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 ..... to another information-packed edition of Suppliers on Demand. Manufacturers should be sure to check out the new products and services section, as well as the company news page, which includes profiles of six new Supplier Division members! These companies offer a wide variety of products and services designed especially to meet the needs of furniture manufacturers. Suppliers on Demand is updated quarterly. The deadline for sub-mitting news for the October 2005 edition will be September 15, 2005. Mail, fax or email information to:
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JULY 2005 UPDATE Here’s all the latest news from AHFA Supplier members!
MicroD has named Ken Curtis vice president of sales and marketing. Previously, Curtis served as senior vice president of business development for Alexander Proudfoot Plc, a British business consultancy. Most recently, he was a partner at Greenville, S.C.-based Advanced Automation Inc. prior to the company’s sale to the Doerfer Engineering Group. MicroD, Inc. develops and provides Internet and desktop-based software products and services ranging from electronic catalogs and room-planning software to Internet-based electronic document communications software and services for a wide range of companies in the furniture, trucking and other industries. www.microdinc.com
Globe Express Services has opened a new office in Ningbo, China, a coastal city of 5.17 million that has grown in recent years to become a major trade and shipping hub for its industrialized neighbors throughout Zhejiang province. Bei Lun Port in Ningbo is the fourth largest international deep-water port in China. Globe’s new operations center is equipped to service the region’s major manufacturing industries, including textiles, electronics, furniture, hardware and tools. Ningo increases Globe’s corporate facilities in China to seven, including offices in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Xiamen, Tianjin and Qingdao. The company has 11 corporate facilities throughout the Far East. www.globeexpress.com
Poyner & Spruill attorney David M. Warren of Rocky Mount, N.C., has been reappointed chair of the local rules committee by the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina Courts. The rules committee is responsible for recommending to the court the rules of practice and procedure governing bankruptcy cases and proceedings pending in the Eastern district. Warren, who practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor’s rights and commercial law, has served on the committee since 1996 and served as chair in 2001. He also has served as a member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for Eastern North Carolina since 1989. Poyner & Spruill is a full service regional law firm with offices in Charlotte, Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Southern Pines. www.poynerspruill.com
Gerber Technology announces the appointment of Holly Beum as director of software product management. She will oversee product management for all of Gerber Technology’s software products, including its WebPDM and AccuMark solutions. Beum has more than 20 years experience in the design, application and marketing of automation systems. She was the founder of Interface Technologies and has been an independent consultant since 1996. Her customers included General Electric, Omron, International Trust Services and Yale University. Gerber Technology is a business unit of Gerber Scientific Inc., a $517 million corporation that develops and manufactures integrated software and hardware automation systems for manufacturers and retailers in the sewn products and flexible materials industries. www.gerbertechnology.com
Cargo Transporters, headquartered in Claremont, N.C., was presented a Platinum Safety Award by Great West Casualty Company as part of the 2004 National Fleet Safety Awards Program. Cargo Transporters is a truckload carrier operating over 400 trucks in the United States and Canada. “We are proud of our professional drivers who worked so hard to achieve this award for the sixth year in a row,” said John Pope, CEO. Cargo trucks traveled over 60 million miles last year. The Fleet Safety Award Program recognizes carriers for achieving a low preventable accident frequency per million miles of operation. www.ctgrp.com
The Aktrin Furniture Information Center is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2005. The center traces its roots to the Aktrin Research Institute, founded in 1985 in Oakville, Canada, by Stefan Wille. An economist and former country and industry analyst with a large commercial bank, Wille launched his business writing business reports covering the printing, pulp, paper and publishing industries. He began covering the furniture industry in 1987 and in 1993 established a U.S. subsidiary in High Point, N.C. The company has published over 100 furniture reports and established on online network of marketing and industry reports about furniture. In 2000, Wille established a joint consulting venture with Dossenbach Associates, headed by Thomas Dossenbach, managing director. www.aktrin.com
Larry Kahill has been appointed executive vice president and COO for Snyder Paper Corp. of Hickory, N.C. Snyder manufactures premium furniture cushions at plants in Hickory, Newton and High Point, N.C., and distributes industrial products from facilities in High Point and Hickory. Kahill has over 35 years experience as a salesperson with Snyder Paper. www.snyderpaper.com
Columbia Forest Products announced in May it would convert all its veneer-core hardwood plywood plants to formaldehyde-free manufacturing processes using a patented, soy-based adhesive cooperatively developed by Columbia, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University and Hercules Incorporated. Hercules has awarded Columbia a license to use its patented adhesive system on an exclusive basis for all of Columbia’s North American decorative panel markets. The new adhesive, made primarily of soy flour, will allow Columbia to completely eliminate urea formaldehyde from its veneer-core and Woodstalk agrifiber-core panel products. Urea formaldehyde is used in the majority of North American and imported hardwood plywood panels and has recently been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (part of the World Health Organization) as a carcinogen to humans. Based in Portland, Ore., Columbia Forest Products manufactures hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer. The company also markets and produces engineered and solid wood flooring products. Columbia’s decorative interior veneers and panels are used in high-end cabinetry, fine furniture, architectural millwork and commercial fixtures. www.columbiaforestproducts.com NEW AHFA SUPPLIER MEMBERS
Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a global supplier of specialty chemicals and chemical intermediates. The company’s products are used to make polymers, detergents and personal care products, agricultural pesticides and fertilizers, pharmaceuticals and photographic chemicals. The company supplies flame retardant chemicals to the home furnishings industry.
American West Worldwide Express is a nationwide furniture carrier and logistics partner with facilities in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Columbus, Ohio. Corporate offices are in San Luis Obispo, Calif. American West provides blanketed and cartoned services to both businesses and residences.
Tucker, Ga.-based L.S.J. Inc. provides domestic and international consulting, as well as accounts receivables management. Leroy Smith Jr. is the president and CEO.
Lance Transport Inc. is a specialized furniture carrier operating in eight southeastern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. With terminals in Hickory, N.C., and Houston, Miss., Lance Transport is able to serve the major U.S. furniture manufacturing and distribution areas. This limited territory allows the company to condense loads into geographic areas. Transit time averages five business days. All trailers are designed for furniture transport with air-ride, logistic posts and straps for securing furniture between stops, and a translucent roof design for greater visibility. All furniture is handled by hand. No tow motors are employed. The Houston, Miss., facility also receives containers, warehouses and provides final delivery for import customers.
Atlanta-based software company, Logility Inc., provides collaborative supply chain management software solutions designed to provide innovative demand management, optimized supply chain planning, synchronized production, streamlined warehousing and improved transportation management. Logility was named a 2005 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics magazine. It was the company’s eighth time on the Top 100 list. The selection process includes comparison of more than 500 logistics IT providers and their ability to deliver solutions to meet diverse needs.
Sumter Transport Company, headquartered in Sumter, S.C., provides innovative approaches to transportation, waste minimization and resource recovery needs. The company’s primary business is transporting propane, solvents, gasoline, fuel oil and hazardous waste. Since 1990, Sumter has worked with the Maitland Company to perfect the suspension of solids during transportation, primarily through the use of the Roberoller™ and RipTide™ agitation systems.
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