CET Designer with the Haworth Canvas Extension Wins Best of NeoCon Silver Award

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – June 12, 2006 – CET Designer with the Canvas Extension won a best of NeoCon Silver Award for software technologies at the annual industry trade show in Chicago. The award was give to Configura, Inc. and Haworth, Inc.
The first and only parametric and configuration-driven tool on the market, CET Designer addresses some of the most critical steps in the process of selecting and specifying office furniture and interiors. Through rapid graphical configuration, it creates layouts in 2D, 3D and/or in rendered form, bridging gaps in information communication among dealers, customers and specifiers. For dealers, it reduces cost and error, and improves quality and cycle time. For customers and specifiers, it offers truer views of layouts, easy and immediate changes, and faster access to information.

CET Designer is the foundation for the Haworth Canvas Extension. Canvas includes several product catalogs from Haworth, as well as specific functionality that allows Haworth and its dealers to customize CET Designer to meet their precise needs.
The Best of NeoCon competition honors new products introduced to the U.S. market since the close of the previous year’s competition. Award sponsors include Contract magazine, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the McMorrow Report, and Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. Configura is on display the Configura exhibit, space 2017 on the eighth floor of the Merchandise Mart, during NeoCon 2006, June 12-14.

About Haworth, Inc.

Haworth, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of adaptable workspaces, including raised floors, movable walls, systems furniture, seating, storage and wood casegoods. Family-owned and privately held, Haworth is headquartered in Holland, Michigan, and serves markets in more than 120 countries through a global network of 600 dealers. The company had net sales of US $1. 4 billion in 2005. www.haworth.com