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Events

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Date	Title	Category
1915	First Desk Sale Our product line offerings in 1915 are safe deposit vault equipment, lockers, strong boxes, steel shelving, and wastebaskets. However, this doesn't stop Metal Office Furniture Co. from submitting a bid... View	Products
1942	Naval Contracts Won Metal Office Furniture Co. wins a $254,000 contract to make lightweight, sturdy steel furnishings for U.S. Naval cruiser class ships. As a result of the war, all manufacturing of steel furniture for commercial... View	Products
12/13/1957	Move to 36th Street The demand for our office furniture led us to outgrow many of our aging facilities. Land was purchased on 36th Street in Grand Rapids, MI in the mid 50's. The Shearing Plant is the first building to... View	Company
02/18/1998	Steelcase Goes Public Steelcase becomes a publicly traded company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SCS. View	Company
04/2000	End of an Era: 454 Production Ceases One of the few remaining hand-upholstered chairs, the ConCentrx 454 Series ends production after 22 years. Since its introduction in 1977 as a state-of-the-art ergonomic chair, over 3,000,000 454 chairs... View	Products
03/01/2014	Keane becomes 9th CEO Effective March 1, 2014, Jim Keane becomes the ninth leader in the Company's 102 year history. Keane replaces Jim Hackett who stepped down after nearly 20 years as President and CEO. Keane, a Chicago... View	Leadership