Tour of PortalMill Furniture Factory Designed by Grimshaw Architects

Description

This is a tour of Herman Miller’s UK manufacturing and assembly site in Melksham Wiltshire. The tour lasts about one hour and tour groups will be limited to 5 or 6 participants. The tour will include the following:

- An overview and brief history of Herman Miller and the importance of PortalMill to the business

- An overview of the history of the site, building design options for PortalMill and involvement of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

- An overview of the environmental approach to buildings and challenges for PortalMill

- An introduction to the manufacturing and operations side of the business