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Campos,  a new task seating line from Kimball Office | interstuhl will be debuted at the Chicago Showroom Event, the week of June 14th. Be one of the first to experience how this budget-friendly task chair integrates intuitive controls with simple design.

Designed by world-renowned Reiner Moll, Campos seating incorporates luxurious features while encouraging proper posture and circulation. Attendees to the Chicago Showroom Event can pre-order Campos, while general order acceptance will be July 1st.

"Campos revolutionizes the expectations of traditional task seating by including many of the same luxury features found in other Kimball Office | interstuhl seating products, and not currently available in the general task chair market," said Jeff Fenwick, Vice President and General Manager at Kimball Office. "Campos combines solid quality with a light aesthetic, to provide the market with a budget-friendly, sustainable task chair."

Campos features include a synchronous mechanism, tension adjustment, optional seat slider, adjustable lumbar pad, and a mesh or upholstered backrest. The line is available in a variety of mesh and upholstery colors.

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Enjoy does a lot to make everyone happy.

Available fall 2010, this collection of lounge seating comfortably leans contemporary or transitional. Enjoy is a great fit for lobbies, reception areas, and other community spaces...and, it's right at home with several other Kimball Office private office and open plan solutions. For customers looking for a single source of furniture, Enjoy is yet another reason to work with Kimball Office.

"Enjoy is designed with high, inward-sloped arms to provide comfortable arm support and ease movement in and out of the seat. Seat and back cushions offer added support for short and long-term sitting. This is an excellent line for clients wanting a bridge between traditional and contemporary office furnishings." said Jeff Fenwick, Vice President and General Manager, Kimball Office.

JASPER, Ind. (June 15, 2010) — Kimball Office’s newest lounge series, Villa, complements the way people work by integrating comfort, functionality, style, and simple design. The clean lines and geometric shapes allow the multi-faceted series to provide innovative design opportunities for universities, health care facilities, government agencies, open plans, reception areas, lobbies, and team-oriented companies.

“Organizations looking to add flexibility, function, and contemporary style will find a solution with Villa. Although the design is simple, the options for collaboration and lounge space are endless because of the modular elements and clean lines,” said Jeff Fenwick, Vice President and General Manager at Kimball Office. “Villa is conducive to gathering, meeting or relaxing, and can be easily reconfigured to fit the needs of the end user.”

A unique feature of the series is the ability to create free-form lounge configurations to meet the need for multiple niches, distinct groups, or individuals. This versatility is ideal for open plans and student or visitor lounges. Villa’s crisp lines offer natural separation for efficient space division, and optional plateau tables, tablet arms, and freestanding tables increase the collection’s versatility for impromptu meetings, studying, and socializing.

“As the workforce adapts to alternative workplace strategies, with less emphasis on desks and more flexible space for mobile workers, Villa is a solution that easily adapts to changing work environments,” added Fenwick.

All Villa components are connectable to form small or large arrangements. The collection includes one-, two-, and three-seat lounges, with and without one or both arms; benches and ottomans, wedges and corner units; freestanding tables, and plateaus or tablet arms. A full range of upholstery and leather options are available with the option to upholster backs and seats separately, to delineate space through color.

Villa was designed using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Design for the Environment (DfE) standards and may contribute to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) credits. Orders for Villa will begin in the fall.

Kean University has selected bfi to provide school furniture for its newest facility, the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology & Mathematics (NJCSTM) building, located on Morris Avenue in Union, NJ. bfi will be providing classroom tables and seating, lab seating, banquet hall seating, glass walls for office fronts among other smaller projects.

Kean hired bfi for our expertise with product designed for the Higher Ed arena and our extensive offering of furniture products on New Jersey State Contract. Our terrific track record on large and small projects has helped bfi keep a strong relationship with Kean University. The job was installed and completed in May 2010.

Fusion Brands is a multi national Corporation that creates innovative beauty, cosmetics and fragrance products.

bfi provided a host of products and a co-coordinated and controlled  management process to meet critical deadline for Fusions’ new a flagship, NYC Office environment.

bfi was hired to solve a crisis management issue. Fusion had retained the services of a competitive dealership only to experience complete disappointment. The competitor was closing its doors due to insolvency after Fusion paid the other dealer a substantial deposit. bfi was retained to control time and cost issues, re-specify products and in essence problem solve a distribution issue what could have been disastrous and embarrassing for Fusion and the designer. We got the assignment immediately on track. Without our intervention managed carefully by Sharon Portnoy in the NYC Office, the client would not have been in the space, on time within acceptable budget parameters. We came in to rescue a bad situation, turned it around and delivered a first class result.

The project was completed in January 2010.

Asia TV USA, Limited, the North American division of a global media conglomerate based in India, has leased 8,841 SF of space on the 35th floor at One Penn Plaza in Manhattan.

One Penn Plaza is the preeminent office tower in the Penn Plaza submarket. The 57-story office tower, designed by Kahn & Jacobs was built in 1972 and is owned and managed by Vornado Realty Trust.

bfi was introduced to Asia-TV as part of the alignment and business relationship with UGL-Equis in NYC. bfi provided office furniture products and co-coordinated and project managed the process as part of a new alignment with UGL-Equis. UGL Equis is a corporate real estate firm that focuses exclusively on the business space user. The company has more than 42,000 affiliated employees in 14 countries around the world through its parent company UGL

Asia TV USA was interested in locating a prestigious; high-visibility building that would accommodate future growth and expansion, in order to establish their North American headquarters. The client develops television programming and movie production for the South Asian community residing in the Americas.

The project was completed in April 2010.

In April, Kimball Office will introduce Heavy Duty models in the Wish seating offering. The new Wish Task 300 models support users up to 300 lbs and are available with height adjustable arms, conference arms, or armless. These additions to the existing Wish line of task seating, complete the offering.

Wish has universal appeal with ergonomic controls and an unexpectedly affordable price. With a variety of arm styles and functionality, the line now has standard task seating, stools, and the new heavy duty version. Wish seating is Indoor Air Quality certified and more than 90% recyclable. Beginning April 15th, Wish seating can be ordered by contacting bfi.

bfi-New York is pleased to announce Scott Treffeisen, an industry veteran with 30 years commercial interiors and office furnishings experience has joined the New York executive sales team. Scott will continue to build upon his experience having worked for both emerging growth firms as well as major dealers and furniture managers over the course of his career. Prior to becoming part of the bfi-New York Team, Scott was a Sales Executive at Furniture Consultants, a Teknion resource. Over time he has held long tenured sales executive positions where he was able to consistently combine his skills with his know-how to create individual and corporate success as well as long term client relationships. Scott can be reached at 212 685-9344, extension 6274 or by e-mail at streffeisen@bfifurniture.com Scott will report to Bruce Stone, Vice President, bfi, NY

Silver:
Winner of Best of Neocon 2005, the international Red Dot Design Award in 2008 and featured in the newest James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace," Silver sets the bar for innovation in form, function and design. It features an elegant and unmistakable aluminum monocoque design with twin casters and precisely tailored upholstery. The line comprises low-, mid- and high-back office chairs; low-, mid- and high-back conference chairs; an ottoman; a wooden-shelled visitor chair with dynamic rocker mechanism; a lounge chair with base plate and auto-return mechanism; coordinating lounge tables; and executive conference tables.

Mitos:
Awarded Best of NeoCon Gold in 2006, Mitos delivers a sitting experience unlike that of any office chair thanks to its revolutionary "transmotion" mechanism. The collection has low-, mid- and high-back models, 4-leg and cantilever guest chairs, and Mitos Mobile, a versatile piece that quickly transforms from a footrest into a laptop stand, lectern, mobile workstation or visitor's chair.

Hero:
Just for You: Hero uses multiple technologies to provide a personalized sit for individuals of all sizes and statures. Its autofit tilt mechanism senses the sitter's weight and automatically tensions the seat and backrest. The line includes mid-back office chairs and high-back executive chairs with choice of fully upholstered seat/back or mesh back/upholstered seat combinations; and stackable cantilever guest chairs with mesh or upholstered back.

Axos:
Axos translates seating technology into the leanest possible form. An innovative "transmotion" mechanism with weight regulation, pneumatic seat-height adjustment, and head/neckrest give sitters maximum support and comfort in every position from upright to fully reclined. A Best of NeoCon Gold award winner in 2007, this series features executive, conference and cantilever guest chairs.

Xantos:
With adjustable lumbar support, synchronous recline, seat-depth and pneumatic seat-height adjustments, and height-adjustable armrests, Xantos office chairs are a harmonious blend of performance and aesthetics. The line includes mid- and high-back office/executive chairs, conference chairs, and stackable 4-leg and cantilever guest chairs.

Fit:
This deceptively simple chair consists of "intelligent mesh" stretched over a cantilevered steel frame. The end result is an exceptionally comfortable chair that automatically conforms to even the slightest movement. Its open mesh weave also allows air to circulate and prevents body heat from building up. Fit is available in four mesh colors - black, white, May green and tomato.

In time for the New Year, Kimball Office | interstuhl is offering a way to get "fit" that doesn't involve sweat, exercise or diet plans.

Without calorie counting or ditching sweets in 2010, home and business owners alike can be fit – or at least own a Fit chair, one of the most talked about seating solutions on the trade show circuit this past year, and winner of the NeoCon Innovation award. At first look, the Fit chair is deceptively simple and flat, but the woven mesh easily envelops the sitter. Available in four functional colors, the Fit and five other Kimball Office | interstuhl products, Silver, Mitos, Hero. Just for You., Xantos and Axos, are available to order.

"Each Kimball Office | interstuhl chair is designed and engineered around the natural features of human movement," said Jeff Fenwick, vice president and general manager of Kimball Office. "Each was created with hours of thought and design precision; our new seating options are like nothing else in the market."

In June, Kimball Office entered into a partnership with interstuhl seating, making Kimball Office responsible for marketing and selling interstuhl brand products throughout North America. The products are co-branded as: Kimball Office | interstuhl.

The Kimball Office | interstuhl chairs can be ordered in the New York area by contacting bfi New York.