{"id":24054,"date":"2018-04-24T08:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modern-wilderness.flywheelsites.com\/?p=24054"},"modified":"2018-04-24T08:15:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:15:31","slug":"us-office-furniture-manufacturer-izzy-ceases-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/en\/2018\/04\/us-office-furniture-manufacturer-izzy-ceases-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"US Office Furniture Manufacturer Izzy+ ceases operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24055\" src=\"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logo-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"43\" \/>JSJ Corp.\u00a0plans to wind down office furniture maker\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.izzyplus.com\/\">izzy+<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after 17 years of operation. The manufacturing holding company said today that it would discontinue production of izzy+ branded products and refocus its resources on other manufacturing segments in its portfolio, including automotive, medical and equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JSJ Chairman and CEO Nelson Jacobson said the company planned to repurpose an izzy+ facility at 17237 Van Wagoner Road in Spring Lake and transition \u201c<em>as many people as possible to support three of our other well-known businesses in the area<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We are a 100-year-old company, and as we go through and look at the opportunities we have, furniture just doesn\u2019t fit as well as the other businesses we have,<\/em>\u201d Jacobson told\u00a0<em>MiBiz<\/em>. \u201c<em>We\u2019ve been able to take these resources and skills and transfer them effectively.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said <em>\u201cfurniture just doesn\u2019t fit nearly as well\u201d<\/em> into the company\u2019s growth strategy when compared to the \u201ctremendous growth\u201d for JSJ\u2019s other local portfolio companies. They include\u00a0<strong>GHSP<\/strong>, a Grand Haven-based global tier-one automotive supplier;\u00a0<strong>Dake<\/strong>, a Grand Haven-based manufacturer of hydraulic presses; and\u00a0<strong>Sparks Belting Co.<\/strong>, a Grand Rapids-based manufacturer specializing in conveyance products.<\/p>\n<h4>Read more on MiBiz.com<\/h4>\n<p>Read the whole article by Mitch Galloway about the Izzy+ closure on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mibiz.com\/item\/25755-jsj-corp-to-close-office-furniture-manufacturer-izzy\">Mibiz.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Izzy+ achieved a <a href=\"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/en\/2017\/06\/the-25-largest-american-office-furniture-manufacturers-and-their-european-counterparts\/\">turnover of \u20ac 90 mln in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[header image: <a href=\"http:\/\/izzyplus.com\/izzy\/products\/seating\/grant.aspx?Category=Task\">Grant Chair by Izzy+<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JSJ Corp.\u00a0plans to wind down office furniture maker\u00a0izzy+\u00a0after 17 years of operation. The manufacturing holding company said today that it would discontinue production of izzy+ branded products and refocus its resources on other manufacturing segments in its portfolio, including automotive, medical and equipment. JSJ Chairman and CEO Nelson Jacobson said the company planned to repurpose&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"US Office Furniture Manufacturer Izzy+ ceases operations","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4530],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":{"app_titel":"","app_article":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Office Furniture Manufacturer Izzy+ ceases operations | OfficeRepublic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/en\/2018\/04\/us-office-furniture-manufacturer-izzy-ceases-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Office Furniture Manufacturer Izzy+ ceases operations | OfficeRepublic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JSJ Corp.\u00a0plans to wind down office furniture maker\u00a0izzy+\u00a0after 17 years of operation. 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