HNI Corporation explained

HNI Corporation
Type:	Public
Foundation:	in Muscatine, Iowa U.S.
Location:	Muscatine, Iowa, U.S.
Key People:	president,
Num Employees:	7,500 (January 2021)
Products:	Furniture & fireplaces
Footnotes:	^[1]

HNI Corporation is one of the largest office furniture manufacturers in the world in regard to revenues resulting from office segment sales.^{[2] [3] [4]} HNI is also the world's leading hearth products company, manufacturing and marketing gas, electric, wood and biomass burning fireplaces, inserts, stoves, facings and accessories. The company was founded in 1944 by engineer C. Maxwell Stanley, advertising executive Clem Hanson, and industrial designer H. Wood Miller.^[5] Its headquarters are in Muscatine, Iowa,^[6] with operations located in Muscatine, in various other U.S. states, and in Asia. HNI's office furniture brands include The HON Company, Allsteel, Gunlocke, Maxon, HBF, OFM, and Lamex. The corporation's hearth brands, manufactured by Hearth & Home Technologies and offered through multiple retail and new construction channels, include Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Harman, Quadra-Fire, Majestic, Monessen, Fireside Hearth & Home, and Vermont Castings.

HNI acquired Kimball International in March 2023.^[7]

Awards

• America's Most Admired Companies, 2006 Fortune magazine^[8]
• 400 Best Big Companies in America, 1998-2006 Forbes magazine^[9]
• 50 Best Manufacturing Companies, 2002-2006 IndustryWeek
• America's Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies, 2016-2017 Forbes magazine^[10]
• World's Best Companies for Leadership Development, 2014–2016, Chief Executive magazine

Further reading

• Book: Soltow. James H.. Stanley. C. Maxwell. The HON Story: A History of HON Industries, 1944-1985. 1991. Iowa State University Press. Ames, Iowa. 9780813806020. 22983369.

Notes and References

1. Web site: US SEC: Form 10-K HNI Corporation. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 10, 2018.
2. Web site: View Filing Data. www.sec.gov.
3. Web site: View Filing Data. www.sec.gov.
4. Web site: View Filing Data . SEC.gov . 2021-05-14.
5. Web site: HNI Corporation, History Timeline, 1944 - Present. HNI corporation. 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20080704112635/http://www.hnicorp.com/who/history/index.htm. 2008-07-04. dead. 2008-05-12.
6. News: Jeff Tecklenburg . Fortune magazine ranks HNI high . Muscatine Journal . 2006-02-25 . 2008-05-12.
7. Web site: HNI Corporation to Acquire Kimball International .
8. Web site: Fortune: Most Admired Companies. archive.fortune.com. 2020-04-15.
9. Web site: The 400 Best Big Companies - Forbes.com. www.forbes.com. 2020-04-15.
10. Web site: The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies In America, 2017. Strauss. Karsten. Forbes. en. 2020-04-15.