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Chicago Clock Manufacturing Company; Chicago, Illinois (ca. 1860–?) Colonial of Zeeland Clock Company ; Zeeland, Michigan (1899–1986) David Wood ; Newburyport, Massachusetts (1766–1824)
In 1983, the company acquired Hekman Furniture and Alexis Manufacturing. [5] In 1993, the company acquired Woodmark Upholstery. [5] The company began marketing and selling wine and spirits furniture in 2004. [citation needed] The company launched a line of Home Storage Solutions [buzzword] partnering with celebrity Ty Pennington in 2008.
Its longevity is thanks in large part to the high-quality manufacturing processes at the company's plant in Jackson Center, Ohio, which still employs nearly 500 people. ... in Zeeland, Michigan ...
Dutch settlements in Michigan. The first building was a church. The town of Zeeland was platted in 1849, and the school district was organized the following year. Within twenty-five years, Zeeland had acquired a sawmill, a wagon factory, blacksmith shops, grocery stores, and a post office. The village officially became a city in 1907.
Max De Pree is a son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company. The company had close ties with Charles and Ray Eames, beginning in 1946.In 1953, Max De Pree saw a model house design in the Eames Office in Los Angeles, and asked Eames if he could build it in Michigan.
People from Zeeland, Michigan (19 P) Pages in category "Zeeland, Michigan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The chair was produced from 1946 until 1947 by Evans Molded Plywood of Venice Beach, California, for the Herman Miller furniture company in Zeeland, Michigan. In 1947 Herman Miller moved the production of the chairs to Michigan, where production continues [ 1 ] —after a hiatus from 1957 to 1994.
In 1919, it was renamed the Michigan Star Furniture Co. under then-president Dirk Jan De Pree. De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, (born Harm Mulder on 7 September 1867 in Hoogemeeden, Groningen, Netherlands) [4] [5] purchased 51% of the company stock in 1923 and renamed it the Herman Miller Furniture Company. [6]