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United Furniture Industries Inc. signed an agreement to buy Lane Company by the end of 2017. [14] Heritage sold Lane Ventures to Bassett Furniture Industries for $15.1 million in December 2017. [15] Heritage announced the formation of the three business units. Harvey Dondale would be president of Broyhill, a position he held from 2005 to 2007.
Formerly known as Armstrong Manor, the property is currently owned by Rodgers & Associates of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is now called The Manor. The Armstrong Manor was originally purchased by Armstrong World Industries for use as a central location to house the company's young sales trainees.
In 1966, the company changed its name to Interco as the result of diversification, and once the company exited the shoe business, adopted the name Furniture Brands International. Some of the brands it owned in the furniture industry included Broyhill, Thomasville, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Hickory Chair, Pearson, Laneventure, and Maitland-Smith.
The HON Company designs and manufactures office furniture including chairs, cubicals, tables, desks and education furniture. Headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa , it has manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States and China, and sells its products through a nationwide network of dealers and retailers.
England, Inc. (England Furniture Incorporated) is an American manufacturer of upholstered furniture.They are based in New Tazewell, Tennessee, [1] and were founded in 1964 by Charles England and sons Eugene and Dwight “whose goal was to provide an employment alternative for the people in their region of Appalachia.” [2] England Furniture is well known in the industry for pioneering a ...
Herman Miller was founded in 1905 as the Star Furniture Co. [3] In 1919, it was renamed the Michigan Star Furniture Co. under then-president Dirk Jan De Pree. De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, (born Harm Mulder on 7 September 1867 in Hoogemeeden, Groningen, Netherlands) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] acquired most of the company's shares in 1923 and ...
Fantastic Holdings included the chains Fantastic Furniture, Plush, Le Cornu and Original Mattress Factory. [ 2 ] In September 2018, Steinhoff Asia Pacific rebranded as Greenlit Brands to distance itself from the controversy surrounding its parent company.
The company was established in 1989 by Peter Harrison and David Imrie in partnership with Cadogan Estates. Cadogan Estates sold its 70% stake in the chain to its management, led by Peter Harrison, in December 2001. [3] In August 2002, Furniture Village bought three Conroys stores from the administrators to give it a presence in North East ...