The HON Company
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The HON Company designs and manufactures
It is the largest operating company of HNI Corporation, the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in North America. Sister companies include Allsteel, Gunlocke, HBF, Maxon and Hearth & Home Technologies.
The HON Company has factories located in Muscatine;
History
The HON Company was incorporated as The Home-O-Nize Company on January 6, 1944, by brothers-in-law C. Maxwell Stanley and Clement T. Hanson along with H. Wood Miller. It was founded with the intent of providing employment for those returning from duty in World War II.[1]
The Home-O-Nize Company began in the production of kitchen cabinets; first in
In the early 1950s, the office products division of The Home-O-Nize Company became The H-O-N Division, and, in 1967, it officially became The HON Company. Their parent company, Home-O-Nize, changed its name to HON INDUSTRIES Inc. in 1968 and changed again to its current name, HNI, in 2004.[1]
In 1980, The HON Company moved from the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. headquarters at 414 East Third Street in Muscatine into its current headquarters at 200 Oak Street, the former home of the Huttig Manufacturing Company.[1][2] The HON headquarters building was renovated in 2009.[3]
Products
The HON Company provides workplace furniture for small and medium-sized businesses, universities, large corporations and government offices. Its core product offering includes workstations, desks, chairs, tables and storage.
References
- ^ a b c d Rodengen, Jeffrey. True to our Vision. Ft. Lauderdale: Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc. 2004.
- ^ http://www.huttig.com/aboutHistory.aspx
- ^ Smith Group, retrieved 2010-05-03