7.16.10 | Crossville, TN | Crossville enhanced its Empire Porcelain Stone line. Empire now boasts 20% SCS-certified recycled content, has an updated color palette (including a Alabaster white), and comes in a range of sizes and shapes, A choice of polished and unpolished finishes increases Empire’s versatility.
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7.16.10 | Chicago, IL | Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. launched the NETBOOK42-CT, a new cart that vertically stores, charges and protects up to 42 Netbook computers. The NETBOOK42 incorporates a Power Management System that decreases heat and electrical stress while distributing power to the netbooks to preserve battery life.
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7.16.10 | Green Bay, WI | KI hosted a “KI and Wine” event
for the Central Illinois City Center group of the Illinois IIDA Chapter. Held at the Mackinaw Valley Vineyards, Mackinaw, IL, guests enjoyed some wine tasting and the experience of KI furniture and Pallas Textiles in the misdst of the Illinois vineyards.
7.16.10 | East Greenville, PA | Knoll, Inc. reported second-quarter 2010 net sales of $192.3 million, a decrease of 4.9% from 2Q09 sales but a sequential increase of 9.7% over 1Q10 sales. Net income was $8.7 million, up 7.4% over last year's second quarter and 295.5% over this year's first quarter. CEO Andrew Cogan attributed "a double-digit increase in orders" to new products such as Generation by Knoll continuing to gain momentum as well as marketing efforts such as Knoll Essentials that drove improved day-to-day activity.
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7.15.10 | Jasper, IN | Kimball Office announced a realignment of leadership. Allen Parker was promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Mr. Parker joined Kimball Office in January 2010 and has more than 23 years of industry experience. Promotions also were given to Drew Andrews, Director of Sales East, and Brian Gerdes, Director of Sales West who will oversee growth objectives, strategic accounts, and dealer development. Mr. Andrews will also be the interim Director of Government Sales.
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7.16.10 | Amsterdam | Royal Ahrend NV completed a take-over of ASPA. As a consequence of the new start, part of the employment at ASPA and Assenburg will be maintained. Ahrend will integrate ASPA’s extensive product lines and services in its own organization. www.ahrend.com.
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7.16.10 | Stockbridge, MA| Peter Rose + Partners completed the Kripalu Annex, the first step in the firm's master plan to reshape the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. The project, which reflects Roses career-long commitment to ecologically innovative design, has recently been declared a winner of the prestigious AIA National Housing Award in the category of Specialized Housing; just one day later, I.D.'s 2010 Annual Design Review awarded Kripalu an Honorable Mention in the Environments category.
7.16.10 | New York, NY | Humanscale’s M2 monitor arm has earned a 2010 International Design Excellence Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). The M2—which took the Bronze honor in the commercial and industrial products category—was among more than 1,800 entries from 29 different countries. www.humanscale.com
7.15.10 | Toronto, Canada | Jeremy Rifkin will be a keynote speaker at IIDEX & Green Building Festival. The world renown thought leader will speaker at the Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes Blvd. Toronto, Canada, on September 23, 4:00-5:00 pm. The bestselling author of 18 books will lay out his vision of the Third Industrial Revolution.
7.15.10 | New York, NY | The Design Center, 62 Greene St., NYC, announced two new websites and upcoming events. www.arpany.com and www.trespa-ny.com will give visitors and A&D professionals information about new offerings and will allow registration online for programs and events hosted at the Center. A talk on Building Information Modeling (BIM), will be held July 20 at 5:30pm and a LEED certification workshop for construction professionals will be held Sept. 17, 1pm.
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7.14.10 | Washington, DC | Chia-Hui Wang received the 2010 AAHID / Nurture Graduate Research Fellowship from the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers and Nurture by Steelcase The fellowship assists new investigators in the research aspect of their education by providing seed money for new areas of research. Ms. Chia-Hui Wang is a doctoral student in the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ms. Wang’s research will focus on finding the best practice of designing nursing stations.
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