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Events

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Date	Title	Category
1983	44th Street Corporate Headquarters Opens Steelcase's new Corporate Headquarters opens in Grand Rapids and is lauded as "a textbook example of how to organize human resources in the optimum work environment." Located at 901 44th Street SE, the... View	Company
06/1978	Acquisition of Vecta® The Steelcase Grand Prairie, Texas, plant opens when we acquired Vecta Contract Inc. (Vecta®), a manufacturer of architectural furnishings (e.g. lobbies, lounges, conference rooms for universities,... View	Company
08/28/2004	Athens, AL Plant Celebrates 25 Years Our Athens, AL plant celebrates 25 years of manufacturing with an open house, plant tours and a Steelcase show truck. The Athens plant started out manufacturing systems furniture panels and storage products. ... View	Company
2009	Collaboration Solutions Introduced Steelcase launches a set of collaborative solutions including: c:scape®, media:scape® (pictured), i2i®, and cobi®. These products are designed to help people connect more easily with each other and... View	Products
03/28/2005	Consolidation Announced As part of Steelcase's goal to build a lean, more flexible industrial system, we announce plans to consolidate West Michigan manufacturing operations on the Kentwood Complex and move toward the sale of... View	Company
06/1972	Designs in Wood Introduced With the purchase of Hardwood Designs in California and plans to build a wood furniture plant in North Carolina, Steelcase prepares to introduce Designs in Wood. View	Company
1989	Environmental Excellence Award The State of Michigan presents us with a Resource Stewardship Award for Environmental Excellence for being the first company in Michigan to restore a prairie ecosystem surrounding the Steelcase Corporate... View	Sustainability
10/2001	First U.S. LEED-Certified Manufacturing Plant Opens Our wood facility in Caledonia, MI opens and becomes the world's first manufacturing plant to receive LEED Certification for Environmental Excellence by the U.S. Green Building Council. Silver certification... View	Sustainability
12/1995	Leadership Community Opens Under Jim Hackett's direction, the Steelcase Leadership Team abandons their private office, and moves into the Leadership Community -- an open office area designed to promote greater collaboration, faster... View	Company
03/16/1912	MOFC Incorporated The Metal Office Furniture Co. is incorporated after Peter M. Wege moves to Grand Rapids, Michigan. With the help of 11 investors, Wege's dream of competing in "The Furniture City" amongst wood furniture... View	Company
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
03/16/2015	Munich Innovation Center Plans Announced On March 16, 2015, Steelcase announces the plan for opening a new Learning + Innovation Centre in Munich, Germany, to begin operating in mid 2016. In order to foster and accelerate innovation, this... View	Company
09/01/1960	Original Factory Donated to The Salvation Army Instead of selling the first Metal Office Furniture Co. factory, Steelcase gifts the 156,000 square foot building, assessed at $385,000, to The Salvation Army. The gift of the facility allows The Salvation... View	Communities
1926 - 1958	Plant #2 is Built The new plant (pictured in the background) is built adjacent to Terrell's Equipment Co. (later called Plant #3), with whom we had formed a partnership. This second plant provides over 97,000 square feet... View	Company
2006	Steelcase International WorkL@b Opens in France WorkL@b, the new Steelcase International Headquarters, opens in Strasbourg, France. The facility is designed to foster innovation, support the international culture of the Company and improve employees'... View	Company
2000	Steelcase University Learning Center Opens The Steelcase University Learning Center opens. A former manufacturing site, the facility is a showcase for our products and insights about learning, collaboration and increasingly mobile work. View	Company
1979	Tech Center Opens The Technical Center opens on the 36th Street complex, part of a two-year expansion plan in Grand Rapids, North Carolina, California and Alabama. Approximately 8,000 people are trained here in the first... View	Company
08/16/2011	WorkCafe Opens The WorkCafé at Steelcase Global Headquarters opens. This is the first renovation of the cafeteria since the building opened in 1983. It is designed for work and nourishment, and has quickly become a... View	Company
1996	WorkLife Center Opens in NYC The first Steelcase WorkLife Center opens on Four Columbus Circle (4CC) in New York City. The Center is devoted to helping customers address workplace issues and create environments that can help achieve... View	Company
2008	WorkLife India Opens WorkLife Centers in Bangalore and Delhi, India, open. View	Company