History

1927

In 1920, Nurettin Kunurkaya started to work with German master carpenters in Ankara and learned this craft. Nurettin Kunurkaya, who became a master in 1927, started to produce his own products by establishing a small workshop.

1960

In the early 1960s, Nurettin Usta’s workshop was moved to Siteler with the foundation of the Ankara Carpenters Site.

1967

In 1967, standard home furniture started to be produced in addition to the ongoing decoration works and in the same year, the first sales store was opened in Ankara Mithatpaşa. This shop was followed by Ankara Kavaklıdere in 1968 and İzmir Alsancak stores in 1972

1974

In 1974, the workshop at Siteler was expanded and turned into a 2400 m² production facility.

1980

Nurettin Usta Furniture Group, which mainly produced home furniture until 1980s, has decided to specialize in office furniture due to the increasing demands of the private sector and public sector. After the mass production of office furniture was started, Mithatpaşa store was dedicated to office furniture sales.

1983

In 1983, NURUS A.Ş. and in 1990, NUMAŞ A.Ş. was also incorporated into Nurettin Usta Furniture Group.

1988

In 1988, the third generation of the family started to work with the second generation. In the same year, open office systems started to be produced along with the production of standard office furniture.

1990

In 1990, production of open office workstations, panel systems, storage systems, home and office chairs was increased.

65^th Establishment Anniversary

Nurettin Usta Furniture Group, in its 65th establishment anniversary, aimed to apply the total quality to the whole group and focused on the workforce and human resources training based on its own philosophy, and published the declaration that summarizes the philosophy and purpose of the group.

In 1992, Nurus, became the first member from Turkey of the Furniture Industry Research Association, Britain’s largest furniture association and a renowned center of technical excellence.

1993

In 1993, a new factory investment was planned considering that the production units in the Sites would not meet future needs. In 1994, a new production facility of 25 m2 was opened in Esenboğa, Akyurt .

1995

1995 was a turning point for the group and 45% of the production was exported in 1995 as a result of the efforts so far. In the beginning, Russia and CIS markets were focused, and today, Europe and the Gulf countries and the United States are among the export regions.

1996

According to efforts made based on total quality philosophy, NUMAŞ was accepted as a member to Turkey Quality Association (KALDER) in 1996

1997

In 1997, it was the first company that has a quality system standard, ISO9000 standards, in the Turkish furniture industry.

In 1997, Istanbul Esentepe store was opened and the Qualification in Production certificate issued by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) was obtained.

1998

In 1998, it was the first member of BIFMA from Turkey (Business Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association), which develops safety and performance standards for furniture production.

2001

The first iF Design Award of the Turkish furniture industry was won with the I/X executive series.

2007

Having won the first Good Design Awards of the Turkish industry for the first Red Dot Design and Turkish furniture industry with the U Too working system, the company received the first Design Management Europe award of the Turkish industry in the same year.

2012

In 2012 , it became one of the Turquality® member brands and was the first and only Turkish brand to be invited to the German Design Council, which provides the transfer of interdisciplinary information in brand and design.

2013

In 2013, 45,000-m2 technology-based production plant was established in Sincan Organized Industrial Zone.

2014

In 2014, Nurus DMCC and Dubai, and in 2015, Nurus GmbH, Munich were opened .

2016

In 2016, Ankara Söğütözü concept store was opened and it became the first partner of Fraunhofer IAO, Office 21 ® from Turkey, which analyzes the working methods and determines the critical success factors in the future.

2017

In 2017, the first R&D center certified in the field of office furniture was opened.