Our Story

An environmentally responsible office furniture and office systems manufacturer providing quality, style and value in workspace solutions that today’s office environment consumers demand.

Our mission is to work cooperatively with our customers; help rebuild and expand the local economy; follow LEED standards for sustainability; and manufacture or remanufacture top quality, sustainable office furniture and workspace systems that satisfy everyday or unique and customized needs.

To this end, we strive to provide a level of service that clearly distinguishes us from the competition. We rigorously pursue renewable resources and processes that safeguard our people and our environment, and fabricate and remanufacture our products in our own local facilities.

Further, we remain staunchly dedicated to old-fashioned American workmanship and strive to deliver office furniture and workspace systems that restore the quality of the past to meet your particular needs in the present – and long into the future.

Early on

Family owned, Roberts Office Furniture Concepts, Inc., was founded in Upstate New York in 1991 by father and son, Bob and Scott Barcza. An evolution of the furniture wholesale business first established by the Bob Barcza to bring together buyers and sellers from around the country, the company once known as Roberts Office Furniture Brokers, Inc., has come far since its beginnings in a small warehouse in Syracuse.

By staying true to its mission and maintaining a commitment to help rebuild the local economy and provide customers with good old-fashioned American excellence in workmanship, Roberts expanded to include a 4,000 square foot, state-of-the art, office furniture showroom nestled inside their Liverpool facility. In addition, a 40,000 square foot storage facility houses just a small segment of their inventory, at the time, in East Syracuse. Their sister company, Roberts OfficeWerks, serves the Rochester community, and Williamstown, NY, is home to their custom millwork shop.

Both veterans of the furniture industry — Bob with 42 years and Scott with 20 — the pair has watched, over the years, as industries in search of cheaper labor and material costs began outsourcing to countries overseas. Although durable and long-lasting products were made in the U.S.A. with passion and integrity in the 1990s, it was the abandonment of quality and American ingenuity that led Bob and Scott to commit to true remanufacturing and an eco-friendly, sustainable approach to office environments. That’s why in 1998, Roberts Office Furniture Brokers invested in its current 75,000 square foot, Liverpool facility and became Roberts Office Furniture Concepts, Inc.

Today

Not only does Roberts Office Furniture maintain in excess of 75,000 square feet of office furnishings inventory ready to be remanufactured to your individual needs and specifications, they offer new and pre-owned office furniture and workspace systems, including their own office system and healthcare line. Roberts offers direct manufacturing and custom millwork services to businesses, educational, and healthcare industries, providing a quality, custom fit, eco-friendly and sustainable office environment in a timely manner. They provide the exact product – personalized to accommodate customers specific space and function needs.

Scott Barcza, with over 30 years experience remanufactured furniture industry, continues to lead and evolve Roberts Office Furniture to new levels.

Roberts Office Furniture, like so many businesses worldwide, had to pivot during the Covid-19 Pandemic. They, along with many of their partners in their industry, took a hit in many areas of their business. However, Roberts Office Furniture was deemed an essential business providing products and services to the healthcare industry and other essential businesses and industry across NYS. Roberts Office Furniture altered some of their manufacturing lines to help with the PPE necessities. The team focused on changing workspace design and layouts to be socially distant along with plexiglass point of sale partitions. These are just two of many products that Roberts pivoted to manufacture to assist communities providing a safe workspace and helping to keep our communities open for business.

Scott Barcza and his team are committed to always improving and evolving their industry to remain relevant in today’s everchanging world.