U.S.’s second leading furniture maker Herman Miller says it would now invest million of dollars in China to expand its business operation in Asia. 

The companies open a national design center in Shanghai earlier this week. The Shanghai office would serve as its Asia headquarters. 

The company says it chose Shanghai to hold the firm’s quickly expanding client base in Asia. The venture also comprises of two factories in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. It says the companies are looking for acquisition opportunities in China to go faster its expansion plans. The company’s products, and planned consulting services, generated over 1.7 billion US dollars in income during the 2006 fiscal year.