KWL Company to Bring Office Sustainability-II
Jean Broda, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. (KWL)’s communications manager says that the Still Creek Industrial Park of Burnaby was chosen as the ideal location for their office relocation as it offered not only the expanded space needed but also many of the commuter considerations. These include the new Gilmore SkyTrain station.
For Broda, she no longer treks bridges moving from Vancouver to the North Shore and dreading a bridge tie-up. Her commute time is reduced from 30-40 minutes to 17 minutes in the early morning when traffic is minimal.
Apparently, most employees have found it easier to get to work. Several employees cycle to work on a regular basis. Due to this, KWL adjusted its office furniture and has provided bike storage area and shower facilities to make a feasible transportation alternative.
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January 9, 2007KWL Company to Bring Office Sustainability-I
Sustainability has become the mother of what an office should be made of in order to foster the efficiency of the environment and the employees. All the office furniture to be used must be in accordance with the element of sustainability.
Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. (KWL), a noted company who builds and designs modern buildings, have decided to subscribe to this point of view when they moved its offices from North Vancouver to Burnaby to “walk the walk”, its communications manager Joan Broda said in an interview.
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November 26, 2006Why The Proper Office Furniture Makes for a Great Educational and Training Environment
Having a teacher in the front of the room does automatically make the room an ideal learning environment. Not even the greatest teacher can overcome the obstacles of poorly designed desks, chair, and other sorts of classroom furniture. The foundation of great education always includes a classroom outfitted with well-made furniture. In short, great education is based on great facilities.
A good way to realize the importance of good furniture in the classroom is to realize that this is where students spend most of their day. Like their parents in the office, the physical environment of the pupil should be set up in a way that promotes productivity and creativity. The young age of schoolchildren does not disqualify them from access to the latest and best office furniture.
And anyone wanting to use great furniture for their classroom should start by evaluating the needs of each room. What exactly will the classroom be used for? This way, it becomes easier to select the proper office furniture to adapt to the student environment. Will the class in question concentrate on serious matters, require the free flow of communication, encourage creative output, or a combination of all three and more?
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November 25, 2006Habersham Launches New and Improved Website
Habersham has launched a new and improved website to encapsulate the style and range of its full line of residential furniture designs, kitchen and bath custom cabinetry. The newly designed site on the internet, which is located at www.habershamdesigns.com, responds to market trends and customer needs with the use of a more comprehensive showcase of product offerings and a number of new user-friendly site features and options, literature and more information, all found in the website. Other new features of the website include a section highlighting the company’s national consumer ads and a press room. Also, the website boasts of a special password protected trade log-in area for dealers, designers and other trade partners.
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November 15, 200640-year old Office Furniture company closes their doors
After being in the furniture business for almost four decades, Cook’s Office Furniture is making arrangements to shut and lock up their doors for good.
Owner of the office furniture company, Jan Cook Kendrick, daughter of the late founder Dempsey Cook, has sold the company’s 12,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom located on the University Lane, south of the intersection of 35th Street and Greensboro Avenue.
The new owner is Billy Blakeney of the Blakeney Co. She is now leasing the space until the residual inventory can be sold. Blakeney has hopes in finding a comparable business to occupy the location and speaks of offering the furniture office and warehouse to a new tenant in the near future.
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September 9, 2006Office Furniture Giant Bought T.W. Ruff
In June 15, 2007 T.W. Ruff, one of Ohio ’s largest office furniture seller, was purchased by Loth Inc., another leader in the office furniture retail industry. The two are both dealers of the Steelcase brand merchandise and it is said that they have a combined annual revenue of $75 million. Despite the merging of these two companies, T.W. Ruff will retain its sales team and Loth Inc. will hire a general manager to supervise the enterprise, both aimed at a smooth transition for all its clients. The merging was a business strategy by the latter company for expanding their coverage in the market and economic growth as well.
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August 20, 2006Slow Start for Henry Miller
Herman Miller Inc. reported that as of this year’s fiscal quarter, their shares have declined below analyst estimates and are guided for first-quarter profit below expectations. Shares fell $3.01, or 8.6 percent, to $31.96 in heavy afternoon trading. The shares have ranged from $25.77 to $40.79 over the past year.
Analyst Thompson Financial polled that the office furniture designer and manufacturer beat expectations for profit per share, but revenue of $485.3 million was below the $497.5 million. Herman Miller also guided for fiscal first-quarter profit between 47 cents per share and 53 cents per share, compared to analyst consensus of 57 cents per share.
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July 10, 2006Leader in Wood Office Furniture Announces New Hire
The recognized leader in wood office furniture, Kimball International, Inc., a company that’s been in the business of designing and manufacturing of office furniture for more than 30 years, has announced that they have taken on Jeff Fenwick as the new Vice President for Marketing for the Kimball Office brand. Formerly of ASSA ABLOY as their Vice President for the Door Group brands, Fenwick will assume responsibility that includes support and oversight of the brand’s strategic direction and growth objectives, for the marketing organization and the general achievement of Kimball Office brand goals.
Fenwick’s former position when he originally joined Kimball back in August of 2001 was Vice President of Marketing in the Company’s contract manufacturing operations, flexcel. While holding teh position, Fenwick was responsible for developing new business and achieving sales goals. He left Kimball in June of 2006 and joined the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of door opening solutions and security, ASSA ABLOY.
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July 9, 2006Leading Global Office Furniture Manufacturer Promotes Principal Desinger
New York-based furniture company, Bush Industries Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of ready-to-assemble and OfficeReady™ office furniture. The company announces the promotion of the former Principal Designer Joe Ruedinger to the position of Director of Product Design. He held the previous position since he joined the company in June of 2006. This business move is a part of an ongoing strategy to strengthen its product-leadership, which is focused on a business model, which is manily on driving consumer values, driving them though innovative design, and globally sourcing leading products.
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July 3, 2006More offices means a richer UK office furniture market
In the recent market report made by Research and Markets, there were five sectors considered such as one, upholstered swivel seating or task chairs or operator chairs, executive chairs and orthopaedic office chairs. Two, all types of deskings or wooden desks or fibreboard worktops. Most desks come into this sector; Third is other wooden furniture. Fourth are metal cupboards and filing cabinets, comprising traditional three-drawer and four-drawer filing cabinets and cupboards; and other metal furniture or high-level shelving and storage units or screens, panels, display stands, mobile pedestals, two-drawer cabinets, desks with metal worktops, metal tables and trolleys.
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