Steelcase Inc. and Tate Access Floors Form Marketing Alliance

Business Wire, Dec 5, 1997

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich/JESSUP, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1997-- Steelcase Inc. and Jessup, Md.-based Tate Access Floors have finalized an agreement to form a marketing alliance. "This affiliation of the two companies adds another component to Steelcase and its dealers' ability to provide total interior space solutions to customers," emphasized Bob Black, Steelcase vice president of marketing.

"This alliance will also create opportunities for future innovation by integrating our knowledge of the workplace with Tate's expertise in raised floors," added Black, "resulting in valuable new products becoming available to our customers."

"As the leading company in our industry, we're extremely pleased to be working with the leading company in the office furniture industry," said Dan Baker, president and chief executive officer of Tate Access Floors. "Steelcase has clearly recognized that raised floors can be one of the solutions to increasingly important needs in the marketplace, such as accommodating technology and cabling as well as air handling."

Tate Access Floors, founded in 1963, is the world's leading supplier of raised floors for commercial facilities. Tate employs 400 people and has worldwide operations, including manufacturing facilities in Jessup; Red Lion, Pa.; and Europe.

Founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Mich., Steelcase is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of office furniture with operations throughout the world.

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