uses see high net worth individual . hni corporation type public traded as nyse hni founded muscatine iowa us 1944 headquarters muscatine iowa us key people stan a. askren chairman & ceo products furniture & fireplaces website www.hnicorp.com hni corporation formerly hon industries is the secound largest office furniture manufacturer in the world in regard to revenues resulting from office segment sales 1 2 3 behind steelcase . its headquarters is in muscatine iowa u.s.a 4 hni is the leading gas and wood burning fireplace manufacturer and marketer in the united states . 4 hni s brands include the hon company allsteel gunlocke paoli maxon hbf sagus heatilator heat & glo harman and quadra fire . 4 the company was founded in 1944 by engineer c. maxwell stanley ; advertising executive clem hanson ; and industrial designer h. wood miller . 5 on march 1 2006 hni corporation completed the agreement as announced january 13 2006 to purchase lamex which is a privately held chinese manufacturer and marketer of office furniture . 6 on january 16 2012 it was announced that hbf located in hickory north carolina will be moving its entire conference and casegoods line to sister company gunlocke in wayland new york . this will eliminate 60 jobs . citation needed awards edit america s most admired companies 2006 fortune magazine 400 best big companies in america 1998 2006 forbes magazine 50 best manufacturing companies 2002 2006 industryweek notes edit http www.sec.gov cgi bin viewer action view & cik 48287 & accession number 0000048287 13 000006 & xbrl type v http www.sec.gov cgi bin viewer action view & cik 66382 & accession number 0000066382 13 000032 & xbrl type v http www.sec.gov cgi bin viewer action view & cik 1050825 & accession number 0001050825 13 000083 & xbrl type v a b c jeff tecklenburg 2006 02 25 . fortune magazine ranks hni high . muscatine journal . retrieved 2008 05 12 . hni corporation history timeline 1944 present . 2004 . retrieved 2008 05 12 . hni corporation acquires leading chinese office furniture company . external links edit official site this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hni corporation & oldid 723729446 categories furniture manufacturerscompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1944companies based in iowaamerican brandscompany stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2013all stub articles 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 4 june 2016 at 21 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view