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Salone del Mobile
Salone del Mobile : Workplace 3.0 2017

The workspace of tomorrow: a new blend of the virtual and the physical, of sharing…

Staples
Staples sells Australian and New Zealand activities to Platinum Equity

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) and Platinum Equity today announced a definitive agreement under which Platinum…

FIRA
FIRA publishes new standard for Office Furniture

FIRA (The Brittish Furniture Industry Research Association) can announce that a new International Standard for assessing office seating has been published: BS ISO 24496:2017 Office furniture — Office chairs — Methods for the determination of dimensions

Top 50 office furniture manufacturers in Europe – december 2016

In january the FEMB (Federation Européenne du Mobilier de Bureau) published in cooperation with John Sacks their quarterly report on the turnover of the 100 biggest office furniture manufacturers in Europe.

Since their report is not online available anymore, and can only be obtained by email, I will not publish the whole report, but will only quote a part of it.

You can obtain the full report by sending an email to secretary@femb.org with ´Top100´in the subject line

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2017 – a review by John Sacks

John Sacks is a well known advisor in the European office furniture industry and chairman…

“EPA Recommended” Icon Announced By GSA – Bifma level products included

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) added a new icon to their GSAAdvantage! online shopping…

Colin Watson FEMB
FEMB appoints Colin Watson as new Secretary General

The FEMB have appointed Colin Watson as its first permanent Secretary General. The Federation represents…

Cerberus Capital Management to Acquire Staples’ European Business

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (Cerberus) announced today that Staples and Cerberus…

Humanscale Partners with Huffington’s Thrive Global

Humanscale is proud to announce a new partnership with Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington’s new and…

Knoll acquires DatesWeiser

Knoll, Inc. and DatesWeiser Furniture Corporation today announced that Knoll, Inc. has acquired the Buffalo-based…

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