3.13.08 | Green Bay, WI | KI modified its KI.com website for quicker specification of KI's products and to enhance the experience of the designers and architects who use the site. The latest version includes interactive design tools, a cleaner page layout, reorganization of product categories and improved search functions. www.ki.com

3.13.08 | London, UK | BARJIS, a designer and maker of rugs, carpets and wall art, unveiled further plans to expand into the worldwise market with particular concentration in the Middle East. www.barjis.co.uk

3.12.08 | Muscatine, IA | Jerry Dittmer was named  President for the HON Company and Executive Vice President for HNI Corporation. Mr. Dittmer was previously Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, HNI Corporation. Prior to joining HNI Corporation, Mr. Dittmer held several management positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Crown Zellerbach, Perlman & Rocque, and Arthur Andersen & Co.  He will replace Eric Jungbluth who resigned to pursue a private equity opportunity.

3.12.08 | East Greenville, PA | KnollTextiles is at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of an exhibition of wallcoverings by the design studio 2x4 for KnollTextiles. The Construction Series: 2x4 showcases wallcoverings installed in spaces that are in transition during construction of the Modern Wing at the Art Institute. 

3.12.08 | East Greenville, PA | Kass Bradley, Knoll President and CEO, who will retire after a 30 year career at the company, will be honored with a scholarship named in her honor. The Kathleen G. Bradley Scholarship will be awarded annually to a student at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, who is pursuing museum studies, a curatorial project or research related to connoisseurship in association with Cranbrook.

3.11.08 | Archdale, NC | Häfele America opened a new showroom at 154 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL. The 5,000 sq. ft. showroom will feature about 280 products plus decorative knobs, pulls and sliding hardware systems. The showroom also will host monthly CES program.   

3.11.08 | East Greenville, PA | Knoll contributed $1 million to the Campaign for Cranbrook to support the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for endowment, preservation and renovation needs. Co-founder Florence Knoll (born Florence Schust) is an alumna of both the Cranbrook Kingswood School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. 

3.11.08 | Chicago, IL | Schréder Lighting named Luma Sales Associates to be its representative for Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to market Public Lighting, Floodlighting, Tunnel/Transit Lighting, Industrial and Urban Lighting.  Luma Sales Associates is based at 5200 12th Avenue East in Shakopee, Minnesota and can be reached at jstrand@lumasales.com