KI was named one of the country’s top innovators in business technology by InformationWeek magazine.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected KI to receive the 2008 WasteWise Gold Achievement Award for Packaging Reduction.

Buildings magazine has selected KI’s Genius® architectural walls as a winner in its annual Product Innovations Awards. Marking the product’s fourth industry award, Genius walls earned a Citation of Excellence in the category of Workplace Flexibility.

Pallas® Textiles recently donated fabric to Ascension Lutheran Church for their annual quilting activities.

Pallas® Textiles introduces Carte Blanche, a collection that uses unique materials to create dimensional texture and subtle patterns for a fresh take on vertical panel fabrics.

KI has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers. As part of this agreement, KI is identified on the backdrop for media interviews during all of the Packers’ away games.

There are significant changes occurring in higher education. Students and faculty are working in teams to solve problems and complete projects, classrooms are becoming more active places, and learning is taking place outside of the traditional classroom.

KI has named Steve Vellozzo its new regional sales manager for the Middle East and Diego De La Canal its new regional sales manager for Latin America.

KI has promoted Jonathan Webb to vice president of Business markets. In this role, Webb will be responsible for the development and execution of business plans and growth strategies within this market.

KI’s Vice President of Healthcare Debbie Breunig, RN, BSN, MBA, was recently appointed to Bellin College of Nursing’s (BCON) Board of Trustees.

When students, faculty and staff walk through the doors of the new Natural Science Building at Palm Beach Community College’s (PBCC) Lake Worth, Fla., campus, administrators want them to feel that the building was designed with their individual needs in mind.

KI and Pallas® Textiles treated the local A&D community to the aromas and tastes of Tuscany at a culinary event in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Designer Giancarlo Piretti recently visited the U.S. from Italy to present KI’s Strive® Seating Collection at Strive in the City events held in Miami Beach and Boca Raton, Fla.

KI showed its support for the A&D community as a sponsor of the 22nd Annual AIA Sandcastle Competition at Galveston East Beach, Texas.

KI’s manufacturing plant in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada has earned ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2000 certifications from the International Organization for Standardization.

KI’s latest collections have all received GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification® for low emitting products by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI).

Gregg Kent, a 25-year veteran of the contract and retail furniture industry, has joined KI as a dealer representative in Southern California.

Innovative furniture solutions designed for a wide range of customers, supported by vertical market knowledge and experience, led to a successful NeoCon 2008 for KI.

– At the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference, KI’s booth (772) will feature a unique display that contrasts the conventional college library with the library of the future.

Rich, deep colors, luxurious textures and subtly complex patterns put a modern twist on classic solids in the latest collection from Pallas® Textiles and designer Tracey Reinberg.

The industry’s first universal seating collection and selections from KI’s award-winning lines of healthcare furniture are featured in the re-designed healthcare section of KI’s NeoCon showroom, Ste. 1181, at the 2008 NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair.

When patients, families and staff enter the new facility at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, they immediately experience the comforts of home.

A series of aesthetic enhancements originally developed for custom installations are now available as standard offerings for KI’s Genius® architectural walls.

KI, the world’s leading manufacturer of higher education furniture, demonstrates the power of furniture in supporting flexible, effective learning spaces in its NeoCon showroom at the 2008 NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair.

Exciting new furniture solutions for the healthcare, education and corporate markets are on display at KI’s showroom at the 2008 NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair.

The three latest collections from Pallas® Textiles are on display in the showroom it shares with KI at the 2008 NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair. “Our latest collections emphasize sophistication, elegance and timelessness — design characteristics that serve as the legacy of Pallas Textiles”...

KI recently earned MedAssets Supply Chain Systems’ Bronze Vendor status. The Bronze level is one of the highest vendor designations awarded by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a MedAssets company.

Created in conjunction with award-winning designer Sue Ross, Viva Italia's versatile patterns bring elegance to any corporate, education, hospitality or healthcare environment.

After an extensive selection process, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s administrators, interior designers and a committee of community members, hospital physicians & staff chose KI’s Soltíce™ collection for the new seven-story facility's patient rooms, family lounges and waiting areas.

KI’s latest line of casegoods puts modern, upscale style and flexibility within reach of a wide range of users regardless of their business size or budget.

Students participating in the 2008 Interior Design Merit Award Competition at Auburn University are learning about the many factors that go into designing bariatric furniture. The competition, sponsored by KI, features teams of students designing a half scale model of a bariatric chair made entirely of reclaimed cardboard.

The KI.com website now enables even quicker, more efficient specification of KI’s products and an enhanced experience for designers, architects and other users. The latest version of the site includes interactive design tools, cleaner page layout, reorganization of product categories and improved search functionality.

The first collaboration between Pallas® Textiles and designer Laura Guido-Clark combines style with sustainability in its four lines, each one featuring a different environmentally conscious attribute.

KI’s Strive® Seating Collection, the latest innovation in “flex-back” seating, emphasizes simplicity, comfort and affordability.

KI’s second generation Intellect Classroom Furniture, the Intellect Wave collection, features a series of innovative enhancements that deliver greater flexibility, durability and comfort to students and educators.

Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, MO built its first oncampus housing facility with a goal to design a space that encourages student-to-student interaction.

KI joined with rep firm Bill Thomason and Associates (BTA) to cook up a winter culinary event in the kitchen of Michael Symon’s American bistro, Lolita, in Cleveland.