OSHA cites Bude’s Franklin Lumber Co. for safety violations
BUDE — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Bude company for 22 safety violations and has proposed penalties of $103,356. OSHA officials say in a news release that it cited...
View ArticleComing home, part 2- “Reshoring” could reenergize U.S. manufacturing
As director of Mississippi State University’s Franklin Furniture Institute, Bill Martin has an up-close familiarity with the American “reshoring” trend, especially its implications for furniture...
View ArticleAfter post-tornado move, Townhouse plant discontinues operations
MANTACHIE — Townhouse Furniture, who moved some work to Mantachie after a 2011 tornado in Smithville, has apparently shut down its operation and local officials fear they’ve lost a $50,000 investment....
View ArticleSouthern Motion opens another furniture plant
BALDWYN — Upholstered furniture maker Southern Motion has officially opened its Baldwyn plant. The company already has four facilities employing a combined 1,025 people in Pontotoc. Its newest plant,...
View ArticleOfficials see possible return of furniture-making jobs
STARKVILLE — Mississippi spent 50 years poaching factories from the North with cheap land, labor and government incentives before hitting headwinds from China, where labor was even cheaper. But...
View ArticleInvestment company acquires JBHM Education Group
JACKSON — Weld North Holdings LLC, an investment company based in New York, has acquired a 100 percent interest in JBHM Education Group. The transaction closed in September. Terms of the agreement were...
View ArticleCompanies invited to Mexico for furniture trade show
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is inviting Mississippi businesses to participate in Magna Expo Mueblera, a Mexican supplier show for the furniture industry, to be...
View ArticleFurniture maker opening another facility; creating 60 jobs
VERONA — Ashley Furniture Industries is locating operations in a 275,000-square-foot facility in Verona, and will create 60 jobs at its new facility, according to the Mississippi Development Authority....
View ArticleFurniture Market date moved, exhibitors could be lost
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The spring Tupelo Furniture Market, originally scheduled for mid-February, will now be held Jan. 16-19. The fall market will be Aug. 15-18 as planned. TFM president Kevin Seddon...
View ArticleFurniture Market gets state money; earmarked for recruitment
TUPELO — The Tupelo Furniture Market is receiving $250,000 from the state to market the biannual show. The 2013 Legislature approved the funding. The money will come from the Forest and Wildlife...
View ArticleFurnituremaker files for bankruptcy, to lay off nearly 1,500 workers
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — A financially troubled St. Louis, Mo., furniture company that operates several facilities in Mississippi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is set to lay off its...
View ArticleFire forces Alabama company to relocate plant to state
PLANTERSVILLE — A mattress maker will relocate its operations to a vacant facility near Tupelo after lightning sparked a fire that destroyed its Double Springs, Ala., factory. Posturecraft Mattress Co....
View ArticleFurniture manufacturer being purchased by Denver-based company
SENATOBIA — Furniture maker Chromcraft Revington Inc. is being sold for $3.45 million. The company, which is based in West Lafayette, Ind., and has a factory in Senatobia, has agreed to merge with...
View ArticleChromcraft Revington sells to Colorado company
SENATOBIA — Sport-Haley Holdings has completed its $3.45 million purchase of furniture maker Chromcraft Revington. The company, which is based in West Lafayette, Ind., has a factory in Senatobia....
View ArticleParent company shutting down trucking firm
TUPELO — Action Transport trucks have been moving Lane Furniture merchandise for more than 40 years. That ends tomorrow. Parent company Furniture Brands International is closing down Action. Anton...
View ArticleIndustrial Timber expanding plants in two cities
SHANNON and RIPLEY — Industrial Timber, a manufacturer of wood furniture frames, is expanding operations at its facilities in Shannon and Ripley. The company announced that the expansions represent a...
View ArticleOrganizers gearing up for first-ever furniture show
TUNICA — The inaugural Tunica Furniture Market in January will be held in January and its organizer says about 40 companies are expected to participate. “Despite a lot of doubts and people calling me...
View ArticleHeritage Home closing furniture plants
SALTILLO — Heritage Home Group, LLC said yesterday that it will close furniture plants in Saltillo and Thomasville, N.C., as part of a post-bankruptcy restructuring. Heritage told the Mississippi...
View ArticleOrganizers high on spring furniture trade show
TUPELO — The Spring Tupelo Furniture Market opens Thursday with organizer saying that preregistration numbers up nearly 30 percent and available space is 99 percent filled. The biannual furniture...
View ArticleSawtimber, pulpwood markets improving, but challenges remain
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Markets for Mississippi’s sawtimber and pulpwood are bouncing back from the economic recession, but the industry is not improving across the board. “Slowly but surely, markets for...
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