Haworth is a globally leading manufacturer of office furniture and interior solutions for the professional workspace, founded in 1948 by G.W. Haworth from a home woodworking shop in Holland (Michigan, USA). With a $10,000 loan from his parents' life savings G.W. Haworth built a full production operation — initially for wood products such as shoe displays and tie racks. In the 1950s the company entered office partition walls (Modern Partitions, Inc.), in the 1970s the renaming to Haworth, Inc. under Dick Haworth followed; his son Dick invented the world's first pre-wired panel system (ERA-1/UniGroup) — a revolutionary innovation for office interiors. In 1992 the first office furniture manufacturer worldwide to be ISO 9001 certified. Today under CEO Matthew Haworth (third generation); 2022 global sales over $2.5 billion. Privately held family company. Over 400 patents. Certifications: LEED (all US manufacturing facilities: zero waste to landfill), BIFMA. Concept: Organic Workspace — flexible, human-centric office space design concept.

Signature products: Zody chair (first office chair with American Physical Therapy Association endorsement — adjustable lumbar support), Openest collection (Patricia Urquiola — Feather sofa with organic soft form for lounge and waiting area, Sprig table), Very Task Chair, Riverbend collection (poufs). Product categories: office task chairs, conference seating, guest chairs, partition wall systems (Compose Echo), height-adjustable desks, lounge and waiting area furniture, acoustic pods (Hushoffice), raised access floors, lighting. Designer collaborations: Patricia Urquiola and further international designers and design studios. Haworth is the founding brand of the Haworth Group (Haworth Lifestyle), which also includes Poltrona Frau, Cassina, Cappellini, Zanotta, JANUS et Cie and others.

For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational, healthcare and hospitality projects a globally leading family-owned office furniture manufacturer active since 1948 that with Dick Haworth's invention of the world's first pre-wired panel system made a fundamental technological contribution to modern office planning, with the Organic Workspace concept formulates a human-centric workspace philosophy, with the Zody chair presents the first APTA-endorsed ergonomic office chair construction, and as founding brand of the Haworth Lifestyle Group also unites Poltrona Frau, Cassina and Cappellini under one roof — G.W. Haworth started in 1948 in Holland (Michigan) with a $10,000 loan from his parents' life savings: the world's first pre-wired panel system, the first APTA-endorsed office chair, over 400 patents — and Poltrona Frau, Cassina and Cappellini as the corporate family.