Welcome to Tri-City United, Introduction to Woodshop. Do you want to build a picnic table? Today, Randall Rivers, Owner and CEO of Minnesota Millwork & Fixtures (MMF), and Mike Landro, Programmer, spoke and worked with the students in Haley Sowieja's Introductory Woodshop class. MMF donated the lumber needed for the class to construct eight [...]
Le Center restaurant gets a makeover Restaurant makeover; Evies' Soups & More is a casual dining restaurant in Le Center, MN, known for its hearty home-cooked meals and welcoming atmosphere. Evie wanted to update the restaurant during the COVID-19 closure. With the request to keep a few existing fixtures and of course, stay [...]
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 [...]
COVID-19 Prevention & Preparation Dear Valued Customer, We want to provide you with an update on how we at Minnesota Millwork & Fixtures are addressing the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Like you, we are deeply concerned and want to do what we can to help keep our communities and families safe and [...]
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 [...]
Minnesota Millwork & Fixtures named Lonsdale Business of the Year!! Proud, honored and excited are just a few words to describe the reactions from the team! We appreciate that Lonsdale’s business leaders view us as a partner, and regard us as an asset in the community. None of what we accomplish [...]
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 [...]
