Office-furniture industry has been struggling with two problems that seem strange for many years: What to do with old furniture, and the battle against the state prison and federal furniture manufacturing operations.
A new pilot program created by an office-furniture industry trade groups and the state can help solve both problems.
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) and the state announced Tuesday that the state prison to begin unloading the furniture factory.
Association called it a win-win concept. Prison scrap sales results and may offer employment to inmates not compete with office furniture makers and furniture manufacturers to solve the problem go to landfill.
"We believe it can be a model that can be extended outside the state government to the private sector," said Brad Miller, manager of communications and government relations for the trade industry group.
If expanded to the federal level, this program can help change the actual furniture production that directly compete with furniture from companies like Steelcase Inc., Herman Miller Inc. and Haworth Inc.
Office-furniture industry has been in prison against their manufacturers say compete on government contracts are profitable while paying workers an hour to convict.
Pilot program will also begin to discuss the problems that urgent for the furniture industry: how to remove old furniture.
For decades, the office furniture makers have been looking for ways to close the loop by providing customers a way to recycle furniture.
Cost and tore off the cloth made out of foam scrap companies out of business. www.mlive.com
A new pilot program created by an office-furniture industry trade groups and the state can help solve both problems.
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) and the state announced Tuesday that the state prison to begin unloading the furniture factory.
Association called it a win-win concept. Prison scrap sales results and may offer employment to inmates not compete with office furniture makers and furniture manufacturers to solve the problem go to landfill.
"We believe it can be a model that can be extended outside the state government to the private sector," said Brad Miller, manager of communications and government relations for the trade industry group.
If expanded to the federal level, this program can help change the actual furniture production that directly compete with furniture from companies like Steelcase Inc., Herman Miller Inc. and Haworth Inc.
Office-furniture industry has been in prison against their manufacturers say compete on government contracts are profitable while paying workers an hour to convict.
Pilot program will also begin to discuss the problems that urgent for the furniture industry: how to remove old furniture.
For decades, the office furniture makers have been looking for ways to close the loop by providing customers a way to recycle furniture.
Cost and tore off the cloth made out of foam scrap companies out of business. www.mlive.com
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