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August 14, 2024Since 1941, KI Furniture has been an innovative force in the furniture industry. Founded by Al Krueger in Aurora, Illinois with the 100 Series® folding chair as their flagship product, the company has gone on to have over 9 show rooms in 4 various countries and are a known furniture manufacturer all over the globe.
KI has continued to push boundaries since its creation, in 1977, even going as far as deigning the Vertebra® Chair, which introduced passive ergonomics into chairs. Then, it wasn’t long before the company decided to launch headfirst into systems products, when in 1983 the company launched the Com System.
The name KI Furniture may be a bit deceiving; the company is much more than just a furniture manufacturer. In 2002, they proved this when Eberhard Von Huene spearheaded the design of the Genius® Walls.
One of the things that also makes KI Furniture unique is that in 1986, the company became employee owned, with CEO Dick Resch as the majority shareholder. Yet, in 2018, the KI employees became majority shareholders, when Dick Resch sold majority shares, making KI 100 percent employee-owned for the first time in the company’s history.
Shortly after in 2019, Brian Krenke was appointed the company’s new CEO.
“Great contract furniture starts first with listening and offering expert advice and personalized solutions. Inspiring design reaches out from that first relationship,” says Krenke.
When working with KI Furniture you are dealing with a group of employees who are invested in meeting your furniture needs and with a wide range of products spanning from seating, tables, and desks, all the way to furniture items for residence & dormitory halls, libraries, and auditorium & lecture halls.
For more information on all the different KI Furniture products that we carry, give us a call today at (732)-886-9660, and to stay up to date with all things KI Furniture, you can check out their website at www.ki.com, or follow them on Instagram @kifurniture.