Office Furniture Industry Finalizing Sustainability Standard
A new national sustainability standard for office furniture makers could become a template for other industries to use in developing their own guides for building efficiency into their processes. Herman Miller Inc. President and CEO Brian Walker, in a recent interview, said the standard allows manufacturers already involved in sustainability to go even further, while [...]
Hooker Furniture 2Q profit falls by more than half
Hooker Furniture Corp. said Tuesday its fiscal second-quarter fell by more than half amid a prolonged slump in the home market. The company cut costs amid the housing slump but the “the summer business environment was even more challenging than anticipated,” said Paul B. Toms Jr., chairman, chief executive and president.
Inflation in product costs and [...]
Traditionally crafted furniture from John Droste
Furniture maker John Droste makes traditionally crafted furniture. The quality of his furniture, be it a classic or contemporary style, ensures long life, making it a sound investment. The years of experience gained by John Droste enable him to reproduce or replicate any piece of antique furniture by copying the original. He can also offer [...]
Omro business donates school furniture to Tanzania
An Omro school furniture maker is donating chairs, table frames and tabletops to a school in Tanzania.
Ken Korsch, owner of National School Lines in Omro, says the donations’ value is about $25,000.
He’s giving 122 chairs, 12 table frames and nine tabletops to the Salvatorian Mission in New Holstein for distribution to a school in Tanzania.
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Furniture maker turns local wood into art at studio
Leaning over the surface of a square table, Peter Winter carefully measured out a small wooden twig before cutting it and placing it on the table, forming a mosaic pattern with other twigs.
Winter, a furniture artist, was working in his Gloversville studio on his latest piece, a wooden table with small twigs in a pattern [...]
Furniture makers mull moving back home
Furniture maker Carol Gregg got some puzzled looks when she went looking for a U.S. factory to make her Chinese antique reproductions.
Like Gregg, many furniture makers are finding it hard to return, primarily because of steep factory start-up costs and lack of skilled labor. The credit crisis that began with failing mortgages but has now [...]
Furniture Brands to switch to operating company
Furniture maker Furniture Brands International Inc. said it is switching to an operating company model from a holding company structure and will move to a new world headquarters in Clayton, Mo.
After the market closed Thursday, the company said it will employ about 225 employees after the move.
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Australian furniture champion bows out
MELBOURNE furniture maker Nicholas Dattner began championing Australian redgum a quarter of a century ago at a time when it was regarded only as good firewood.
He staunchly denies the impending store closures Sydney in November and Melbourne in February are related to “health or wealth” or the advent of mass-produced, flat-packed chipboard furniture through stores [...]
Redgrave’s furniture honour
The Achievements of Olympic medallist Steve Redgrave will be celebrated when one of High Wycombe’s leading furniture makers builds a chair in his honour.
Stewart Linford, a furniture craftsman, had wanted to mark the 2012 Olympic games with a chair incorporating Olympic logos and signage.
However, the idea fell apart due to a lack of cooperation from [...]
Milan Furniture Fair 2008 puts spotlight on sustainability
Catwalks are normally a showcase for fashion models in designer clothing. But every spring the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, also known as the Milan Furniture Fair, presents furniture fit for a catwalk. The event is a trendsetter in the world of design, and a common thread running through it this year was the growing importance [...]