5.23.08 | Chicago, IL | Groupe Lacasse will unveil its new showroom at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair in June. The showroom will feature new product innovations including the Saggio task chair and the Morpheo casegood collection.  www.groupelacasse.com

5.23.08 | Jasper, IN and Indianapolis, IN | d2p became a Kimball Office Select Dealer for Indianapolis and the surrounding area. d2p, owned by Rebecca Denison Schultz, is a certified Minority-owned Business Enterprise and Woman-owned Business Enterprise. A new showroom is currently under construction at 9855 Crosspoint Boulevard, Suite 148, with completion planned for June. Ms. Denison Schultz can be reached at 317-663-4370 or www.d2pindy.com

5.22.080 | Herman Miller for the Home celebrated the launch of its Lifework(TM) Portfolio at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) with an ICFF Editors' Award for Body of Work. One of 16 categories, Body of Work is presented to the company that represents best of show for its emerging products, booth design, marketing, and customer experience.

5.22.08 | Chicago, IL | Herman Miller, in conjunction with Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., and the United States Postal Service, will hold a press conference on Monday, June 9, at 4 pm, in the Herman Miller Chicago Showroom at the Merchandise Mart, to unveil the new United States postal stamps dedicated to Charles and Ray Eames.  Scheduled speakers include:

• Eames Demetrios, Director of the Eames Offic
• Brian Walker, President and CEO, Herman Miller, Inc.
• Christopher G. Kennedy, President of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. 
• Gloria E. Tyson, District Manager/Postmaster, U.S. Postal Service

5.22.08 | Lancaster, PA | Armstrong Commercial Flooring added a time-saving, Web-based tool, EcoScorecard SM, for the green building industry that allows users to quickly search, evaluate and document Armstrong products' environmental contributions according to key industry rating systems. It provides rating contribution analysis and compliance calculations including USGBC LEED Rating Systems (all balloted rating systems); Canada Green Building LEED Rating System; GGHC Green Guideline for Health Care; CHPS Collaborative for High Performance Schools; LABS21; NAHB Green Home Standard. armstrong-commercial.ecoscorecard.com

5.22.08 | Holland, MI | Haworth held a ribbon ceremony to celebrate the opening of the company's new, state of the art facility that will house the office furniture maker's headquarters. The building includes large work areas, a green roof, and open floor plan. It's a LEED certified building, and offers more than 300,000 sq. ft. of space. 

5.22.08 | Dalton, GA | Shaw Industries, Inc. was named Large Recycler of the Year by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), a joint industry-government initiative to promote carpet recycling, reuse and waste reduction of post consumer carpet. Shaw leads the carpet industry with its cradle-to-cradle recycling  program that has recycled 100 million pounds of post consumer carpet to date through its Evergreen Nylon Recycling Facility. 

5.22.08 | Passaic, NJ | Bendheim released EchoMirror, a safety architectural glass with design flexibility, offered in a variety of patterns, surface textures, and colors. EchoMirror^™ allows for two distinct aesthetics, –one on each side of the double-faced glass. Decorative surface options include etched and rolled patterns, as well as different colors, on a mirror interlayer. EchoMirror^™ is well-suited for corporate and home applications, including wall coverings, room partitions, and doors. 

5.22.08 | New York, NY | IIDA New York Chapter will hold a Residential Forum, Global Design Today with Tai Ping Carpets, on Thursday, June 5, 6-8:00 pm at the Tai Ping Showroom, 860 Broadway, 4th floor, NYC. Yasmina Kossmann, US Residential Boutique Contract Design Director for Tai Ping, will discuss Global Design Today and how it impacts and develops our own marketability. 

5.22.08 | Toronto, ON | Teknion Corporation appointed Dave Fallon, Paul Rosowski, and Jim Mitchell to the position of Regional Vice President in the U.S. market. They will be responsible for managing an expanded geographic territory to support Teknion’s growth in the United States. 

5.20.08 | Sarasota, FL | Vista System International released a new Personalized Double Panel Brochure  featuring its logo and information on the sign supplier. The 4 pages brochure displays Vista System’s line of MCFT (Modular Curved Frame Technology) Products. The sign suppliers logo is featured on the brochure’s front cover and the supplier’s contact information is displayed on the back.