HNI Corporation (formerly HON Industries) is the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in the world, with its headquarters in Muscatine, Iowa

Iowa

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HNI is the leading gas and wood burning fireplace manufacturer and marketer in the United States

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HNI's brand

Brand

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s include The HON Company

The HON Company

The HON Company designs and manufactures office furniture including chairs, filing cabinets, workstations, tables, desks and education furniture...

, Allsteel, Gunlocke, Paoli, Heatilator, Heat & Glo, and Quadra-Fire. The company was founded in 1944 by engineer

Engineer

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, C. Maxwell Stanley

C. Maxwell Stanley

Claude Maxwell "Max" Stanley was an American engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, peace activist, and world citizen. He founded Stanley Consultants, an engineering and consulting firm; co-founded HON Industries, an office furniture manufacturing company; and funded the Stanley Foundation, an...

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Senior management

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, Clem Hanson; and industrial designer, H. Wood Miller.

Awards

• America's Most Admired Companies, 2006 Fortune Magazine
• 400 Best Big Companies in America, 1998-2006 Forbes Magazine
• 50 Best Manufacturing Companies, 2002-2006 IndustryWeek
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