran Carnock in 1973, around this time TreCe manufactured warehouse and archive shelves in pine.

In 1978, Göran’s two sons Claes and Anders Carnock joined the company. Together with Göran Carnock there were now three Carnocks in the company; hence the name TreCe, the three Cs. Due to the rising demand, the company developed in both size and range and today have a complete storage range for offices and public environments.

History of TreCe – 50 years

It was in 1973 that it all started. More precisely, on 28 May. Göran Carnock had the ambition to manufacture and sell storage and archive shelves in pine and ran the company for a number of years with that range. Business flourished. A few years later, his sons Anders and Claes joined the company. With three Cs in their surnames, the name TreCe was created.

After a few years, Göran decided to retire, and the company was taken over by his sons Claes and Anders. Anders had other ideas about what he wanted to do, so Claes was the one who continued to run TreCe. This gave Claes the idea of creating a furniture line for office storage that was flexible and could easily be adapted to most needs. CombiLine was born and became a great success. Now the company really started to take off and several people were hired to cope with the high demand for TreCe’s products.

Ideas about broadening the business took shape and at the same time, TreCe was contacted by Annica Doms, a student at Umeå University, Industrial Design Programme. She wanted to develop a product together with TreCe as her degree project. A product began to take shape and after some time the waste-sorting furniture Kite emerged. Kite became a success, and the following year Kite won the Red Dot Award. This paved the way for the success of the product even today. Due to the increasing demand, the company developed in both size and range to today have a complete storage and waste sorting range for offices and public environments.

The collaboration with Annica and her partner David continued with several other successful products. Birdie, Place, Soft, Ridge and others. As part of this, TreCe expanded by having two different product lines. Storage and Waste Sorting.

The storage section currently consists of two product series. CombiLine for general storage and the Space product line for personal storage. Over the years, these product ranges have been developed and adapted to meet today’s needs.

Regarding recycling and waste bins, several products have emerged and several of them have been awarded international design prizes due to their design and innovative features. The most recent awards were for the Popsicle and Hightower products. They were both winners of the German Design Award 2023, both designed by Jangir Maddadi.

The 2023 Stockholm Furniture Fair introduced the KLOSS and Etage products. Both products are based on great flexibility. Both works as individual products or in groups. This allows them to be easily customised according to customer needs. KLOSS is designed by Kauppi & Kauppi and Etage is designed by Bernstrand & Berselius.