2.2.10 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting raised more than $30,000 for Haiti relief efforts. The company is working closely with the American Red Cross to consolidate funds and get help immediately.
2.2.10 | High Point, NC | Davis Furniture will be represented by J.Aristy & Associates for Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Puerto Rico and Bermuda are not included. Juan Aristy is a 13-year industry veteran, working for manufacturers in both casegoods and seating.
2.2.10 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase will reinstate employee pay to what it was a year ago. Last March, company executives saw cuts of 10-12%, while all salaried workers took a 5% pay cut. Wages for hourly workers were not cut. The cuts were to last for one year. Beginning March 1, employees will see their pay returned to what it was a year ago.
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2.1.10 | Chicago, IL | Interior Investments, will host its Aeron Office Chair Hockey Tournament on March 4, 2010, 6 pm. More than 600 chair hockey players and spectators from the Architectural, Interior Design, Construction and Commercial Real Estate communities will go “chair to chair” in floor hockey rinks made from cubicle panels at Chicago’s Navy Pier, all to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. Funds raised will be earmarked for the Special Olympics Illinois State Floor Hockey Tournament held every November in Chicago.
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1.29.10 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase will host symposiums in seven U.S. cities throughout 2010 as part of its year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's Meyer May house. The first symposium will be in March 2010 at the Steelcase WorkLife Center, 4 Columbus Circle, Manhattan, NY, followed by events in Washington D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco. Videos of the initial Meyer May symposium, co-hosted in September 2009 by Steelcase and Metropolis magazine, are now available on the Steelcase website.
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1.29.10 | Kalamazoo, MI | Landscape Forms redesigned its Carousel 3-seat table to comply with the American Disabilities Act guidelines for fixed seating. The guidelines specify an unobstructed knee space of at least 27" high, 30" wide and 19" deep. The Carousel 3-seat table is offered with backed or backless seats in wire grid or perforated metal.
1.29.10 | Green Bay, WI | KI ranked number one in educational solutions in a reader preference survey conducted by Contract magazine. Readers also preferred KI's stacking/ganging seating and training table solutions.
1.29.10 | Spring Lake, MI | Herman Miller received renewal of its MVPP Star Award for its Spring Lake 171st facility. It is the state's highest workplace safety and health award, from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The Spring Lake 171st facility employs 450 workers, and manufactures Herman Miller's filing and storage products. During the review, the team conducted four formal and 26 informal interviews. The team found their safety and health management system effectively addresses the scope and complexity of the hazards at the site.
1.29.10 | Fountain, MN | Valley Design's new Boomerang table leg is a "piece of cake." It consists of a boomerang-shaped mounting bracket and a 2" diameter post leg. No tools, no stripped out screw holes, just a simple insert, slide, and turn. It passes BIFMA testing when installed properly on a typical laminate top, and can be chromed or finished with a Dyecoalt process that simulates wood grains.
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