About Stokem

I am Arno and I am Stokem. I live in Brabant, the Netherlands and love being outside. Whether it's working, exercising or relaxing, being outside makes you feel better. With Stokem I have been able to combine my passion with work. Developing products, producing them and selling them. Creating products that people love and which energize them. Products that I support and believe in and, of course, I also use myself. Chop the wood, stack it and ... STOKEM

What must a product meet so that I can support it? It’s a question I asked myself regularly when we started development in 2018. We are all at an important moment right now. If we continue as we have been doing, there will be no attractive world left for our children. Everyone’s actions are important, no matter how small. All initiatives are small steps and if everyone does that, we will make big steps together. This is how we also contribute with Stokem.

A product causes the least pollution if it lasts for a very long time. Not a throw-away society, but sustainable quality products that can be repaired and thus last a very long time. Yes, they are more expensive. But calculated over the entire lifespan much cheaper than disposable products!

In addition, it is important that a product can be easily and completely recycled at the end of its lifespan, so that the material can be used for a subsequent product.

Finally, the challenge is to keep production as local as possible so that energy for transport all over the world is minimized.

This is what I believe in and stand by.

Arno