Kuka Home expands Vietnam manufacturing presence
New 470,000-square-foot plant will begin operations in September, bringing its total footprint in the Ho Chi Minh City region to nearly 5.2 million square feet …
Category: Supply chain logistics
Jodi Brookshire joins Carpenter Co. as commercial development manager
HIGH POINT — Industry marketing and business development specialist Jodi Brookshire has joined polyurethane foam manufacturer Carpenter Co. as commercial development manager for the fiber …
Howard Miller, Hekman to cease operations
Sister companies impacted by a confluence of factors ranging from high interest rates and a slow housing market to the costs associated with Trump tariffs …
Jonathan Charles doubles previously announced price increase
Adjustment falls on heels of recent doubling of tariffs on Vietnam HIGH POINT — Luxury furniture manufacturer Jonathan Charles recently told its customers that increasing …
April furniture orders, shipments decline from April 2024
Smith Leonard Furniture Insights survey shows that orders and shipments also were down in the single digits compared with March HIGH POINT — New orders …
Freddie Davis receives AHFA Specialized Carriers division 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Freddie Davis, founder of Gulfstream Shippers Association along with more than a dozen other successful businesses in the furniture, transportation and …
Kith Furniture suspends operations
HALEYVILLE, Ala. — Kith Furniture, based here, has suspended operations, Home News Now has learned. The company, which had specialized in bedroom and occasional home furnishings, …
Dorel Home to cease all North American manufacturing
The move, along with other consolidation efforts, aims to return the segment to profitability sometime next year CORNWALL, Ontario — Dorel Industries has decided to …
Survey analyzes spending on home appliances that compete with furniture purchases
Many of these improvements cost consumers thousands of dollars, thus potentially delaying spending on things like furniture HIGH POINT — Stating the obvious, owning a …
EPR packaging laws are on the horizon in several states
Rules aim to help divert product shipping materials such as cardboard, plastics and foam from the public waste stream WASHINGTON — The implementation of Extended …
