Unica Plastics Summer Patio and Poolside Seating Range
As South Africa heads into the warmest stretch of the year, Unica Plastics is putting the spotlight on the furniture that fills the country's outdoor spaces: patios, lawns, pool decks, pavement cafés and the open-air areas of restaurants, guesthouses and lodges. Based in Pretoria West and making injection moulded plastic products since 1998, the manufacturer has pulled together a selection of chairs and stools from its range that are designed to handle sun, rain and heavy use right through the busiest season for outdoor living.
This is the time of year when households drag their furniture back out into the garden, and when hospitality operators gear up for a stretch of sunny weekends, school holidays and festive-season bookings. Chairs that spent the colder months stacked in storage get pulled out, counted and often swapped for new ones. Unica Plastics sees the moment as a chance to point buyers towards durable, practical outdoor seating that is made right here in Gauteng.
Seating that suits the South African outdoors
Furniture used outside in South Africa faces harsh sun, sudden summer downpours and a lot of rough handling. A plastic chair that is easy to carry, quick to wipe down and simple to stack away when the weather turns has clear value for households and businesses alike. That everyday practicality sits at the heart of how Unica Plastics designs its products, and a number of items in the catalogue fit the months ahead well.
Nowhere is that clearer than with the Lawn Chair. Unica positions it as a chair for gardens, patios and poolsides, fitted with a generous seat and hand rests for comfort. Its perforated back rest, offered in two patterns, is more than decorative: the openings allow air to move through and help keep the sitter cool when temperatures climb. Drainage holes in the seat let rain water escape instead of pooling, which counts for a lot in a part of the country where afternoon storms are a regular summer event. Rated to a load bearing capacity of 150 kg, the Lawn Chair stacks up to 20 high for storage. It comes in a senior size with a choice of two back rest patterns, plus a junior size for children, in a range of colours with special colours produced on order.
A heavier option for cafés and busy venues
When restaurants, coffee shops and canteens need something tougher, the Rocky Chair is engineered for heavier everyday service. Unica calls it a heavy duty chair at home in anything from a formal room to a trendy cafeteria, with a curved, soft design that settles easily into its surroundings. The ergonomic seat and back rest support the lumbar spine and provide a pressure relieving surface to sit on, while a reinforcing rib structure gives the chair enough strength to hold up on slippery floors. It offers a load bearing capacity of 200 kg, carries a handle on the back rest for easy lifting, and stacks up to 20 high. The standard colours are black, maroon, dark green and dark blue, with special colours made to order. Owners weighing up plastic chairs for sale before the summer rush will find the complete specifications on the product page.
Another choice for outdoor bars, braai areas and kitchens is the Revo Stool. Unica built it to tackle a particular weakness in plastic stools: legs that snap under twisting force. The Revo Stool features an independently rotational top that eases the torsional strain on the legs, which Unica identifies as a frequent cause of breakage in many plastic stools. It is lightweight, built around a reinforcing rib structure, stacks up to 20 high and carries a load bearing capacity of 130 kg, making it fit for both home and commercial settings.
Events, catering and garden functions
Summer brings its own calendar of outdoor celebrations, from garden parties and family gatherings to year-end functions. The Unica Party Chair has been part of those occasions for decades. It was among the very first products Unica created in 1998, back when, in the company's words, plenty of South African consumers would not look at furniture made from anything but steel or wood. The chair grew into a familiar fixture across South Africa and the broader Southern African region. It is produced in senior and junior sizes, built with a reinforcing rib structure, and stacks up to 20 high for storage and transport.
Built with the events and catering trade firmly in mind, the Best Chair is light enough to make storage and transport straightforward, and its contoured seat eases pressure on the hips and upper legs through long spells of sitting. Non-slip pads beneath the rear legs add grip on slick surfaces, and the chair's compact footprint lets planners squeeze more seats into a space. It carries a load bearing capacity of 150 kg and is available in three patterns.
For weddings and more formal outdoor occasions, Unica makes the Tiffany Chair locally. The company presents it as a homegrown take on a design that has caught on worldwide and turns up often at weddings and events. Its steel frame wears a powder coated finish to keep rust at bay, which helps when seating spends time outside. It stacks up to 10 high and holds a load bearing capacity of 200 kg, with colour choices of gold, silver, white, red and black. Event firms and venues after Tiffany chairs for the upcoming function season can review the full details online.
Made in Pretoria West since 1998
Launched in 1998, Unica Plastic Moulders was the first manufacturing company in what grew into the Unica Group, and it still serves as the group's main hub for research and development. The factory on Edison Road in Pretoria West Industrial runs at a monthly manufacturing capacity of 400 tons. Unica says strict quality assurance and quality control measures apply at all times, so that only top quality products reach the floors of its retailers.
Beyond its seating, Unica turns out stadium seating, plastic desks, the Desk in a Box all-purpose desk, fold-up tables, a 240 litre wheelie bin and homeware items such as laundry baskets, basins and buckets. Among the brands the company has created and brought to local and cross border markets are the Party Chair, Desk in a Box and Genie, The Better Bed.
A greener approach to plastic furniture
Sustainability through innovation is Unica's stated mission, and the company says it keeps searching for ways to better its products and grow more sustainable in financial, environmental and social terms. By its own account, it consumes close to 4000 tons of recycled polymer each year. Unica reports that this saves 26 000 cubic yards of landfill space and conserves roughly 25 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, enough to run 2000 average households for a year. For anyone chasing outdoor furniture that lasts and is made locally, that recycling record is one more reason to shop closer to home.
Why buying local matters this season
Buying furniture made locally keeps production, skills and jobs within South Africa and narrows the gap between the factory and the customer. A hospitality business that has to swap out a few dozen chairs before December, or a family adding seats for a summer of braais and swimming, benefits from a nearby manufacturer that stocks standard colours and offers special colours on order, since it makes planning that much easier. Every chair in the outdoor group covered here stacks for storage, so seating can be tucked away fast when a storm sweeps in and set back out once the sun returns.
Homeowners, café and restaurant owners, caterers, schools and event planners can explore the full product range, compare specifications and reach the sales team at https://plastics.unica.co.za/.
About Unica Plastics
Unica Plastics, trading as Unica Plastic Moulders, is a division of the Unica Group and has been manufacturing injection moulded plastic products in Pretoria West, Gauteng, since 1998 for local and cross border markets. Its range spans stackable plastic chairs for events, functions and schools, stadium seating, plastic desks and fold-up tables, a 240 litre wheelie bin and homeware such as laundry baskets, basins and buckets. The company created brands including the Party Chair, Desk in a Box and Genie, The Better Bed, and its factory holds a monthly manufacturing capacity of 400 tons.
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