HNI Corporation is one of the largest
office furniture
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manufacturers in the world in regard to revenues resulting from office segment sales.
HNI is also the world's leading hearth products company, manufacturing and marketing gas, electric, wood and biomass burning fireplaces, inserts, stoves, facings and accessories. The company was founded in 1944 by
engineer
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C. Maxwell Stanley,
advertising
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executive
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Clem Hanson, and
industrial designer
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H. Wood Miller.
Its headquarters are in
Muscatine, Iowa
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with operations located in Muscatine, in various other U.S. states, and in Asia.
HNI's office furniture
brand
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s include
The HON Company
The HON Company designs and manufactures office furniture including chairs, filing cabinets, cubicals, tables, desks and education furniture. Headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, it has manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States ...
, Allsteel, Gunlocke, Maxon, HBF, OFM, and Lamex. The corporation's hearth brands, manufactured by Hearth & Home Technologies and offered through multiple retail and new construction channels, include Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Harman, Quadra-Fire, Majestic, Monessen, Fireside Hearth & Home, and Vermont Castings.
Awards
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America's Most Admired Companies, 2006 ''
Fortune'' magazine
*400 Best Big Companies in America, 1998-2006 ''
Forbes
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'' magazine
*50 Best Manufacturing Companies, 2002-2006 ''
IndustryWeek
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*America's Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies, 2016-2017 ''Forbes'' magazine
*World's Best Companies for Leadership Development, 2014–2016, ''Chief Executive'' magazine
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Furniture companies of the United States
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Manufacturing companies established in 1944
Companies based in Muscatine, Iowa
American companies established in 1944
Manufacturing companies based in Iowa
1944 establishments in Iowa
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