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  Today's Date: Wednesday March 10, 2010    Current MMQB Index: 3080.94 -9.30 (-0.30%) on a volume of 1,945,535 shares. Year to Date Change: + 7.16%
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Residential Furniture Orders Improve - Is Office Furniture Next?
IN MANUFACTURERS  Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 
The office furniture industry continues to struggle, though Wall Street certainly thinks the worst is over.

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HNI to Close another Office Furniture Plant
IN MANUFACTURERS  Monday Mar 8, 2010 
HNI estimates the closing will save approximately $4.5 million annually beginning in 2011.

Production returns to the U.S.
by ROB KIRKBRIDE  IN MANUFACTURERS  Monday Mar 8, 2010 
The new woodworking facility was developed in response to an ongoing increase in table orders from the company's healthcare, education, hospitality, corporate and government customers.

The Panton Chair at 50
by ROB KIRKBRIDE  IN MANUFACTURERS  Monday Mar 8, 2010 
The Panton Chair, born 50 years ago in the mind of Verner Panton and produced by Vitra, was an product ahead of its time that seems to get stronger as the years pass.


Features
Where are they Now?
The stories are varied, but all offer sage advice, based on years and decades in office furniture, on improving an industry in which they once served.

What makes Douglas Ball tick?
"I'm obsessed with invention. Most designers may stop short, producing nice work that clients are pleased with. My curse is that I'm not content with what went before."

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Allseating receives ISO 14001 Certification
Five Finalists for Office Liquidators $35,000 Makeover Contest
TAB Products Co LLC Set to Grow Mayville Workforce
Rick Glasser joins izzy+ as vice president of marketing and product management
Indiana Furniture joins IDEM's Voluntary Idling Program
Odds & Ends Week of March 8, 2010
United Stationers Acquires MBS Dev

Where are they Now?
by ROB KIRKBRIDE  IN FEATURES  Monday Mar 8, 2010 
The stories are varied, but all offer sage advice, based on years and decades in office furniture, on improving an industry in which they once served.

Diffrient at Cooper Hewitt
by KAOMI GOETZ  IN PEOPLE 
Diffrient has been adding his brand of magic to lighting and seating solutions for Humanscale as of late, years after making a name for himself in ergonomic seating focused on human movement at Henry Dreyfus and later on his own.

What makes Douglas Ball tick?
by DAVID JENKINS  IN FEATURES 
"I'm obsessed with invention. Most designers may stop short, producing nice work that clients are pleased with. My curse is that I'm not content with what went before."

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  • Inscape Sales Fell 21.7% in Latest Quarter
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