While attending Zeeland High School, Howard worked for his brother-in-law, DJ DePree, at the Herman Miller Furniture Company. He didn’t graduate. When attending the Grand Rapids College and ...

Most of the furniture is built in North Carolina, Europe and Asia, although Howard Miller's storage cabinets, curio cabinets and floor clocks are made in Zeeland. The company employs 275 locally.

The privately held company did not release actual sales figures. Howard Miller employs about 400 in Zeeland. While many Hekman residential furniture products are produced overseas, the new Hekman ...