Knoll, Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. Net sales were $292.1 million for the third quarter, an increase of 10.8%, from the third quarter of 2015. Operating profit for the quarter increased 22.6%, to $35.2 million, compared to operating profit of $28.7 million for the third quarter of 2015. Net earnings for the third quarter of 2016 were $21.6 million, an increase of 21.2% when compared to the third quarter of 2015. Diluted earnings per share were $0.44 and $0.37 for the third quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Decades ago, the symbol of executive success was a lavishly tufted leather throne. That all changed in 1994 when Herman Miller released the Aeron, a sleek, ergonomic task chair intended for CEOs and administrative staff alike. Its innovations—numerous adjustments that let the chair conform to a user, engineered textiles, and flexible support—made it an instant icon; MoMA even acquired one before it hit the market. And it's not just the design establishment that vaunted the chair. It became a pop-culture icon, appearing in a handful of shows like 30 Rock, The Simpsons, and The Office. This week, Herman Miller announced a reengineering of Aeron, but when your seat is worthy enough to be God's throne, why mess with success—and how?

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The globally renowned Comfort Seating Ltd. announce a new partnership and manufacturing initiative with the UK-based Mesh Office Seating. Mesh have been the UK sole distributer of Comfort Seating’s ergonomic range of chairs for over nine years, and will now be responsible for not only managing the UK and European markets, but will be manufacturing and distributing across the whole of Europe too. They will officially launch the new company at Orgatec 2016.

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Third quarter net sales decreased $21.0 million or 4.4 percent to $454.9 million. Sales for the quarter decreased in the North America contract and international businesses partially offset by an increase in the supplies-driven business.

At the Orgatec 2016 furniture fair in Cologne, Germany (next week), nendo‘s ‘rolling workspaces’ installation for the Japanese furniture manufacturer KOKUYO, presents a move away from the square, regimented office environment. Based on the presumption that redefining the square whiteboard, which is a common fixture used in every office, will create an environment that will encourage creativity, the whiteboard was transformed into a circular shape. This allowed the board to be rolled around freely in the office, where it can be placed against the walls. Furthermore, the new form aims to promote people to write down their ideas not in a linear fashion but chained in a spiral or spread out in a radial way.

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Watch Dauphin President, Gary Chin, talk with Office Spaces Show celebrity host, Kalyn Rothaus, about powering up dynamic spaces to meet the demands of today's high energy work environment.

Today’s workspaces are constantly changing, and with HON’s new Build™ Tables, users can create a space that works for them. Build makes it easy for shared spaces to be reconfigured multiple times a day and accommodates an infinite number of settings. Five fun shapes and twenty-four laminate choices make it compatible with any room.

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On Friday HNI Corporation approved the closure of its Orleans, Indiana office furniture manufacturing facility which was also known as the Paoli office furniture plant. HNI acquired Paoli in 2004.

In 2009, Robby Whites and Jeremy Rincon were laid off from their jobs as junior analysts when their employer was shut down for a fraud investigation. For some, this would have been a major setback, but Whites and Rincon seized the opportunity to create something new.

Reflecting on a recent business trip to Colombia, the duo recalled their visit to an office that used a simple sheet of glass mounted on poles as a writable surface. Having spent years in the corporate world, Whites and Rincon recognized a need for an updated, more advanced and attractive version of the 1960's messy, inefficient white boards. With an untapped potential in this market, they believed it would be groundbreaking to give people an attractive, functional alternative to write creatively on stylish walls, knowing it could easily be washed and wiped off. Following in the footsteps of the famed inventors Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the two twentysomethings headed straight into the garage at the home of Whites' parents. Clarus Glassboards, LLC was born.

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