Indonesia Furniture Directory

BY ELAINE WALKER
In honor of its 40th anniversary, El Dorado Furniture on Wednesday announced plans to launch a community-service campaign that will donate furniture to 40 needy South Florida families.

The ”40 Years, 40 Families” campaign was launched during a celebration Wednesday at El Dorado’s first store, which opened on Calle Ocho in Little Havana on June 27, 1967. Founder Manual Capó and his sons have grown the chain to 10 stores in the tri-county area and the largest Hispanic-owned furniture retailer in the United States. It’s a immigrant success story for the family, which fled Cuba in the 1960s on a sailboat christened “El Dorado.”

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Larry Thomas — Furniture Today,
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — Consolidated Bedding, Spring Air’s largest licensee, has acquired six additional U.S. licensees and simultaneously merged with Spring Air Co., the licensor of the Spring Air brand.

The newly unified Spring Air also has hired former Simmons executive Bob Hellyer as CEO. He will oversee some 1,150 employees at 13 factories and a corporate office, which will remain in the Chicago area.

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Susan M. Andrews — Furniture Today,
VALDESE, N.C. — Fabric supplier Valdese Weavers was the successful bidder Tuesday for the Circa 1801 residential fabrics and Guild 360 contract fabrics segments of Joan Fabrics.

The assets were for sale at an auction in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, where Joan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April.

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– Furniture Today,
RICHMOND, British Columbia — Hamilton Spill Furniture Group has promoted Dirk Springmann to the newly created post of vice president of sales, Canada.

The importer also has named Traci Bratton national sales manager, Canada.

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Furniture Today,
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. — Four managers have been promoted at Hooker Furniture’s leather upholstery division, Bradington-Young.

Craig Young, a 14-year company veteran who had been vice president, sales for more than 10 years, has been elevated to senior vice president, sales.

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– Casual Living,
The Rainforest Alliance has signed a SmartSource agreement with SumaPacha Industrial S.A., a Bolivia-based wood product manufacturer, to help maximize the availability of wood that comes from responsibly managed forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for production of furniture, flooring and decking. SumaPacha is a subsidiary of ForestWorld LLC, a Greensboro, N.C.-based manufacturer of FSC-certified wood products made from Latin American tropical hardwoods.

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The Board of Directors of the American Furniture Hall of Fame Foundation Inc. has elected new officers for 2007-2008 and directors for a three year term, 2007-2010.
New officers are J. Don Coleman, president, Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co.; Donald Belgrad, first vice president, Schnadig Corp.; Donald C. Marks, second vice president, Badcock Home Furniture & more; G. Leroy Lail, immediate past president/secretary-treasurer, Hickory Furniture Mart; and industry consultant, E.L. Briggs, assistant treasurer.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of Herman Miller Inc. dropped in Wednesday’s aftermarket trading session, after the furniture maker forecast a first-quarter profit below Wall Street expectations.

Separately, Herman Miller reported a higher fiscal fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations on strong sales.

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 Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Godrej Lifespace plans to expand its operations in Gujarat with five new stores in different cities in next three years. The company which deals in home and office retail furniture segment expects good business from the state.

The company today launched a lifespace store in Satellite area of the city which has catalogue kiosk. The store offers wide variety of home and office furniture besides home applicances and accessories and lock and security systems. Claiming to be the leader in this segment Vice President and Business Head Shyam Motwani said that with increasing demand for readymade furniture there is bound to be good business.

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By EMMA JAMES
Shovels were gripped and dirt flew at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ashley Furniture Home Store Distribution Center on Tuesday morning.

Located in the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport business park next to Interstate 59, the 8-acre site will be home to a 36,000-square-foot distribution facility that will serve Lamar, Forrest, Jones and Perry counties, as well as the Gulf Coast, Alabama and Louisiana.

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