We've recently upgraded our upholstery department to its very own division! We've added a 12,000 square foot warehouse in neighboring Montgomery to conduct our upholstery manufacturing. With six full time and 10 temporary staff to fill orders, it was time to expand. Our upholstery division has grown dramatically thanks to franchise [...]
Our creative team has ideas. Lots of them. Space is often limited and we find the best ways to convey our ideas to customers is to build them miniature versions of their booths. Subsequently it's a great challenge to our booth team, as minis are harder to perfect than a full [...]
Pausing for a second to show off some gorgeous new booths & benches we've got going in the back of the shop. We do so much with wood trim that in contrast this cleanly painted white frame is catching eyes and turning heads walking through our shop. The crisp gray/blue vinyl and fabric really [...]
We are so excited to be collaborating with TCU! We want to help educate and engage students in the exploration of a career in the trades! We're working with 4 students to design and construct furniture for student use. Read more about the project from the Montgomery Messenger!
Keeping up to date on equipment keeps our shop running at top efficiency and keeps our capabilities cutting edge. New equipment is an investment, and the curation of the right mix of new and old machinery is a dance with the advantages of new equipment and keeping costs down with old equipment. The idea is [...]
Last week we hosted Steve Grove, the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner, to discuss our industry, challenges in manufacturing, and Minnesota Business. The commissioner is rolling out an ambitious plan for 2020 with big goals. We have some ambitious plans, too; our plans for growth mirror the goals of the DEED [...]
There's a laundry list of things we take pride in, but we can sum it up simply: We can build anything; we build it well. In fact our capabilities for building exceed the ideas that one team of designers can dream up- and if only we had time to explore all the creative ideas that [...]
I met last week with our Stinson rep to catch up on new products and patterns. No one knows quality performance fabrics, vinyls, non-PVCs, and now silicone options more than Clayton. As always, it was educational. I've met with Clayton and other fabric reps enough to know how quality is measured on these fabrics, in double [...]
2019 Feats of Strength Yesterday we took some time for some fun with the annual feat of strength. We started with a tug of war; the shop team won by a narrow margin! Then we had a rowdy round of volleyball; some of the rules may have been followed. This is how [...]
Bowlero is a new customer to us and we love the design details that we get to work on with them. Design collaboration is an area that we strive for excellence in. The biggest design and production challenges were the bar and the AV Hub. There [...]
