USA – Senators Mike Rounds , Joe Manchin III, U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger and Jackie Walorski sent a bipartisan letter signed by 35 Members of Congress to Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Department of Commerce and Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of the U.S. kitchen cabinet industry and its over 250,000 workers to express concerns about alleged fraud on kitchen cabinet imports from China.
USA – Early last year, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (Ashley) , the largest furniture manufacturer in the United States, committed to a multi-phase effort to reduce the company’s energy footprint.
GERMANY – In addition to the awards for high furniture quality (Golden M) and climate neutrality, Häcker Küchen now also has the label “Furniture Made in Germany”.
USA – Knoll, Inc., a constellation of design-driven brands for the workplace and home, today announced two social impact initiatives to help build more inclusive communities.
BRAZIL – Entities will continue to act according to their statutes and nomenclatures, but with a single operational team.
GERMANY – The “Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel” (DGM) has certified Nolte Küchen and its subsidiary Express Küchen with the Class A emission label for cabinet furniture.
USA – Steelcase Inc., global leader in the office and institutional furniture industry, announced that it is making permanent cost structure changes in its Americas segment and corporate functions.
USA – American Woodmark Corporation announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2020. Net sales for the first fiscal quarter decreased 8.7 percent to USD 390.1 million compared with the same quarter of the prior fiscal year.
GERMANY – The future of Poggenpohl the oldest kitchen brand in the world is secured: the takeover by the strategic investor Jomoo Germany, subsidiary of the Chinese Jomoo Group, is completed as planned. All contractual conditions have been fulfilled, so that the economic transition will take place on 1 September, 2020.
COLOMBIA – RTA Muebles was again the main Colombian wooden furniture exporter in the first half of 2020 (6M-2020).
BRAZIL – With the gradual return of activities, after a period of quarantine with closed industries and reduced personnel, the Brazilian furniture sector started to react.
