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The HON Company's Imaginative Green Man Group to Roam Chicago's Streets During NeoCon World's Trade Fair
Fifteen Creative Entertainers Will Amuse and Inform Show Visitors About the Benefits of Going Green -- HON Style
| Source: The HON Company
MUSCATINE, IA--(Marketwire - June 11, 2007) - If you notice green men roaming the streets
near Chicago's Merchandise Mart, you aren't hallucinating. And no, Martians
haven't invaded the Windy City. The HON Company's Green Man Group has.
The original, 15-person Green Man Group will showcase HON products, its
green message and a host of crazy, laugh-inducing antics on the bustling
streets surrounding Chicago's Merchandise Mart, home to the 2007 NeoCon
World Trade Fair, on June 11 and 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Green is a way of life at The HON Company, and the leading office furniture
manufacturer wants people to remember this long after NeoCon ends. So, they
enlisted the Green Man Group to help share the company's environmental
message in a less-than quiet way.
The group will encourage NeoCon visitors to stop by The HON Company's
showroom, #1130, which this year showcases the company's latest
environmental initiative, Initiate® panel systems made with Nature
Core™ fiberboard.
The patent-pending Nature Core fiberboard is a non-woven composite material
made from a blend of primarily natural and synthetic fibers. The new
product will be offered as an alternative construction material on The HON
Company's Initiate panel systems.
While in The HON Company showroom, visitors also will have the opportunity
to try out the popular F3™ chair, which now offers a seatback made from
unique, new ilira - stretch® fabric. This innovative material provides
for enhanced airflow and comfort and has been certified with Scientific
Certification Systems (SCS) Indoor Advantage™ Gold program. The Green
Man Group also will have F3™ chairs on the street for visitors to try
out as they come to and from the trade show.
For more information about Initiate made with Nature Core, the F3™ chair
and other sustainable products and services from The HON Company, visit
www.HON.com or www.HONthinksgreen.com.
About The HON Company
The HON Company is a leader in the design and manufacturing of workplace
furniture including chairs, storage, panel systems, tables and desks.
Headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, The HON Company has numerous
manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout the United
States, and markets its products through a nationwide network of dealers
and retailers. The HON Company is an operating company of HNI Corporation
(formerly HON INDUSTRIES). For more information, visit www.HON.com.
NOTE: The Green Man Group is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blue Man
Group. The HON Company does not claim nor imply the rights to Blue Man
Group material.
Note to Editors: The trademarked name "F3" contains a superscripted "3"
that does not translate over the wire.