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Corporate, Transportation - July 08, 2010
Event Date: July 08, 2010
American Seating’s transportation products recently received prestigious design awards. The company’s InSight® product line received the 2010 iF (International Forum) product design award and the 2010 Red Dot design award, and the company’s Vision™ product received the 2009 Good Design award in the Transportation category. Both awards are for advanced design and industrial achievements.
Corporate, Transportation, Transportation Events - June 11, 2010
Event Date: June 11, 2010
With the economic recession still in effect and the return of high gas prices, American Seating is joining the public transportation industry, to participate in the Fifth Annual National “Dump the Pump” Day on Thursday, June 17th. American Seating is encouraging its employees to use public transportation and providing incentives such as raffles to promote the importance of public transportation in the local community.
Corporate, Transportation - May 24, 2010
Premier’s SafeGuard SmartFrame Technology Wins SAE Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering
Corporate, Transportation - May 13, 2010
YARTS is the first public transit agency to purchase Premier seats for their growing fleet of motorcoaches. Read article here.
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Architectural Events - May 12, 2010
Event Date: June 14, 2010
American Seating to attend NeoCon 2010, June 14-16. Booth 8-7110.
Corporate, Architectural, Transportation - May 12, 2010
Grand Rapids Press
April 28, 2010
American Seating receives praise for awards for design and sustainability practices.
Corporate - April 13, 2010
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.—March 17, 2010—American Seating, an innovative seating solutions provider for more than 120 years, is pleased to announce Leslie Cummings as the newly appointed Chief Financial Officer.
Corporate - April 13, 2010
By Nancy Crawley | The Grand Rapids Press
April 04, 2010, 6:19AM
Some Michigan manufacturers are rethinking whether the march toward Chinese outsourcing really is inevitable.
American Seating Inc., the Grand Rapids producer of stadium and mass-transit seating, has been sending work to China since the ‘90s.
But lately, not so much. “We are finding if we do the right things here, our work force is competitive,” said Victor Laing, vice president for manufacturing operations who calculates the cost of “here vs. there” with each new project.
For full article go to Grand Rapids Press
Corporate, Transportation - February 22, 2010
The Insight, a chair launched in 2007 by Grand Rapids based American Seating Co., was installed in the 21 new SkyTrain cars added by Vancouver transit officials in preparation for the thousands of visitors and athletes arriving for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Read article here.
Corporate, Architectural - February 02, 2010
American Seating was recently recognized as a Green Initiative Champion by Corp! Magazine. The magazine solicited nominations for Michigan based businesses to recognize those who are making changes in their operations that will reduce their affects on the enviroment by becoming more sustainable.
