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Tagged: furniture industry

West Michigan
6:00 am
Mon March 26, 2012

"Office in pocket" doesn't scare this office furniture company

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Ipads and other tablet and smartphone devices make it possible for people to work almost anywhere.
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Steelcase shows off its new logo on a semi outside its headquarters.
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Artwork unveiled after the balloons drop on Steelcase's 100th anniversary. It represents the human insight CEO Jim Hackett says is key to the company's future.
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Steelcase, the world’s largest office furniture maker is celebrating 100 years in business. But sales of the metal filing cabinets Steelcase is named for are declining; same with traditional cubicles and other large pieces of office furniture. Steelcase is changing its identity.

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Auto/Economy
4:23 pm
Fri March 16, 2012

Steelcase celebrates 100 years of business Friday

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Employees take pictures in front of the newly designed Steelcase truck celebrating 100 years.
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Steelcase doesn’t manufacture much office furniture in West Michigan anymore, but it still has about 3,000 employees here. They gathered for the birthday celebration at the Grand Rapids headquarters for cake and a balloon drop.

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Changing Gears
10:16 am
Thu July 28, 2011

Road Trip: Norwalk saves its company (Part 4)

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Saving Norwalk Furniture means about 150 locals have jobs again.
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When a company bears the name of its hometown, it can be hard to separate the two. Such is the case with Norwalk Furniture and the town of Norwalk in Northern Ohio. Sue Lesch is the town’s mayor.

“It really is our flagship company,” said Sue Lesch, Norwalk’s mayor. “It’s the company we’re proud of. We’re known for furniture all over the country.”

For more than a hundred years, Norwalk Furniture made custom-order sofas and chairs in its Ohio factory. For a long time, it was the biggest business in town, employing about 700 in this town of 17,000.

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Economy
1:15 pm
Wed January 12, 2011

Steelcase to close three North American manufacturing plants

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Grand Rapids office furniture maker Steelcase says it will close three manufacturing plants in North America. 400 workers will be laid off at a plant in the Grand Rapids suburb of Kentwood.

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