Nova Pro Scala: always a bit different

Nova Pro slide technology is evolving with the comprehensive new drawer range – Nova Pro Scala – from GRASS. As well as impressing with entirely novel functionality, the drawer system represents a true design innovation that sets new standards.

The collection has been met with keen interest from within the kitchen and furniture industry, as well as garnering a recent award from the German Design Council. Despite being up against the best in the business, Nova Pro Scala succeeded in winning the internationally acclaimed German Design Award 2016 in the Industry category of ‘Excellent Product Design’. The range is continually updated, with the latest addition being a model with a high boxdrawer for design-conscious customers.

Innovations are nothing unusual among movement systems from GRASS. With Nova Pro Scala, the well-established Austrian company has nonetheless lent the term “system” a completely new meaning. The latest generation of the double-wall drawer family ensures variability in every dimension.

Nova Pro Scala provides the means for creating a wide choice of styles, functions and values, enabling the customer to cover every segment – from entry level to premium – with a fantastic palette of differentiating features.

For all types of furniture in the home

The name GRASS has long been synonymous with expertise in double-wall systems. The drawer side families Nova Pro Classic and Nova Pro Deluxe are both at home in all markets around the world. With its excellent running characteristics, smooth movement and extremely low opening forces, the Nova Pro movement system is the benchmark in the drawer sector.

With Nova Pro Scala, GRASS has redefined the top flight of its slide technology across all market and price segments, and for modern solutions in living rooms, bathrooms and kitchens.

Proven technology housed inside 41mm

Puristic, clear and timelessly beautiful – chief developer Günter Grabher and his team have accomplished a drawer side with minimalist right angles. “We wanted to design an economically attractive drawer system that stands out for being extremely versatile as well as for its optimised use of materials,” he explains.

The development specialists minimised the space required to house the technology, enabling GRASS customers to make full use of the scope for creative styling. Even the tilt angle adjustment was optimised so that it could be accommodated in a drawer side height of exactly 41mm.

Steel combined with a variety of materials Covered in laser-welded, powder-coated steel, the characteristic drawer side is a unique trademark, and the complete drawer with its almost limitless design options becomes an individual and special experience.

Thanks to its right-angled shape, the intentionally understated metal version can be combined with designer panels to suit all tastes, such as premium mineral resin surfaces or luxury real wood versions. The result is a unique palette of possibilities for giving pieces of furniture an individually conceived and unique profile.

“This is what we regard as perfect version management,” comments MD, Thomas Müller.

The multifaceted Scala range includes drawer solutions with heights of 63, 90 and 122mm as well as a snugly fitting railing version and a new, striking drawer with a height of 186mm.

In 2017, GRASS introduced another box-type drawer version. “With an incredible height of 250mm, the new high drawer is unique in the world of double-wall systems,” says Thomas Müller. “When we developed the unit, we primarily had the design-conscious Italian market in mind. There, glass is not as important as in other markets, but high box-type drawers play a much bigger role.” In other markets, the large-surface glass version of the modular Scala family, Crystal Plus, is very popular.

“Maximising the clear view into the drawers is a very elegant solution,” adds product designer, Stefan Ambrozus, who was involved in the development process. Whether fitted with glass or any other of the available design elements, the frame-sided drawer is a unique design statement.

During the development of Nova Pro Scala, special attention was paid to simple processes in drawer production. The cabinet dimensions and drilled holes of the standardised Nova Pro technology remain the same. Pre-fitted attachment posts for the glass panels on the Nova Pro Crystal Plus make work even easier. This solution does not require any gluing, drilling or tensioning of the add-on elements.

In addition, Nova Pro Crystal Plus features an innovative clip technology; the design elements can be fitted securely and without tools, just as easily as changing a battery.

The modular front connection on the drawers guarantees maximum stability with minimum part complexity. Therefore, the drawers and fronts can easily be replaced.

The basic Nova Pro has been extended by some practical functionalities. With a new longitudinal division for railing pull-outs, it is possible to adapt the drawer system to the individual requirements of users. The longitudinal divider for the cross-railing helps with organising –just like Tavinea Sorto, the new inside dividing system for drawers.

The very simply designed system consists of two frames and a cross member, and is available for Nova Pro in a range of versions.

The Nova Pro child lock keeps children safe, preventing them from accessing the contents of the drawer. The system is fitted concealed and can also be retrofitted as an option.

In addition to these new developments, the Nova Pro steel back panel can now also be simply installed by using a separate clip, without any additional assembly aids. A sink splashback holder makes it possible to produce drawers with a cut-out for the waste trap quickly and straightforwardly.

With this smart overall package, GRASS has succeeded in “meeting the requirements of our customers from A to Z,” says Thomas Müller. He sees the possibilities opened up by maximum system variability as the response to the urgent needs of furniture designers, manufacturers and cabinetmakers for differentiation options.

“Nova Pro Scala resolves the apparently irreconcilable contradiction of being able to create distinctive, unmistakable styling using just one system.” www.grass.eu

And so marks the start of a new benchmark in the Nova Pro success story ...