6.6.08 | Spring Lake, MI | Rune Akselberg will join izzy, August 1, as vice president for sales of izzydesign branded products as well as products offered by izzy’'s strategic alliance partners, HÅG and Nemschoff. Most recently, Mr. Akselbery working as managing director for HÅG in the U.K. and Ireland. Previously, he was president of HÅG, Inc., responsible for the North American market, which included a strategic alliance with izzy established in 2004 for manufacturing, marketing and sales.

6.6.08 | Jasper, IN | National Office Furniture added to its Fuel seating collection with a Large and a Tall task chair for a  ergomically comfortable choice for people with bigger or taller frames.  It supports users up to 425 pounds.

6.6.08 | Bridgeport, CT | Q-Tran won two LightFair International Innovation Awards for its Direct Burial Q-Set and the Q-Vault Series. The 2008 Design Excellence LFI Innovation Award is given for the best in innovative design, thinking and application. Q-Tran also received the Best of Category in Landscape, Pool and Fountain lighting products.

6.5.08 | Muscatine, IA | Allsteel achieved Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) Sustainability Standard. Align,Concensys, and Terrace 2.6 and Terrance 3.4 workstation systems all qualified for Silver level through the Scientific Certification System (SCS).

6.5.08 | Las Vegas, NV | Besa Lighting is opening a new showroom at the World Market Center, 495 S Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, in time for the summer 2008 Market, July 28-August 1. The new showroom will be located at #C-1088, in the new Building C, on the 10th floor.

6.5.08 | New York, NY | Tobron secured an $11 million  purchasing commitment from National Grid (formerly KeySpan Energy) to furnish their new Ravenswood - Waltham, MA facility, along with a total restack of five floors at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn. The Waltham, MA project is a LEED CI project designed by Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, to be furnished in Herman Miller's new Vivo Interiors workstations, along with Geiger Tablet private offices, new Tu filing and storage and Aeron seating. 

6.4.08 | Spartanburg, SC | The Ethisphere Institute named Milliken & Company to its second-annual Worlds Most Ethical Companies for the second year. More than 10,000 companies on six continents were reviewed to recognize fewer than 100. The list of the Worlds Most Ethical companies will be featured in the Q2 issue of Ethisphere Magazine. 

6.4.08 | Holland, MI | Haworth, Inc. unveiled the Art of Friendship during opening celebrations of its renovated global headquarters on May 21, 2008. The art collection consists of pieces contributed by 14 of Haworth's partners from a variety of disciplines.  Artworks will be showcased throughout the LEED-NC Gold building.