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The Racine Camp Furniture & Novelty Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1890, to manufacture furniture for camping such as tents, folding chairs, and sleeping bags. Supposedly, after the company's furniture won a gold medal at the 1893 World's Fair exhibition in Chicago, the name was changed to the Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company. [3]
The Taylor Cos., a nearly 200-year-old company that bills itself as the oldest furniture manufacturer in the United States, announced that it plans to go out of business. August 8, 2012 [ 14 ] On September 18, 2012 the Gasser Chair Co. of Youngstown, Ohio announced that it had acquired the intellectual property of Taylor Chair Co.
Memphis Furniture Manufacturing Company was the largest component of what was once the largest furniture manufacturing operation in the United States.It was founded in 1896 by Robertson Morrow and, despite a major fire in 1904, [1] quickly grew to include Little Rock Furniture, New Orleans Furniture, and Oklahoma City Furniture.
De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, (born Harm Mulder on 7 September 1867 in Hoogemeeden, Groningen, Netherlands) [4] [5] purchased 51% of the company stock in 1923 and renamed it the Herman Miller Furniture Company. [6] With the coming of the Great Depression, the company faced bankruptcy until De Pree met Gilbert Rohde, an up-and ...
It is the parent company of the retail brands American Signature Furniture and Value City Furniture, and the manufacturer brand American Signature. American Signature Furniture [ 1 ] and Value City Furniture [ 2 ] sell residential furniture manufactured by American Signature, Inc., as well as more than 30 additional manufacturers from 125 ...
It is a privately held company that is family-owned, based in Hickory, North Carolina, where it was originally founded in 1944 by Parks Underdown as the "Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company." [2] In May 2013, the firm announced it was being rebranded as "HSM." [1] The company operates 25 plants employing over 2,500 workers in 13 states. [1]
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Goldens' new second facility comprises the largest step in expanding output in the company's 125-year history. The 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m 2 ) facility, built in 2001, houses a brand new Savelli cope and drag (28x36’ 12/12) molding line with automatic core setter to create small to medium-sized ductile and gray iron castings.