Residential Furniture Orders Recovering
IN RESIDENTIAL Friday Sep 3, 2010
The backlog in June was 35% higher than last year.
Industry Stocks Gain Ground as Market Rebounds
by MMQB STAFF IN MANUFACTURERS Wednesday Sep 1, 2010
Wednesday was a great day for Wall Street and for the shares of office furniture manufacturers.
Inscape Acquires Assets of New York Wall Maker
by ROB KIRKBRIDE IN MANUFACTURERS Tuesday Aug 31, 2010
The most important asset Inscape is securing is the help of the Teich family in the New York market.
Top 100 Suppliers of Office Furniture to the United States Government
IN MANUFACTURERS Monday Aug 30, 2010
Keeping America safe? - Roughly half of all government office furniture purchases last year were driven by the Defense Department.
Packing Green
by ROB KIRKBRIDE IN MANUFACTURERS Monday Aug 30, 2010
Steelcase is turning to a natural material -- mushrooms -- to help cushion one of its furniture lines in shipping and could expand the use of the product widely as more becomes available.
The Future
by ROB KIRKBRIDE IN MANUFACTURERS
At 70, Nienkamper is beginning to think about the future
Wright Line sold to Cleveland company
IN MANUFACTURERS
Eaton acquired Wright Line from GSC Group and certain funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
HOK Launches HOK Product Design Company
IN DESIGN FIRMS
HOK Product Design, LLC, which is structured as a standalone business within HOK, is led by Susan Grossinger, former director of interiors for HOK Los Angeles.
Kimball Office Names New Director of Architecture and Design Strategies
IN MANUFACTURERS
After spending time coordinating the national A&D efforts for Haworth and Teknion, Olivieri is returning to Kimball Office.
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Thank the Stimulus
by MICHAEL WOLF
Oddly, you wouldn't normally associate a company like Knoll with being a large defense contractor, or even a supplier to other areas of the government. from 8/30/10
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Herman Miller 17.59 0.00 |
HNI 25.68 0.00 |
Inscape 2.00 0.00 |
Kimball International 5.39 0.00 |
Knoll, Inc. 13.83 0.00 |
Steelcase 6.55 0.00 |
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Nasdaq Composite 2200.01 0.00 |
S&P 500 1090.10 +9.81 |
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