Steelcase
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Steelcase (NYSE: SCS) is an international office furniture company. It was founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan as The Metal Office Furniture Company. The company at the time specialized in mainly file cabinets and safes. Today, its portfolio of solutions address the three core elements of an office environment: interior architecture, furniture and technology. In 1914 The Metal Office Furniture Company received its first patent for a steel waste basket. The steel waste basket was called the Victor fireproof waste basket. The product was very innovative for its time. In 1954 The Metal Office Furniture Company changed its name to Steelcase.
The design consultancy company IDEO is majority-owned by Steelcase.
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- In 1937, Steelcase creates oval-shaped desks based on the design vision of Frank Lloyd Wright. They are used in the S.C. Johnson building, which Life magazine calls "the most inspirational office building of the 20th century."
- In 1945, the surrender documents that ended World War II were signed by U. S. General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese officials on a Steelcase (Metal Office Furniture Company) table aboard the USS Missouri.
- In 1987, Steelcase restored the Meyer May House located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The house was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1908.
- In 1996, Steelcase was found at fault in a patent infringement suit brought against them by Haworth, Inc., another furniture company. Steelcase was ordered to pay $211.5 million in damages and interest.[1]
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