7.27.06 | Los Angeles, CA | Bentley Prince Street has launched an eco-friendly adhesives line that complements the company’s new recycled-content backings. The new adhesives include Healthbond 1500 Ultra Green Plus, designed for broadloom applications, and NexStep 2300 Ultra Green Plus, for modular carpet. Both meet the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Green Label Plus criteria for low emissions of VOCs and exceed California’s indoor quality standards for low-emitting products used in schools and office buildings. The adhesives are packaged in 75% post-industrial recycled resin pails. In addition, Healthbond 1500 also contains 20% post-consumer recycled content.
“To reach our Mission Zero goal of leaving zero environmental footprint by the year 2020, we need to look at every area of our products and processes to see where can innovate and adapt what we do to minimize our impact on the environment,” said Anthony Minite, president of Bentley Prince Street. “Our new adhesives are another example of this holistic philosophy in action. And, with the Green Label Plus certification, our customers can be confident they’re purchasing the most environmentally friendly adhesive products on the market.”
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7.27.06 | Hanover, PA | Emeco will be featured on a Travel Channel television show, "John Ratzenberger's Made In America," on Aug. 2, 2006, according to an article by Steve Marroni (“'Cheers' star coming to Hanover”) in the Evening Sun. The show follows Mr. Ratzenberger as he visits American factories. Emeco, headquartered in Hanover, PA, has become famous for its aluminum chairs.
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7.25.06 | Delphi, IN | Chromcraft Revington, Inc., has integrated the sales force from its Chromcraft, Peters-Revington and Silver Furniture brands into one team. (The company's Cochrane Furniture and Sumter brands were not affected by this restructuring.) The new sales force, known as CR Sales, will be led by Mike Hanna, President of Chromcraft Corporation. Its four regional account managers will be Richard Graves, VP Sales Northeast; Reb Nicholson, VP Sales Southeast; Rik Talley, VP Sales Central; and Tim Bullin, VP Sales West.
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7.25.06 | Green Bay, WI | KI announced that 25 of its seating collections have received GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
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7.25.06 | Grand Rapids, MI | Herman Miller’s Babble received an amusing review from Rob Kirkbride (“Babble: Annoying chant or invaluable office tool?”) in the Grand Rapids Press last week. He explains that he has been testing Babble, which is sold through Sonare Technologies, for several months. Mr. Kirkbride calls the device, which is intended to mask the sound of phone conversations, “easy to use” and adds that it “certainly works. But if you use it, beware: You might alienate your nearby co-workers. . . . [some] said it sounds scary -- like satanic babble from a movie such as ‘Rosemary's Baby’ or ‘The Exorcist.’” He concludes that Babble “would be invaluable” for those who “commonly relay private or sensitive information over the phone,” such as human resource departments.
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7.25.06 | Houston, TX | Herman Miller products are being used by BP plc in Houston – a customer for about five years – in its experimental Wow! Project, according to an article by Rob Kirkbride “Herman Miller products bring workers together”) in the Grand Rapids Press. Mr. Kirkbride reports that BP has created “a 10,000-sq.-ft. living laboratory” designed by Gensler. It’s occupied by 65 employees who are trying out designs such as Herman Miller’s new My Studio system and Sonare Technologies’ Babble, as well as underfloor air, mood lighting, renewable materials, and waterless urinals. Mr. Kirkbride quotes Herman Miller’s educational solutions lead Lori Gee, who says the company “is creating similar spaces in educational settings.”
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7.24.06 | Grand Rapids, MI | Cumberland Furniture announced that Hart Associates has become its newest sales representative organization covering the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Southern Illinois. This includes the major metropolitan areas of Wichita, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, and Des Moines.
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7.24.06 | San Francisco, CA | Ken La Honta has resigned as CFO of Design Within Reach, Inc., effective Sept. 1, 2006. The company is in the process of identifying a new CFO, and expects to announce a replacement soon.
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