March 21,
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By Aggregated Content in on March 22, 2012
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firefighters get treatment TWO RONDA FIREFIGHTERS are treated for heat exhaustion outside the Precision Fibers plant in Ronda about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Wilkes Emergency Medical Services transported them to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin, where they were treated and released. Jule Hubbard journalpatriot | 0 comments One man remains in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem for treatment of burns and five others were treated at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin Tuesday afternoon after an explosion and a fire at the Precision Fibers plant in Ronda. Precision Fibers employee Fernando Correamelendez, 39, was in fair condition this morning at
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March 21,
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By Aggregated Content in Business Strategy on March 22, 2012
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About 75 people from furniture companies, suppliers and industry trade organizations from Mississippi and seven other states met on Wednesday to learn about challenges facing them.
The crowd of furniture manufacturing representatives sat down at Mississippi State Universitys Franklin Furniture Institute to learn about best practices for the industry. The university-based institute works to sustain jobs and enhance competitiveness of the furniture and home furnishings industry in the state and region.
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March 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Outdoor Furniture on March 22, 2012
Reclaimed teak furniture vendor Groovystuff will continue its efforts to encourage young design talent this spring with Brent Dutton's Pathos Patio Collection.
The collection designed by Dutton, an industrial design student from
Auburn University, will be on display at Dallas-based Groovystuff's
High Point Furniture Market showroom, space G-1025 in The Suites at Market Square.
DALLAS, TX Groovystuff announces a new product collection from Auburn University, Industrial Design Student, Brent Dutton at the High Point Market, April 21-26, 2012, The Suites at Market Square, Showroom: G-1025, High Point, NC.
Pathos is one of the many new Groovystuff products aiming to provide retailers with designs to fill the trend gap between emerging young adults and established consumers, at a price point that is attractive to this emerging demographic and with the style points to attract more established consumers.
The Pathos Patio Chair was designed to take the grittiness of the old organic movement and soften the look for a more elegant and sophisticated product. Antique, reclaimed-teak wagon wheel rims provide the framework for the chair; and a flat lacquer finish softens the contrast between the reclaimed teak and the chrome joinery.
Groovystuff President Chris Bruning developed the Groovystuff Design Challenge as an industry-sponsored student design competition to foster connections between students and the home furnishings market. Undergraduates from Appalachian State University, Auburn University, The Art Institute of Las Vegas, The University of Georgia, Purdue University, University of Idaho, and others, have participated in this design competition that includes a chance at cash prizes, permanent royalties for life, and an opportunity to have selected student designs manufactured as part of the celebrity endorsed Dick Idol Brand Collections.
The Pathos Patio Chair by Brent Dutton was the popular vote winner at the fall 2011 High Point market and was the first product to be produced from the fall 2011 Auburn University Groovystuff Design Challenge.
"Our goal with this competition was to provide students with a platform for creativity and encourage them to embrace the home furnishings industry," Bruning said. "Sales are where the rubber meets the road, and viral media portals like Facebook, along with feedback from market attendees during the design phase, helped shape these goods into a product line that hits the market at the right price and fits perfectly into the Gen X, Gen Y market category we were targeting."
March 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on March 22, 2012
Mattress vendor Comfort Solutions has released new details on its 2012-13 outreach program involving
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
Comfort Solutions aims to raise at least $1 million for the world-renowned hospital by March 31, 2013.
"We hope to achieve this goal not only by making additional contributions based on sales of our own products, but also through donations tied to sales by retailers who participate in this meaningful program," said Dave Roberts, company president and COO. "This is an extremely worthy cause which impacts children on a global basis. We're proud to help support the dreams of families who have critically ill children at St. Jude."
Dealers who join in the fund-raising effort receive promotional support from TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford. Gifford is featured in customizable retail television commercials intended to help build awareness and encourage support in local markets for the hospital's research and treatment programs.
Gifford is currently featured on NBC's Today Show and also is the former co-host of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which aired on ABC from 1985 to 2000.
Along with its corporate sponsorship, sales donations and retailer fund-raising initiatives, Roberts said Comfort Solutions also is exploring other giving components to its mission.
"We're currently in discussion with several research partners on sleep-related studies and projects that would facilitate and support the work of St. Jude," he said.
Founded by the late actor and entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude Hospital was established on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life." The facility is dedicated to the care of children with catastrophic diseases and has treated children in the United States and from more than 70 countries for nearly 50 years.
March 20,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Upholstery on March 21, 2012
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An explosion at the Precision Fibers plant in Ronda, N.C., has one man still hospitalized.
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