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BIFMA names new CEO, board

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. –  BIFMA has appointed Deirdre Jimenez as its first president and CEO. She will succeed Tom Reardon, who is retiring after 22 years as executive director of BIFMA, the not for profit trade association for business and institutional furniture manufacturers.

Orgatec 2020 office furniture fair cancelled

This year’s Orgatec trade fair in Cologne, which was set to take place 27 to 31 October, has been cancelled in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The organisers of the Orgatec office furniture announced that the 2020 event will not take place as numerous exhibitors and visitors cancelled their tickets to the event. “The situation of this trade […]

Adaptable furniture is installed in classrooms to ensure social distancing measures are respected

ACTIU has published a comprehensive guide with advice and recommendations for educational establishments on how to adapt to the «new normal» In this period of the «new normal» which we have just entered, several questions have arisen concerning the management of collective spaces and the adaptation thereof to the new COVID-19 safety requirements. ACTIU, as […]

Steelcase Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) today reported first quarter revenue of $482.8 million and a net loss of $38.1 million, or a loss of $0.33 per share. The results included a non-cash goodwill impairment charge which increased the net loss by $17.6 million, or $0.15 per share. The adjusted net loss in the quarter totaled $20.5 […]

Herman Miller, Inc. to Host Earnings Call

Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLHR) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2020 Fourth Quarter Earnings call to be held on June 30, 2020 at 9:30 AM Eastern Time. To listen to the event live or access a replay of the call – visit https://www.investornetwork.com/event/presentation/64467

Former Styles & Wood bosses win £180,000 employment tribunal

Former Styles & Wood directors Tony Lenehan and Phil Lanigan have been awarded more than £180,000 in compensation between them after winning an employment tribunal against their former employer. Lenehan (pictured) was chief executive at the time he left last November, while Lanigan, 56, who went at the same time, was the collapsed fit-out contractor’s […]

Steelcase Teams Up With MIT Researchers To Help Create Safer Workplaces

Steelcase today announces its collaboration with MIT professor and disease transmission specialist Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission at MIT to study disease transmission in the workplace. Bourouiba specializes in fluid dynamics and understanding properties of turbulent gas clouds that are produced when people exhale, sneeze or cough and how […]

Redefining Healthcare Interior Design and Materials in a Post-Pandemic World

How are interior designers and their teams addressing recent healthcare challenges? As COVID-19 developed into a global pandemic, designers, architects and manufacturers mobilized quickly and began re-imagining the ways we could improve materials and furnishings of current and future healthcare spaces. With an increased and critical focus on healing, safety, sterilization and capacity, healthcare environments […]

Virus-proofing is a new business opportunity

Truework, an income verification startup, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status. Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has a workplace floor-planning app that generates social-distancing layouts for desks and other office furniture.