Furniture Producer Sauder to Start Selling Wood Components
The ready-to-assemble furniture resource has launched Sauder Supply to begin servicing other furniture producers as well as cabinet manufacturers. Sauder Supply is the new initiative from the Archbold, OH-based RTA powerhouse as it seeks to become a B2B supplier to the trade again. “Sauder Supply represents a significant step forward for our company and also is […]
A 90-Year-Old Furniture Icon Has a Big Problem
The Alvar Aalto design Stool 60 is one of the most iconic pieces of wooden furniture ever designed but it’s running out of one thing. Back when famed furniture designer Alvar Aalto created his three-legged bentwood chair, Stool 60, 90 years ago it would have been hard to believe its manufacturer would be facing a […]
84 Lumber Founder Joseph Hardy III Dies on 100th Birthday
One of the more colorful – and successful – figures in the business of lumber retailing, Hardy went out with his usual flair for the theatrical. He could usually be found holding his trademark cigar, often behind the wheel of his Rolls Royce, or being entertained by celebrities like Bette Midler or Kenny Rogers at […]
As IWF 2022 Opens, Exciting New Tools, Technology and Materials Debut
As crowds begin pouring into IWF 2022, the massive halls of the Georgia World Congress Center—1.2 million square feet packed with more than 925 exhibitors—are positively brimming with the latest advances in materials, technology, and services. The pandemic did not stop advances in development of equipment and consumables. And woodworkers have continued to adopt better […]
Wood Components Maker Genesis Products Celebrates 20th Anniversary at IWF 2022
Elkhart, IN — Genesis Products, Inc., the largest privately-held components manufacturer of OEM laminated panels, wood components, and custom-moulded solutions, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary at the IWF Show in Atlanta, Booth BC935 on August 23rd from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Business partners and the media are welcome to join a cocktail and appetizer event […]
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 […]
Contract Wood Component Maker Kambium Acquires Perfection Custom Closets
Lakeville, MN—Kambium, Inc., a contract manufacturer of wood laminate components, acquired Perfection Custom Closets, Niles, IL. The transaction closed May 31, 2022, according to Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions advisor that advised Perfection Closets on the deal. Kambium, located in Lakeville, MN, is a leading manufacturer and wholesaler of closets and home storage cabinetry, […]
Alvic USA Names Tobias Pagel its First CEO
Auburndale, FL—Alvic USA, a manufacturer of cabinet doors and panels for residential and commercial projects appointed Tobias Pagel to the newly created position of Chief Executive Officer. Alvic, (IWF Booth C1604), headquartered in Auburndale, FL, is a unit of Grupo Alvic based in Spain. Grupo Alvic was acquired by the Rosales family from Masco Cabinets […]
Kitchens and Millwork Upgraded Amid High Demand for Trailers
Oxnard, CA— Bowlus, a travel trailer manufacturer, says enhanced kitchen storage is now standard on all its models, though high demand for customization continues. “We’re taking some of the technologies developed for our special edition Terra Firma model and making them standard,” says Geneva Long, founder and CEO of Bowlus. “The luxury industry now more […]
Coors’ MJB Wood Nearer Opening 500,000-sq.-ft. Components Plant
Bristol, IN—MJB Wood Group offered a construction update on its half-million-sq.-ft. components facility near Bristol, IN. Owned by the Coors family of beer brewing fame, the plant will open in the first quarter of 2022, replacing a 228,000-sq.-ft. plant there that MJB says it has outgrown. This will increase MJB’s ability to meet the sourcing […]