Wilkhahn – German manufacturer of innovative and dynamic office and conference furniture that promotes well-being, health, creativity, and performance – today announced its new partnership with San-Francisco-based, The Knak Group. Knak will represent the entire Wilkhahn portfolio and assist with the company’s further expansion into the West Coast market, specifically The Bay Area. The company is headquartered in San Francisco but operates from the Pacific Rim and Hawaii to Northern Nevada.
According to Michael Lakner, President of Wilkhahn USA, “Having The Knak Group as our dedicated representative in the Bay Area and beyond will help us grow our reach on the West Coast. This is an important market that we’ve been eager to tap and this partnership will help us strengthen this segment of our business.”
Wilkhahn products can be used in a variety of executive seating, conference, and indoor-outdoor applications and Knak will be offering the entire family of products.
“We have a strong focus on A+D projects for professional services,” said Mike Skaar, Founder and President of The Knak Group. “Wilkhahn brings a breadth of advanced design options that complement and round out our resources within this market.”
About Wilkhahn
Founded in 1907, Wilkhahn, a German family-run company, has been doing business in the US since the 1950s. The office chairs, meeting and conference furniture are considered benchmarks of German-made design throughout the world. Alongside the groundbreaking functionality, durability and first-class design of its products, 30 years ago, Wilkhahn established ecological responsibility as an equally important corporate goal and made its name as a multi-award-winning pioneering company for exceptionally sustainable solutions. Wilkhahn enjoys an excellent reputation with the North American architecture and design community due to its consistent development of design models of modernism of the type nurtured by the Bauhaus and Ulm University of Design. Find more information at https://www.wilkhahn.com/en-us/
About The Knak Group
The Knak Group (formally Skaar Furniture) has represented the top brands and manufacturers of commercial interiors products for over 35 years. Partnering with leading architects and designers from the region, Knak Group has worked on projects around the globe, in corporate, hospitality, healthcare, and government markets. Founder and President, Mike Skaar, has led the successful team since its inception and is the recipient of multiple awards from the industry. Find more information at https://www.knakgroup.com/.