Steelcase Acquires Spanish Design Company Viccarbe

Acquisition expected to drive strong global growth for Viccarbe and adds to Steelcase’s growing portfolio of social and collaborative furnishings, supporting a strategy to provide the widest range of aesthetic choices and price points in the industry.

密歇根州大急流城，2021年10月27日– Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) today announced it has acquired Viccarbe Habitat, S.L., a Spanish designer of contemporary furniture for high-performance collaborative and social spaces. The acquisition builds on more than 10 years of successful partnership between Viccarbe and Steelcase.

维卡贝（Viccarbe）的遗产和西班牙根源（Viccarbe）于2000年由维克多·卡拉斯科（Victor Carrasco）和丹尼尔·贝尼迪托（Daniel Benedito）于2000年在瓦伦西亚（Valencia）创立，这是其设计故事和品牌定位的关键部分。维克多·卡拉斯科（Victor Carrasco）说：“我们通过创造温暖而永恒的作品来激发地中海经历。”“ Viccarbe Collection是与最负盛名的国际设计师合作多年工作的结果。我的梦想一直是扩大我们对世界的影响力和影响，我们很高兴能与Steelcase一起实现这一目标。”

“We are excited to bring our portfolios together and leverage our global scale to manufacture and distribute Viccarbe’s products around the world,” said Allan Smith, senior vice president, chief revenue officer at Steelcase. “We expect to drive strong growth of the Viccarbe portfolio by making it even more accessible to our customers and dealers.”

Steelcase提供了多种辅助产品，可共同创建高性能应用程序 - 所有这些都可以从单个受信任的来源获得，并通过其全球经销商网络提供。史密斯说：“通过应用研究和用户见解，我们高性能的辅助应用程序考虑了姿势，隐私，邻近性和个性与设计空间之间的关系，在这些空间中人们会感到心理舒适感，并且可以是最有效的。”“ Viccarbe具有巨大的设计敏感性，并具有将这些设计转化为商业上成功的产品，以支持新的工作方式。”

Viccarbe一直是设计辅助空间的领导者，已有20多年的历史了，与Jean-Marie Massaud，John Pawson，Patricia Urquiola，Piero Lissoni，Naoto Fukasawa和Jaime Hayon等全球领先的人才合作。Viccarbe使用有关人们如何社交，协作和学会来提高酒店，学习，公司以及现在的户外空间的绩效的见解 - 创造了既有生产力和启发的地方。

该交易涉及在全现金交易中以3,000万欧元（或3500万美元）的价格收购Viccarbe的所有未偿还的资本存量，对营运资金进行调整，并考虑到卖方多达1900万欧元的额外费用基于实现某些绩效目标，里程碑和继续就业的五年。Steelcase使用现金资金资助了收购。Viccarbe报告的收入约为2021年9月的十二个月中约1,450万欧元。

关于Viccarbe

Viccarbe is the leader in contemporary furniture for collaborative spaces. Viccarbe is located in Valencia, a Mediterranean city with more than 300 days of sun a year, and the portfolio is present in more than 80 countries. Viccarbe partners with the most prestigious international designers such as Jean-Marie Massaud, John Pawson, Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni, Naoto Fukasawa, and Jaime Hayon, and has received prestigious awards including the Principe Felipe Award, Good Design and Red Dot. Viccarbe recently partnered with Ecoalf, a leading sustainability fashion company, for the innovation of new sustainable materials in the production of furniture. For more information, visit www.viccarbe.com.

关于Steelcase

Organizations around the world trust Steelcase to help them create places that help people work better, be inspired and accomplish more. The company designs, manufactures, and partners with other leading organizations to provide architecture, furniture, and technology solutions – accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading, and publicly traded company with fiscal year 2021 revenue of $2.6 billion. For more information, visit www.thebalches.com.

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