ZEELAND, MI -- Herman Miller Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) posted net sales of $380.7 million for its first quarter ended August 28, 17.5% higher than the prior year first quarter and up 18.4% sequentially relative to the fourth quarter of last fiscal year.

KML has opened a showroom in Tacoma, WA, to showcase its extensive line of thermally fused melamine (TFM) products to designers and architects.

STANLEYTOWN, VA -- Stanley Furniture Company has once again joined forces with Coastal Living Magazine, in introducing the new Coastal Living Resort furniture collection.

JASPER, IN -- MasterBrand Cabinets Inc. was named Vendor of the Year by the Bath and Kitchen Buying Group (BKBG).

ATLANTA -- The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCANA) announced the launch of the Woodwork Passport, a portable, personal, permanent record of a woodworker’s level of competency in tool and machine operations during the International Woodworking Fair.

MILAN -- Xylexpo, a biennial woodworking machinery exposition, announced its 2010 registration numbers and other show statistics will be certified by the Italian institute for the certification of exhibition statistics.

Casegoods and seating manufacturer Gunlocke Co. has named Phil Gerlach vice president, Corporate Accounts.

The National Glass Assn. has elected Steven R. Burnett as chairman of the board.

NEW DELHI -- Ikea, the world's furniture juggernaut, has offered the government of India a deal: Open up the market to Ikea retail stores and the Swedish-based company will double its sourcing of furniture and others goods from India businesses.

More than 175 international delegates are scheduled to attend the 15th Sustainable Forestry Initiative Annual Conference “Power of Partnerships,” to be held Sept. 21-23 in Vancouver, BC at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside.