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Muar furniture makers form Covid-19 prevention panel

Wednesday, 06 January 2021

THE detection of Covid-19 cases at several furniture factories has prompted the Muar Furniture Association (MFA) to set up a prevention committee to deal with the situation.

MFA chairman Steve Ong You Huan said it had met with furniture manufacturers in the Parit Jamil area last week, where they agreed to the setting up of the committee, headed by the association’s internal auditor Chua Boon Long.

 

Export Furniture Exhibition to delay March 2021 show

Tuesday, 05 January 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Malaysia Furniture Council announced that it will delay the annual upcoming Export Furniture Exhibition.

The event was originally planned for March 10-13 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. However, due to the pandemic, organizers said they will reschedule the event and announce the new dates soon.

National Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture to Take Effect in June 2021

Tuesday, 05 January 2021

Congress has passed a law mandating nationwide compliance with California’s flammability standard for upholstered furniture.  The “COVID-19 Regulatory Relief and Work from Home Safety Act,” included in the massive appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 27, 2020, incorporates the provisions previously proposed in the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA), a bill widely supported by the furniture industry.

HNI Corporation (HNI) Soars 2.61% on January 05

Tuesday, 05 January 2021

HNI Corporation (HNI) had a good day on the market for Tuesday January 05 as shares jumped 2.61% to close at $34.20. About 171,041 shares traded hands on 2,516 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 42.71 million. After opening the trading day at $33.37, shares of HNI Corporation stayed within a range of $34.42 to $33.18.

 

Inventories from Last 3 Facilities of Major Distributor of Disposable and Durable Medical Supplies to be Auctioned by Tiger Group on Jan. 12-14

Tuesday, 05 January 2021

NEW YORKJan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Following private treaty bulk sales and successful auctions of assets from three of American Medical Depot’s (AMD) six facilities, Tiger Group will wrap up the wind-down of this major distributor of medical equipment and supplies with online auctions in mid-January for in excess of $16 million in inventories plus other assets from the company’s three remaining locations.

Illinois-Based Rieke Office Interiors Finds Success in The Dallas-Fort Worth Market

Tuesday, 05 January 2021

Elgin-Illinois based Rieke Office Interiors (ROI) has constructed a sterling reputation designing functional office environments and manufacturing custom office furniture for the past 27 years.

Working in different cities around the country, it is finding its greatest success in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Colleen Baader, ROI’s senior vice president, explained that the company has done much work in that specific area for the past two years.

The Importance Of Diversity & Inclusion In The Office Furniture Industry

Monday, 04 January 2021

Global players like IBM, Walmart, Microsoft and others have already committed to increasing their business relationships and spend with diverse suppliers. These pledges for social responsibility have brought not only improved company reputations, but also a surge of innovation and revenue.
Diversity, once considered to be niche or novel, has now become the standard for great companies to achieve success in a competitive global economy. Inclusion programs have also become so much more than diversity procurement targets.