ST. PAUL, Minn., July 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Building upon its
commitment to promote active work styles and lifestyles, Ergotron,
Inc., a Nortek Company and global leader in the sit-stand workplace
and classroom revolution, today announces the launch of
FitForward™, a program designed to leverage the successes of the
Ergotron WorkFit product sales by in turn donating
LearnFit® Adjustable Standing Desks to schools. Now when
organizations invest in sit-stand furniture for their employees,
they are playing a part in extending the same benefits of movement
to classrooms across North
America.
Corporations across the U.S. are beginning to understand the
influence of employee health and wellness on company performance.
Research has linked a sedentary lifestyle with harmful impacts to
physical and emotional wellbeing, and as such, progressive
organizations are converting sedentary workplaces into ones that
encourage frequent movement with products like WorkFit.
Employees aren't the only ones at risk. Today's students often
spend long periods sitting at desks and struggle to reach physical
activity guidelines—however, research increasingly shows that a
combination of sit-stand activity delivers long-term benefits with
positive impacts on student health, classroom engagement and
academic performance.
"In recent years, much has been said about the risks of
sedentary behavior in corporate workers. While more organizations
are taking note and integrating sit-stand solutions in the
workplace, Ergotron recognizes that intervening at the K-12 level
can instill healthy behaviors early on," said Betsey Banker, CWWPM, CWWS, Ergotron's vertical
market manager, wellness. "By adding these dynamic solutions to the
K-12 environment through the FitForward program, we can motivate
students, teachers and administrators to change their mindset
around sitting, just like employers and employees are doing in
corporate America. Employees are often parents, too, and it's
meaningful to know that choosing WorkFit solutions at the office
can help pass along the same lessons and values to children in
classrooms."
As WorkFit sales grow, Ergotron will correspondingly grow
donations. Strong WorkFit sales have opened up the opportunity for
Ergotron to donate over $1M in
LearnFits to classrooms since 2014. The company looks forward
to donating even more in the years to come to support active
learning environments.
"We are continuously investing in research to better understand
the wellness implications of a sedentary lifestyle, and use that to
create affordable interventions," said Pete
Segar, Ergotron CEO. "Our goal with this initiative is to
dramatically impact student health and learning outcomes by making
sit to stand desks and active classrooms the standard learning
environment. By donating LearnFit desks, we allow the teachers to
test this new environment, and create their own superior spaces.
And we will learn from them how to enhance the next generation of
products."
For more than 30 years, Ergotron has been dedicated to improving
the overall health and well-being of its customers. Learn more
about the company and program at Ergotron.com/FitForward or call
800.888.8458.
About Ergotron
Ergotron, Inc. is a global manufacturer of leading digital display
mounting, furniture, and mobility products that have been improving
the human interface with digital displays for over 35 years. This
history of innovation and passion for differentiation is evidenced
in over 192 patents and a growing portfolio of award winning
brands—OmniMount®, LearnFit®,
StyleView®, TeachWell®, WorkFit®,
Anthro, Neo-Flex® and ErgotronHome™—for computer
monitors, notebooks, tablets, flat panel displays and TVs.
Ergotron's products incorporate patented CF™ lift and pivot motion
technology to achieve less effort and more ergonomic motion for a
healthier and more interactive user experience when viewing any
digital display. Whether to enhance computing wellness or
entertainment excitement improve workplace productivity or create
business process efficiencies, Ergotron's products are positioning
your digital world. Ergotron is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with sales efforts in
Phoenix, Amersfoort, London, Tokyo, and Singapore. Ergotron is a subsidiary of Nortek,
Inc. (Nasdaq: NTK), a global, diversified company whose many
market-leading brands deliver broad capabilities and a wide array
of innovative, technology-driven products and solutions for
lifestyle improvement at home and at work. Please visit
www.nortek.com for more information.
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