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- December 08, 2011
By David Schoenfield
Senior Writer for ESPN.com
DALLAS—One thing you learn at the winter meetings: The baseball industry is much bigger than Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder and 30 general managers trying to wheel, deal, swap and sign.
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Transportation - December 05, 2011
APTA EXPO Advocacy Video. Click here to watch the video.
Architectural - October 26, 2011
American Seating joins the Fox 17 News Team to talk about its ties to the Word Series.
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Transportation Events - September 29, 2011
Event Date: October 03, 2011
This year, American Seating celebrates 125 years at the APTA Expo in New Orleans, booth 3533.
“We’re excited to show the APTA Expo’s 17,000 attendees what’s next for the future of transportation seating,” President and COO Tom Bush said. “We’re proud to meet the seating needs for customers throughout North America.”
Corporate - June 28, 2011
American Seating’s Doug Oswald, Architectural Environments Market Manager, talks to Tony Gates from WJRW about the company, its products and markets and the exhibit. To listen click on the link. American Seating opens exhibit at GR Museum.
Corporate - June 24, 2011
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)-
By Chris Zoladz
American Seating is celebrating 125 years of business with a special exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
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Corporate, Transportation - April 05, 2011
American Seating is mentioned in Mike Dunlap’s column “From Where I Sit” where he focuses on Michigan industries and Michigan pride. In this week’s column he reminds his readers of all the other industries in Michigan including American Seating.
Corporate, Architectural - March 31, 2011
By Shandra Martinez | The Grand Rapids Press MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS — It’s been what you might call a home run year for American Seating Company when it comes to its stadium business.
The hits have been one after another: 20,000 seats for the Boston Red Sox, 28,000 for the Baltimore Orioles, 35,000 for the Florida Marlins and 42,000 to the Washington, D.C., Nationals.
The Grand Rapids company’s baseball seating business is up at least 25 percent over last year, said Bruce Weener, vice president of sales. His company shirt is embroidered with the motto: “We know baseball.”
Corporate, Architectural - December 13, 2010
Rapid Growth, Thursday, December 9, 2010
In the fixed-seating sector of the furniture industry, American Seating is “ahead of the curve,” according to Deb McDermott, VP of marketing and business development.
After a year of development, American Seating became the first North American fixed-seating manufacturer to produce chairs with curved plywood backs that are not only Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified, but also contain no added urea formaldehyde (NAUF).
Corporate, Architectural - November 24, 2010
Grand Rapids Press, November 24, 2010
GRAND RAPIDS – Less polluting glue and wood from sustainable forests are being built into curved-plywood backings for auditorium chairs made by American Seating.