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manufacturer of wood office furniture founded in 1926 and is located in orleans indiana . as an operating company of hni corporation paoli s sister companies are the hon company allsteel gunlocke heatilator heat & glo and quadra fire . 1 the company has showrooms across the united states . contents 1 history 2 products 3 sustainability & environmental responsibility 4 commitment to safety 5 references 6 external links history edit paoli inc. was first organized in july 1926 by samuel elsby sr. as a consolidation of the previous orleans cabinet company and the paoli furniture company . this new organization started out as the paoli chair company and was located in paoli indiana . the main products manufactured were footstools vanity benches and dining room suites complete with chairs . 2 when the great depression hit samuel j elsby jr. who was then serving as the secretary treasurer suggested creating a line of occasional chairs targeted towards the consumer market . these occasional chairs were successful at the chicago furniture market show . the company began putting a focus on additional occasional chairs which in turn kept paoli alive through the depression . in 1951 samuel elsby jr. became president of paoli chair company . by 1954 paoli employed 300 people and became the largest manufacturer of occasional chairs in the world . their success continued into the 3 1960 s and led to two plant expansions . soon after the expansion and modernization was complete samuel elsby jr. died at age 60 . his sons robert elsby and sam elsby iii stepped up to keep the business prospering . not long after the family sold the company to two investors named joseph wulfman and sherman heazlitt . robert elsby stayed with the company as president after it was sold and ran the company until 1986 . by the end of the 1970s paoli made the switch from the residential chair market to the commercial furniture market . as paoli contracted with other furniture manufacturers to produce desks the company purchased property in neighboring orleans indiana to build a warehouse to store the desks . then in 1982 paoli began making its own desk and casegoods products at the orleans site . because of success in the commercial furniture market heazlitt and wulfman adopted the new name paoli inc. joseph wulfman retired and sold his share of paoli inc. to sherman heazlitt in 1986 . heazlitt became ceo and thomas a. talone became the 5th president of the company . two years later heazlitt sold paoli inc. to klaussner furniture industries of asheboro north carolina . through the 1990s the company flourished expanded and moved all production and administration to a modern facility built in orleans indiana . in 1999 paoli inc. purchased whitehall furniture an established manufacturer of quality seating . in 2004 paoli inc. was acquired by hni corporation the second largest office furniture manufacturer . 4 shortly after the acquisition paoli launched a new program called intwo that offers certain made to order casegoods and seating shipped within two weeks . in 2007 dave gardner became president and stayed with the company for three years . brandon sieben became president of paoli inc. in january 2010 . mona hoffman is the current president . on october 7 2016 paoli inc announced it would start phasing out production in early 2017 with all manufacturing being phased out by october of 2017 . manufacturing is being moved to various locations across the united states . approximately 350 people will have lost their jobs by october of 2017 . products edit paoli inc. provides contemporary traditional and transitional casegoods along with management and guest seating for private offices . lounge seating for public spaces conferencing and reception seating are available as well . 5 sustainability & environmental responsibility edit paoli s furniture is constructed by maximizing utilization of wood that results in superior strength and enhanced use of the wood . american hardwoods such as cherry sycamore maple and beech have been a key resource for paoli s building materials . the company is also an advocate for recycling in their community as well as their business and has increased the recycled content of packing materials . paoli s products have received awards 6 including bifma level certification to the bifma e3 2008 sustainability standard for seating and wood casegoods at level 1 and laminate casegoods at level 2 . iaq certifications for their air quality from the scs indoor advantage in conformance with the ansi bifma furniture emissions standard for private offices contributes to customer s awards from the u.s. green building council through the leadership in energy and environmental design leed green building rating system . commitment to safety edit paoli places a focus on safety . 7 8 these are a few of their accomplishments in safety in the past ten years their recordable injury rate has decreased from 10.01 to 0.80 . 9 in 2009 paoli set an all time record for an hni operating company with the fewest recordable injuries 3 and recordable injury rate 0.78 . 9 on june 10 2010 paoli became only the fourth office wood furniture manufacturer in america to become a member of the osha vpp program . 10 paoli is only the 55th company in the state of indiana to become a member of the osha vpp program out of 145 000 companies in the state and is the only hni operating company to be accepted into the program . 10 in 2011 paoli employees also received indiana senate resolution 3542 which recognized their safety record . 11 references edit lexisnexis business data group 1 corporate affiliations retrieved 2011 06 14 . longest david 2008 . the monon railroad in southern indiana . charleston sc chicago il portsmouth nh san francisco ca arcadia publishing . p. 64 . isbn 978 0 7385 5237 8 . longest david 2008 . the monon railroad in southern indiana . charleston sc chicago il portsmouth nh san francisco ca arcadia publishing . p. 72 . isbn 978 0 7385 5237 8 . hon industries announces acquisition of paoli inc. . business wire . factiva . 2003 12 17 . retrieved 2011 06 14 . lexisnexis business data group 2 corporate affiliations retrieved june 14 2011 . certified products paoli inc. . scientific certification systems . retrieved 2011 06 14 . voluntary protection programs . retrieved 2011 07 26 . osha voluntary protection programs vpp . retrieved 2011 07 26 . a b local firm earns distinction br for excellent safety record . paoli news republican . retrieved 2011 06 14 . a b moon roger 2010 08 08 . paoli furniture part of elite safety program pdf . times mail . retrieved 2011 06 14 . senate resolution no. 3542 pdf . senate of the general assembly of the state of indiana . retrieved 2011 06 14 . external links edit www.paoli.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paoli inc. & oldid 743076197 categories furniture companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from 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