The National Joint Powers Alliance® (NJPA) recently awarded KI a new contract (#052910-KII) that covers KI’s complete portfolio of innovative furniture and movable wall system solutions, now including Spacesaver and Pallas Textiles, both subsidiary companies of KI.

KI recently celebrated the grand opening of its new showroom and sales office in Houston with a night of food and fun. More than 100 guests visited the new space, located in the prestigious Greenway Plaza, which won an international TOBY award for 2010 Outstanding Suburban Office Park of the Year.

KI is pleased to announce the opening of a new showroom in Santa Monica, California. KI kicked off the grand opening with an open house event on June 24 at the showroom, located at 1903 Olympic Boulevard.

KI employees raced in the name of health and wellness at this year’s 35th annual Bellin Run. The 10K event is one of the region’s premier sporting events and is on its way to becoming one of the largest races in the nation.

As a leading provider of customized solutions in the contract furniture industry, KI continues to raise the bar with the completion of its 500,000 custom furniture request.

KI and Pallas Textiles inspired attendees at the 2010 NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair with fresh ideas, new products, innovative technologies and intriguing designs, all under the theme of unification and simplicity.

Pallas Textiles and KI, longtime providers of textiles and furniture for healthcare design, today were recognized with Best of NeoCon and Editor’s Choice awards, respectively.

Visitors to KI’s NeoCon showroom in space #1181 of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart will see how KI’s furniture and movable walls work together to create a harmonious blend of furniture and design across multiple markets and applications.

The latest trends, techniques and issues in healthcare design will be shared in a series of CEU-accredited seminars at NeoCon. Sponsored by KI, the sessions will cover topics such as Design for Infection Prevention, Evidence-Based Healthcare Design and Designing Beyond Healthcare Design.

KI Boston recently hosted an aquarium-themed event for local architects and designers and their families. The event featured continental breakfast at the KI Boston showroom, brief tours of the showroom for the parents and a balloon artist to entertain the kids.

Designers, architects and KI staff enjoyed a night of glitz, glamour and handbags at KI’s “Altus in Wonderland” purse party on May 13 in Coral Gables, Fla.

Brian Krenke has been promoted to president of KI and appointed to the company’s board of directors.

KI and Pallas Textiles recently collected and donated nearly 500 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls—a charity that distributes donated shoes free of charge to people in need worldwide.

KI’s latest green initiative is here: www.ki.com/green. This new website is built around the idea of “The Green Behind the Red,” which describes the breadth of green initiatives ingrained behind the scenes at KI, in reference to its signature red logo.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected KI as the 2009 WasteWise Packaging Reduction Gold Achievement Award winner.

KI is the recipient of a new patent for the design of its one-piece injection-molded shell that forms the foundation of its Intellect Wave® Chair.

KI's Impress Ultra Seating and University Seating recently took center stage at the famed New York Stock Exchange, which is currently undergoing a multi-phased renovation.

High Fidelity spins geometry and texture into a range of sophisticated, sustainable and high-performance fabrics. A collaboration between Pallas® Textiles and designer Kristin Fraidenburgh inspired by the patterns of sound, High Fidelity marches to a sustainable beat, even riffing off the traditional melody by combining the rapidly renewable benefits of bamboo with recycled polyester.

in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M) will research and design environments for higher education during a new studio sponsored by KI.

KI employees nationwide rallied their support for Haitian co-workers at its manufacturing facility in Montreal whose families were directly affected by the recent natural disasters in Haiti.

KI Houston sponsored a recent continuing education credit (CEU) seminar, entitled Storage Planning for Today’s Evolving Workplace, along with Shaw Contact Group, Pallas Textiles, Spacesaver, Southwest Solutions Group, and Koroseal. The CEU was followed by an evening of celebration with dining and music.

In its third straight year of record enrollment, Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC)—one of the fastest growing community colleges in New York State—recognized a growing need to modernize its new Victor, N.Y. campus.

KI’s recent LA event was a celebration of California Artists. Beginning the evening at Chuck Arnoldi’s studio, attendees ranging from architects, designers, and business executives got an exclusive look at a wide range of this noted artist’s works.

KI has named Amy Kiefer as its new vice president of education. Kiefer previously held various strategic branding and marketing positions with Kimberly Clark and most recently at Appleton Papers, where she served as the global segment director for specialty growth.

Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA., recently completed a $7.8 million expansion to its River Pavilion that houses the new Don & Lori Watts Pediatric Center.

KI ranked as the number one preferred furniture supplier for educational solutions as well as for stacking/ganging seating and training table solutions in Contract magazine’s annual reader preference survey.

KI named Amy Fitzgerald as its new District Sales Manager of the Mid-Atlantic region.

In more than 100 years, St. Norbert College never had a dedicated library building. Library space was located within existing buildings with the latest housed in a remodeled dormitory.

KI Atlanta hosted a casual, fun and festive holiday party with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and lots of holiday cheer at The Buckhead Club on December 8.