Believe it or not, office furniture is now considered critical to various life-sustaining businesses. That’s right, office furniture. It seems that the obviously overwhelmed folks in Penn believed the company’s argument that high-end office furniture is critical to sustaining life itself.

As such, Knoll, Inc.announced today that effective March 26, 2020, Knoll will resume manufacturing operations at its East Greenville, PA manufacturing facility under a specific waiver granted under the March 19, 2020, Executive Order that mandated the closure of certain business operations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Knoll received this waiver on March 24, 2020 on the primary basis that we play a critical role in the manufacture and supply of goods and services to various life-sustaining businesses. “With the re-opening of the East Greenville facility, our primary North America manufacturing facilities will all be operational.”

“We remain committed to the health and safety of our associates and protecting their families and the community. Accordingly, all of our operations are incorporating the appropriate social distancing and other mitigation and protective procedures designed to protect our associates,” said the company in a press release late Wednesday.

The waiver was also great for Knoll’s stock price. At the close Wednesday, Knoll shares were up 6.63%. Meanwhile, shares of Kimball, were up just 0.10%.