Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Our world headquarters is in Zeeland, Michigan. With manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., Italy, and the United Kingdom.

The founder, D.J. De Pree, committed Herman Miller to ""modern"" furniture in 1936 partly because he saw a moral dimension to Gilbert Rohde's clean designs, honest materials, and lack of ornamentation. In 1984, a major impetus behind Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick's Equa chair was a desire to give a reasonably priced, comfortable, good-looking chair to everybody in offices--not just the higher-ups. These are but two examples of some of the best work done at Herman Miller. Their people and the designers we work with are concerned with larger issues of humanity and equality and bettering the world we work in. What arrives on the truck is furniture. What went into the truck was an amalgam of what they believe in: innovation, design, operational excellence, smart application of technology, and social responsibility.

Herman Miller began in 1923 as a manufacturer of traditional residential furniture, became a leader in ""modern"" furniture in the 1930s and 1940s; developed lasting ties through the 1950s with legendary industrial designers who led us in new directions; transformed the office furniture industry with the first panel system in the 1960s; invented and refined ergonomic work seating in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; reinvented the geometry of systems furniture in 2000, and is today the second largest office furniture company with customers and locations around the world. Herman Miller's history of employee participation and ownership and technological innovation has long roots and continues to grow. Herman Miller has always worked hard to be serious about both people and business. They look at their primary goal as creating great places to work.

Herman Miller's businesses produce:
Office furniture systems and accessories. Freestanding office furniture, filing and storage products for business, home office and healthcare environments

Office and institutional seating:
Herman Miller is a recognized innovator in contemporary home, healthcare, and office furniture design. Commitment to integrity in product quality and business relationships have developed through partnerships with some of the century's most outstanding designers.

Residential furniture:
Throughout the years, the architectural and design community has acknowledged Herman Miller's leadership position in product innovation and design. We continue to enhance and expand our offering of systems, freestanding furniture, and seating to support the continuing changes in commercial work environments and homes.