may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message howard miller company type private industry clocks furniture founded 1926 headquarters zeeland michigan ; manufacturing facilities also in germany key people howard buzz miller president products longcase clocks curio cabinets website www.howardmiller.com the howard miller company is a zeeland michigan based manufacturer of longcase clocks and other home furnishings . contents 1 history 2 trivia 3 references 4 external links history edit howard miller clock company was founded in 1926 as the herman miller clock company division of office furniture manufacturer herman miller specializing in chiming wall and mantle clocks . 1 it was spun off in 1937 and renamed under the leadership of herman miller s son howard c. miller 1905 1995 . 2 today there is no connection between the two companies although their headquarters are across the street from one another . starting in 1947 the howard miller clock company produced scores of modern wall clocks and table clocks designed by george nelson associates . at that time nelson was director of design at herman miller furniture company . they also produced nelson s bubble lighting through the late 1970s selling the business in the early 1980s . using the original manufacturing equipment developed by nelson associates with howard miller the california furniture company modernica reintroduced the bubble lamps in the 1990s and has been the exclusive manufacturer and worldwide distributor of the lamps since that time . howard miller clock company also produced other nelson associates products ; spice cabinets pull down wall mounted vanities and desks a vertical hanging vinyl strip system called ribbon wall which was available in many different variations from 12 inches to 84 wide and 12 to 144 high a complete line of fireplace tools and other hanging lighting metalites net lights bubbles and lanterns a number of nelson s clocks became icons of the era ; the ball spike block spindle and others were good sellers and have been reissued by vitra as well as most of the zoo timers clocks and a select group of table models . citation needed in the 1960s a line of ceramic wall clocks called meridian was produced using ceramic wall plates designed in italy and using the nelson clock hands . this line as well as the other nelson clocks and other pieces was distributed by richards morganthau inc. also known as raymor . one of the last series of modern clocks were the swing timers a group of at least 18 inexpensive all plastic clocks produced in the late 1960s and designed by arthur umanoff associates . umanoff also designed plexiglas floor and wall clocks a series of wood clocks called natural classics and day timers plastic wall clocks with day and dates . nathan george horwitt designed the museum clock in the 1970 both wall and table model . the final george nelson associates series of clocks were the 1984 post modern tempo 21 series . the modern nelson and umanoff clocks were discontinued and these days the company has little to no interest in that period of modern design . citation needed originally the company only made mantel clocks . grandfather clocks did not become a part of the product line until the 1960s . the company began making curio cabinets in 1989 . the company acquired the hekman and woodmark companies . the company began marketing and selling wine and spirits furniture in 2004 thanks to robert s. lehocky former vice president of sales and marketing who is the executive vice president due to phil miller s retirement in 2008 . the company launched a line of home storage solutions partnering with celebrity ty pennington in 2008 . the company launched a line of furniture partnering with pennington in 2009 . trivia edit howard miller clock company owns the kieninger company of germany which makes many of the mechanical movements in howard miller clocks . during world war ii the company joined forces with ford motor company in making anti aircraft covers . howard miller clocks are a frequent prize on the game show the price is right . howard c. miller s father herman financially helped d. j. depree herman s son in law found office furniture manufacturer herman miller . model 612 436 thomas tompion has been made for over 25 years and is still made today . references edit howard miller ceo retires . furniture today . june 2 2002 . retrieved 2012 01 16 . lewis norma 2008 grand rapids furniture city charleston sc arcadia publishing p. 64 isbn 978 0 7385 5200 2 howard miller history . archived from the original on 8 april 2006 . retrieved 14 april 2006 . classic s howard miller clocks . retrieved 14 april 2006 . external links edit howard miller website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title howard miller clock company & oldid 715144557 categories clockmakerscompanies based in michigancompanies established in 1926ottawa county michiganzeeland michiganhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from october 2011all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 00 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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