All About Design at IWF 2024
IWF Design Emphasis is celebrated as a premier furniture design competition for U.S. college students. To explore the best of the 2022 awards—including Design Emphasis winners and judges—go here.
West Wood Products Opens First East Coast Plant
Charleston, SC—Laminate engineered panel and wood component firm West Wood Products (IWF Booth C2430) says its new, 60,000-sq.-ft. plant near Charleston, SC is now operational, giving the firm three locations and a national footprint for the first time. Headquartered in Rancho Dominguez, CA, West Wood Products has a headquarters plant there, and also operates a […]
5,000 Year Old Oak Machined into Massive Table for British Monarch
London, UK—A huge, 5,000 year old oak tree found in a bog has been fabricated to a table that is more than 42 feet long. It was donated to the British nation to preserve the memory of the ancient wood and dedicated in May to Queen Elizabeth’s 70th year as ruling monarch. The Jubilee Oak, […]
MillerKnoll Furniture Orders Up 93% to $1.1 Billion
Zeeland, MI—MillerKnoll, the July 2021 combination of Herman Miller and Knoll—two of the biggest commercial furniture firms—seems to be working based on the latest quarterly earnings report, with orders of $1.1 billion, an increase of 93.6 percent over the prior year when the two firms were separate. Revenue reach $1 billion, up 74 percent. MillerKnoll […]
OSHA Cites MooreCo Furniture for Repeated Amputation Risks
Temple, TX—A federal investigation of an employee injury at MooreCo, a Temple, TX furniture manufacturer, is likely to result in a $249,000 fine by OSHA. Because MooreCo Inc. did not adhere to lockout/tagout requirements that prevent sudden machine start-ups during maintenance, it ended up being cited for five violations after an employee’s hand was caught […]
HNI Furniture Stymied by Inflation, Labor and Supply Chain
Muscatine, IA—Furniture manufacturer HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) says despite strong orders, its revenue and profits will be hit by “greater-than-expected capacity constraints” including lack of labor, supply chain snafus, and rising materials costs. In July HNI, which produces furniture under brands including Allsteel, Gunlocke, and Hon, was projecting growth in a 25 percent range. (At […]
Flexsteel in First Major Solid Wood Furniture Launch
Dubuque, IA—Flexsteel, which during the COVID-19 pandemic has reinvented many aspects of its business operations and strategy, will bring Chevron, a solid wood collection, to the next major residential furniture show in High Point, NC. Crafted in solid pine, and marked by subtle, V-shaped pattern details, the complete whole home collection is Flexsteel’s first entry […]
HNI Seating Plant in Mexico to Employ 250
Muscatine, IA—HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI), with commercial furniture brands including Hon, Allsteel, Gunlocke, and OFM, will open a new office furniture manufacturing plant in Saltillo, Mexico. Muscatine, IA-based HNI has made nimble moves to keep its office furniture business growing amid the work-at-home shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic, notable with Hon Basyx, its brand for […]
Sauder Enters Commercial Office Furniture in Serious Way
Archbold, OH—Eyeing a sea change in the post-pandemic workplace, Sauder Woodworking has launched Sauder Commercial Office™. The newly branded business gathers a number of existing office furnishing brands, including Commercial Extensions, a collection of robust furnishings upgraded to be in compliance with ANSI/BIFMA standards. Though known for its flat packed ready-to-assemble residential furniture, for the […]
VIDEO: Logistics of Assembling Furniture for Hundreds of Hotel Rooms
Logistics is essential to wood products manufacturers, for incoming materials, inventory, and shipping and delivery of finished products. The American Home Furniture Association even has an industry group devoted to furniture delivery. Many large cabinetry and furniture manufacturers have created separate divisions just for logistics, which then contract with other firms when not handling their […]