Learn More About The UNIO Team & Our Story

About GWS

A product design studio built to design ergonomic products to enrich lives.

We are committed to manufacturing a range of products to enhance our lives, additional innovative Unio products will be launched in 2023 to create a family of Unio workstations that create more space and change our working experience for the better.

Meet the team

Michael White

Co Founder and Sales Director

Michael has spent much of his career in Ergonomics and Workspace Design, with over 20 years in business, he has a wealth of experience in sales and building client relationships.

A Newcastle United supporter and an avid collector of rare vinyl music, Michael lives with his partner and enjoys regular visits to the Lake District.

Michael enjoyed a period of his life in the music industry achieving an MMBE in music management.

Dave Green

Co Founder, Operations Director

Dave is behind the Operational side of things, using his experience to develop the internal workings of UNIO, while ensuring project planning makes everything run to plan.

Married and a Dad of two boys, Dave loves spending time with family and friends. A keen Sunderland AFC supporter, a long time Formula 1 fan, and has also enjoyed hill walking in the past, a vetran of the 3-peaks challenge. Tries to keep fit, and likes to attend music and comedy gigs.

The Unio Story

Undesking the workplace with style and function

We set out to find a workspace answer for a successful local expanding business and ended up creating a solution that will revolutionise the workspace and can help all businesses in the UK and internationally.

Smart ergonomic electric adjusting desk
Improved health & wellbeing
Significant cost and space-saving benefits
Working towards 100% recyclability

Having set out on our journey…

we took advantage of services available through the North East Business and Innovation Centre, (NE BIC). The following funded projects/programs were utilised;

The Innovation Program
ERDF / NBSL / RTC
Sunderland University / SAM Project
Invest Sunderland
Proto Design / Northern Design Network
Newcastle Uni / Northumbria Uni

Nominated for NE Innovation of the Year

We worked with product designers to develop the concept, which led to a prototyping, and a supply chain of vac-formed plastics, steel fabrication, worktops, cabling, actuators, and more.

Global Pandemic

The CoronaVirus Pandemic of 2020 had a huge impact on the world of business and beyond, changing our way of working into a more hybrid work/lifestyle. UNIO will hugely benefit the post-pandemic business world.

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