Schiavello Manufacturing
Azucena Mcquay
Schiavello understands the evolving purpose of the workplace. Ongoing research and leading technology informs intelligent furniture solutions that are multi-use, tech-enabled, reconfigurable and relocatable. Designed to bring people and teams together and build business culture to thrive in a hybrid, agile working environment.
Our clients are central to everything we do. Through a culture of learning and entrepreneurship, Schiavello continuously challenges thinking and works collaboratively to drive innovation and deliver the best possible outcome.
Schiavello operates from 12 showrooms with six manufacturing plants and offices in all major Australian cities and an expanding international presence. For more information, please visit www.schiavello.com
We manufacture 95% of our products locally in Melbourne. We also source our materials from Australian-owned suppliers, making us one of the biggest clients of companies such as BlueScope Steel, Laminex, Carpal Aluminium, and Dulux.
In recognition of our significant achievements in manufacturing, Tony Schiavello was inducted into the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame in 2005. Three years later, Schiavello was also inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
Schiavello is a top 100 private, Australian-born, international furniture, construction, consulting and development business that has been creating and servicing world-class working and living environments for over 50 years. Schiavello has built on a foundation of traditional values and future-thinking dedicated to a legacy of relationships and places that add value to peoples' lives.
Through a culture of learning and entrepreneurship, Schiavello continuously challenge thinking and work collaboratively to drive innovation and deliver the best possible outcome. Since 1966, Schiavello has worked with thousands of brands across a wide range of industries including workspace, hospitality, health, retail, residential and education.
From humble days as a partition supplier in 1966, Schiavello has now grown to employ over 1300 people. With offices in all major Australian cities and an expanding international presence, Schiavello operates from 12 showrooms, six manufacturing plants, and an award-winning headquarters in Tullamarine, Victoria. Find Schiavello locations.
National coverage, together with our financial strength is a reflection of our longevity, commitment, and confidence in the market. Our ability to engage a project at any stage of its lifecycle is a reflection of our expertise.
We do more than construction. As a diverse business, our range of in-house services provides you greater control over your project. It also means you can access industry leading innovations based on the collective expertise of our in-house specialists.
One of the largest and most integrated manufacturing facilities in Australia gives you in-house access to award-winning furniture, bespoke joinery, glass processing, and modular construction technologies.
Schiavello takes a holistic approach to clients' projects, from the manufacturing and installation of furniture for the commercial, healthcare, hospitality, hotel, education, retail and living environments to a full suite of construction services, electrical and data integration, and the coordination of all services in between.
With 100,000 square metres of manufacturing facilities around Australia, including a 70,000 square metre factory in Melbourne's Tullamarine, Schiavello boasts in-house production service capabilities not only in furniture and construction but also in specialised engineering and tooling, metal, aluminium and wood processing, bathroom fittings, glass, timber joinery, plastic injection moulding, electrical component production, powder coating, glass processing, upholstery, and solid surface fabrication. Schiavello has the skills, resources, and competencies to develop and deliver a custom solution for any project expertly.
With trades and skills moving offshore, manufacturing in Australia has been a hot topic for the industry. Aleesha Callahan talks to Anton Schiavello about how they are keeping the sector alive, and how they are working closely with the next generation of design talent.
Available in a range of standard options including three or four-leg, TP features one or two utility trays for easy storage of both large and small items such as keys and wallet, and optional intermediate hooks for coats and umbrellas.
Made in 2013, TP was designed by Ivan Woods and is manufactured in the Schiavello studio in Melbourne. Crafted with advanced timber manufacturing technology, the top of TP features angled detailing, while the trays feature a rubberised non-slip paint to keep your belongings in place.
The late Ivan Woods designed interiors and products for over 30 years. His work drew inspiration from his travels and interior architecture training in Perth, Australia. Working across projects within the UK, US, Germany and Italy, Ivan specialised in hotel and workspace design.
Schiavello and Ivan Woods maintained a solid history together. Our collaborative design process, which evolved over a decade, yielded distinctive collections such as Toro Collection in 2011, Palomino Chair in 2014, and both Kayt Village and Bomba Sofa in 2015.
Tony Schiavello, with the help of his younger brother Joe, founded Schiavello Group in 1966. Since then, Schiavello has worked with thousands of brands across a wide range of industries including office, hospitality, health, retail, residential, and education.
Tony Schiavello registers TT&G as a partnership with Joe Schiavello and Tony Cipollone. First contract is awarded by Cemac to install demountable partitions at 15 Williams St, Melbourne. Two years later Tony establishes Schiavello Bros Pty Ltd.
The need for larger operational facilities leads Schiavello to new premises in Airport West. First a factory on Louis Street, followed by another facility on Fraser Street two years later. Further land is acquired on Moore Road and a 1900sqm factory is built which the company still owns today.
Seeking inspiration and opportunity to develop the business, Tony and a young, eight-and-a-half year-old Peter Schiavello travel to Germany to attend the world-leading machinery trade fair Ligna, followed by a design exhibition in Milan.
Schiavello designs and manufactures its first series of ergonomic, height-adjustable desks as part of Federal Government requirements for computer desks. The Primatic ergonomic desk is launched a year later, one of the first ergonomic desks in the world to have a full, user height-adjustable main worktop.
Interstate expansion begins with offices opening in NSW and the ACT. Within four years QLD and WA open, with SA following in 1993. Schiavello now has national coverage for Construction and Furniture operations.
Schiavello employs Middle East export manager Chris Cally and a year later competes against 10 international contenders to win their first international export project. $1 million worth of Interstat workstations are installed for BAPCO in Bahrain.
Schiavello develops its original electrical soft wiring system, Interpower; the first true, modular wiring system designed and produced in Australia to use moveable socket outlets, junction boxes and data modules.
The opening of Crown Melbourne sees Schiavello carry out extensive high-end interior construction and joinery across the complex. A long-standing relationship is formed, which leads to ongoing projects including major hotel refurbishments in 2007.
Schiavello completes its largest ever project in China. Over 5500 pieces of furniture are supplied at the new 31 storey Harbin Bank headquarters. More than 60% of manufacturing takes place on Australian soil.
Omvivo has been a pioneer in contemporary bathroom product design and manufacturing for over 25 years. A subsidiary of the Schiavello Group, Omvivo remains at the forefront of the Australian and international bathroom market.
Schiavello, a top 100 Australian private company built on quality, service excellence and innovation, has been creating and servicing world class work and living environments for over 50 years. Our clients are central to everything we do, through a culture of learning and entrepreneurship, we continuously challenge our thinking, and work collaboratively to drive innovation and deliver the best possible solutions that support their success and aspirations. Since 1966, Schiavello has worked with thousands of brands across a wide range of industries including office, hospitality, health, retail, residential and education.
The Omvivo collection is displayed in the finest showrooms in Australia, United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. The showrooms selected to display the range represent the best in quality, reputation and service. They offer their design and retail clients an exciting and innovative environment in which to view the Omvivo collection. Omvivo work closely with these partners to ensure promoting and representing the range is a rewarding and enjoyable experience, with professional support and expertise available at all times.
Products evolve from concept through to production and beyond, considering innovation, functionality and quality. Collaboration with external reputable designers to expand the collection and to create project specific pieces also adds to the diversity of the company.
Material selection, manufacturing procedures and life cycle analysis are mandatory considerations throughout the design process. These essential steps ensure Omvivo remain environmentally responsible when designing and producing for the collection.
Founded in 1966 by Tony Schiavello and his younger brother Joe as a joinery and partition business, Schiavello has transformed into an innovative, multi-disciplined, diversified and trusted property partner. Its diverse capabilities include construction, property development, people and culture consultancy, manufacturing, products and furniture. Far from a jack-of-all-trades, Schiavello continues to master everything it applies itself to. For two brothers from southern Italy, this kind of commercial success was beyond imagination when they immigrated to Australia in the 1950s.
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