"These furnishings will provide comfort and utility for our customers and employees while contributing to the modern, world-class design that will distinguish the new terminal," says Jim Greenwald, Northwest vice president of facilities and airport affairs.

About half of the furniture in the $3 million contract will be of the Premise line from Haworth, Inc., a Holland, MI-based designer, manufacturer and marketer of office furniture. University will supply and install the remaining items of the order from otherspecialty vendors.

The new terminal will feature 97 gates, 18 luggage carousels, an 11,500-space parking garage, an express tram system and more than 80 shops and restaurants in an open and spacious environment. Part of a public-private partnership between Wayne County and Northwest Airlines, the project has approximately nine months remaining in a five-year design and construction process. More than 1,200 workers are now involved in construction of the terminal.

Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth-largest airline offering more than 2,600 daily departures with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. With its travel partners, Northwest serves more than 750 cities in more than 120 countries on six continents.