1910
March 17, 1912
First Products Manufactured for Macey
1914
Second Product Line Introduced
1914
Liberty Bond Boxes Introduced
1914
Bent Steel and Resistance Welding Demonstrated
1914
Victor Wastebasket Introduced
1915
First Desk Sale
1920
1924
Desk Strength and Durability
1927
On Board with Lucky Lindy
1928
Victor Desk Tray Introduced1930
1932
Specialty Desk Introduced
1932
Production of Vegetable Spray Units
1932
“Century of Progress” Desk
1934
Suspension File Patent
1937
Furniture for S.C. Johnson Wax Building
1939
Industry's First Roll-Edge Desk - 7000 Series
1940
1942
Naval Contracts Won
1945
First with Standard and Interchangeable Parts
1946
Multiple 15 Desk Introduced1950
1952
Convertibles Introduced
1953
Sunshine Styling Color an Industry First
1954
First to Add Typewriter Auxiliary Unit
1955
Jewel Tea Desk: A First
1956
Flight Line Desks for the Office of the Future
1957
U of M Custom Library Furniture Produced
1960
1960
2200 Line Desks Introduced
September 13, 1961
Datacase Introduced
1963
Steelcase Coordinated Offices Introduced
1966
"Operation Skydrop"
October 3, 1966
Broadsides Lateral Files Introduced
1968
Mobiles Introduced1970
1971
Gardner Leaver Chair and Side Table Introduced
1973
Series 9000® Introduced
June 19, 1974
430 Chair Introduced
1975
Paperflo® Introduced1980
1983
NeoCon 15 - Products Launched
1986
Sensor® Chair Introduced
1989
Context® Introduced1990
1995
Personal Harbor Wins IDEA Gold Award
1995
"Rooms That Work" Introduced
1996
Criterion® is the Best Selling Chair
May 1996
TNT™ Furniture System Introduced
March 11, 1998
Pathways® Introduced
1999
Leap® Chair Introduced
2000
April 2000
End of an Era: 454 Production Ceases
2001
Cachet® Chair Introduced
2002
BlueSpace Developed
2004
Think® Chair Introduced
2004
Privacy Wall Introduced
2005
C2C Certification Awarded for Think® Chair
2010
2010
Flexframe Workwall Introduced
June 2010
node® Chair Introduced
December 1, 2011
First Asian Market Merit Recognition
January 2012
Tools for Active Learning Environments Introduced
June 2012
Living on Video
February 25, 2013
Gesture Chair Launches
2020
March 1, 2020
LexCo Collection Introduced
April 1, 2021
CF Series Introduced
August 1, 2021
Work Tents Introduced
April 1, 2022
Amobi Agile Workspaces Introduced
June 1, 2022
Designed to Transform, Lares Single Desking Introduced
October 2022
Please Air Introduced
We opened our doors in 1912 after 11 business men agreed to invest in Peter M. Wege's dream of opening a steel office furniture company in a city renowned for wood furniture. Since then we've experienced many changes, including our name, but our business vision of always looking toward the future has remained the same.
Here we'd like to share with you a few hundred of the thousands of noteworthy historical moments from our 112-year plus legacy.
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