Fiction Factory is a leading Dutch design and production company specialising in the creation of interiors, exhibitions, retail environments, hospitality projects, offices, and custom-built installations. Operating from its production facility in Amsterdam, the company combines craftsmanship, engineering, and manufacturing expertise to deliver complex projects for clients across a wide range of sectors.
The facility supports numerous workshop and production activities, including fabrication, sanding, finishing, assembly, and material processing. While these activities are essential to the production process, they can also generate airborne particulate matter that becomes part of the indoor environment.
As workplace wellbeing and indoor environmental quality receive increasing attention across industrial sectors, Fiction Factory began exploring practical ways to further improve air quality within its production facility.
Production facilities present unique air quality challenges. Unlike office environments, workshop activities continuously generate particulate matter throughout the working day. In busy production spaces, these particles can remain suspended in the air while employees carry out their daily tasks.
Fiction Factory was looking for a solution that could help address airborne particulate matter without disrupting ongoing operations or requiring major modifications to the facility.
The company required a system that would:
Operate effectively within an active production environment.
Integrate into existing workflows without interrupting daily activities.
Require minimal maintenance and operational oversight.
Deliver continuous air purification throughout the working day.
Provide a scalable solution that could be expanded if required.
Rather than implementing a large-scale deployment immediately, Fiction Factory wanted to evaluate the technology in real operating conditions before making a broader investment.
To assess performance within the production environment, Fiction Factory began with a pilot installation of a single StaticAir PMR Tube system.
The PMR Tube is designed to continuously reduce airborne particulate matter in industrial and commercial indoor environments. Its quiet operation, energy-efficient performance, and low maintenance requirements make it suitable for occupied workplaces where production activities continue throughout the day.
The pilot installation allowed the company to evaluate how the technology performed under normal working conditions while employees continued their daily activities and production schedules remained unchanged.
Following the evaluation period, Fiction Factory decided to expand the installation with three additional PMR Tube systems. The expansion increased air purification coverage throughout the facility and formed part of a broader indoor air quality strategy for the production environment.
The project demonstrated how air quality improvements can be implemented through a practical and measured approach.
Following the successful pilot installation, Fiction Factory expanded the deployment from a single PMR Tube system to a total of four units across the facility. The decision to increase the installation reflected the technology's suitability for the production environment and its ability to integrate effectively into day-to-day operations.
Key project outcomes included:
Successful validation of the technology within a live production environment.
Expansion from a pilot installation to a wider facility deployment.
Continuous air purification without disrupting production activities.
Integration into existing operations without major infrastructure changes.
Low-maintenance operation suitable for long-term facility management.
Energy-efficient performance within an active workplace.
The project highlights how industrial facilities can adopt air quality solutions incrementally, allowing performance to be evaluated under real operating conditions before expanding deployment.
As more organisations seek practical ways to create healthier workplaces, projects such as Fiction Factory show how air purification technologies can be integrated into active industrial facilities while maintaining productivity, operational efficiency, and day-to-day continuity.