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Events

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Date	Title	Category
1913	Clestra Hauserman Founded Clestra Hauserman is founded by E. F. Hauserman in Cleveland, OH. This company is credited with creating the industry's first moveable partitions. Later, in the 1970s, Strafor Facom purchases Clestra Hauserman.... View	Industry
1917	Servidor Company Founded The Servidor Company is incorporated. Later, Metal Office Furniture Co. will acquire Servidor and manufacture Servidors for hotel rooms, Receivadors for home deliveries, and Closidors for home closets. ... View	Industry
1919	Forges de Strasbourg Founded The French company, Forges de Strasbourg, gets its start as a tool and steel structure manufacturer. Later the company creates a division, Strafor, devoted to the production of office furniture. Strafor... View	Industry
1922	Dealer Network Launched Metal Office Furniture Co. is one of the first companies known to build an official dealer organization. Our first dealer is in St. Louis, Missouri. By 1968 we will have nearly 900 dealers in all 50 states... View	Industry
1925	Architect-Designed Office Space Dealer, E. A. Holscher hires an architect to produce more efficient layout at Missouri-Pacific Railroad offices, which reduces space utilized by 25 percent, and other orders follow. View	Industry
1948	Dealer Office Planning Assistance Pioneered Hunting-Roberts Co., the California distributor of Steelcase furniture, pioneers office planning, establishing a new area of dealer assistance that is soon followed by the entire industry. View	Industry
1954	PolyVision® Corporation Founded PolyVision® Corporation is founded as Information Display Technology, Inc. in Suwanee, Georgia. The company changes its name to PolyVision Corporation in May 1995. In 2001, Steelcase will acquire PolyVision... View	Industry
1959	Vecta Contract Inc. Founded Vecta Contract Inc. is founded in Grand Prairie, TX under the Tartan name. It is a result of Brunswick Corporation divesting its School Division and Burk-Action Division. Vecta focuses on architectural... View	Industry
04/1959	Growing Home Office Market The Office at Home is a growing phenomenon and a potential market for Steelcase dealers. Before the advent of the personal computer and fax machine, the home office was used mostly by heads of household... View	Industry
1961	DesignTex® Founded DesignTex® is founded by Harry Paley and Ralph Saltzman in New York City. In 1988, Steelcase will acquire the Company to offer a wider selection of upholstery materials. View	Industry
1968	World’s Largest Manufacturer Steelcase is designated the world’s largest manufacturer of office furniture. View	Industry
1969	First NeoCon The National Exposition of Contract Furnishings (NeoCon) begins at Merchandise Mart in Chicago. View	Industry
1976	Top Companies Standardize on Steelcase Over 80 percent of the top 100 FORTUNE rated banks, insurance companies and corporations include Steelcase products in their standardization programs. View	Industry
1977	Middle East Dealer Organization Established Steelcase is the first major U.S. office furniture manufacturer to establish an extensive dealer distribution organization in the Middle East, covering Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Jordan. View	Industry
1977	Begin Testing Speech Privacy The Acoustics Lab opens in Grand Rapids – making Steelcase the first to test speech privacy in simulated open office conditions. View	Industry
1978 - 1989	Opinion Surveys on Office Environments Conducted Steelcase is first in the industry to commission opinion surveys on office environment issues. From 1978-1989, we commission five surveys to better understand and provide for the needs of the contemporary... View	Industry
1978	First Lou Harris Study Published “The Steelcase National Study of Office Environments: Do They Work?“ summarizes the results of a first-ever Louis Harris & Associates Inc. study commissioned by Steelcase on the effects of the... View	Industry
1982	Support Services Offered for Designers The Steelcase Environmental Support Services (ESS) department is established and software is developed to help position us as The Office Environment Company. The ESS Survey Analysis collects and analyzes... View	Industry
1992	Furniture in 48 Hours Available Steelcase introduces the first 48-hour delivery program, providing select products twice as fast as our competitors. View	Industry
1994	Lifetime Warranty Introduced The new Steelcase Lifetime Warranty sets an industry standard and highlights the durability and longevity of our products. View	Industry
1995	Middle East Production Begins Steelcase forms a joint venture with one of its dealers, Jeraisy Group, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to create Steelcase Jeraisy Ltd., the only major manufacturer of office furniture with local production... View	Industry
2004	Steelcase is the Industry’s Patent Leader During the past decade, Steelcase has secured more patents than any other company in the industry, with more than 1,400 domestic and international patents and design registrations. The new (2010) Global... View	Industry