JAT Holdings launches Herman Miller range of products

JAT Holdings launched a range of office, hospital and home products of Herman Miller, a Michigan Star Furniture Company at a ceremony recently.

The company will showcase and sell products at its interior design mall at Alexandra Place.

A spokesman for JAT Holdings said, "On its team are some of the country's pioneers of the paint industry whose expertise and professionalism has enhanced the company's leadership position in the surface coatings industry. For around 20 years, JAT has been active in providing the world's finest wood care protection 'Sayerlack' to the Sri Lankan market and has expanded its markets to Bangladesh, the Maldives and India over the past 10 years".

Herman Miller was a West Michiigan businessman who helped his son-in-law, D.J. De Pree to buy the Michigan Star Furniture Company in 1923. De Pree had been working at the company, which opened in 1905, since he was hired in 1909 as a clerk. De Pree knew his father-in-law was a man of integrity, so he decided to rename the company after him. By the middle of the 20th century, the name Herman Miller had become synonymous with "modern" furniture. Working with legendary designers George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames, the company produced pieces that would become classics of industrial design.