Industry News

KI Lands Deals With Six Major U.K.-based Companies

Oct. 16, 2003

Company to Supply Storage/filing and Task Seating Solutions

– KI announced today that it has been awarded contracts with six major U.K.-based accounts to supply storage/filing and task seating. The London offices of Lehman Bros., Bank of America, Reed Publishing, McGraw-Hill, and Victoria & Albert Museum have specified KI’s 700 Series Filing and Storage. Tube Lines has ordered several thousand of KI’s X.AT Task Chairs.KI’s 700 Series Filing and Storage System combines high value, flexibility, and safety and security to meet the changing storage needs of the information age. The system features lateral and vertical files, storage cabinets, bookcases, and hanging, mobile and freestanding pedestals. Manufactured to KI’s high quality standards, the 700 Series originates from a 1-1/2” increment vertical upright construction. This modularity increases efficiency inside the cabinet, creating a wide range of cabinet heights, interior filing options and drawer configurations sized to specific user requirements. A snap-fit design allows for easy reconfiguration.X.AT is a U.K.-designed and manufactured seating range. Its unique synchronized mechanism, tension adjustment and unique Teknit 3-dimensional knitted fabric mesh back have already made the chair an award winner. A variety of finishes are available.Working for You^®, KI provides innovative furniture solutions for the educational, business, commercial, institutional and healthcare markets. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the KI Companies currently operate North American manufacturing facilities in Green Bay, Manitowoc, Bonduel and Fort Atkinson, WI; Winona, Pontotoc and Tupelo, MS; Madisonville, KY; Los Angeles, CA; High Point, NC; and Pembroke, Ontario and Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada. Additional international operations include sales offices in the

United Kingdom

Germany

, Benelux and

Malaysia

. KI has more than 3,500 employees and gross sales revenues of more than $600 million. For more information, contact KI at (800) 424-2432 or visit KI’s website at www.ki.com.