Kimball, Linwood Team for Hospitality Furniture

October 25, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on October 26, 2011 Kimball Hospitality has partnered with Linwood Furniture to produce North American-made Kimball Hospitality case goods.

The new business relationship provides for exclusive manufacturing of hospitality product by Linwood, Lexington, N.C., for Kimball only. This partnership is a natural extension of Kimball's global supply chain capability and a great addition of North American produced product.

Kimball Hospitality, a brand unit of Kimball International, is a global contract manufacturer specializing in proprietary and custom designed furnishings for the hotel, casino, and resort industries. Linwood Furniture is a leading domestic OEM producer of private label, high quality wood furniture. This strategic business arrangement allows for total collaboration with Linwood, who will sub-contract manufacture Kimball Hospitality furniture.

"We believe our customers will be very eager to take advantage of the additional domestic manufacturing capacity this new partnership brings to our global portfolio," said Stan Sapp, president of Kimball Hospitality and vice president of Kimball International. "This relationship when combined with our nearby Martinsville, Va., upholstery operation provides a particularly attractive solution to customers with properties in the Eastern U.S."

"This is a major milestone in our quest to partner with the top hospitality company in the industry," said Linwood CEO Mike Mebane. "To become a supply partner with Kimball recognizes our reputation and our ability to provide the highest quality products able to bear the Kimball name."