Kindel Furniture and Taylor Merge

Posted by MCC on August 20th, 2010 at 07:00am

Kindel Furniture, a manufacturer of high end case goods and one of the last furniture producer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has merged with the Taylor Co., a wood component and furniture supplier. The merger will combine the craftsmanship and designs of Kindel with the automated manufacturing processes of Taylor. According to officials, the merger is anticipated to help strengthen the brand.

“This is textbook example of how two companies with complementary business structures can merge to create a much stronger corporation,” said James Fisher, the current CEO of Kindel, who will be the company’s chairman once the merger is finalized. “Kindel is providing the reputation earned over the past 109 years, experience and techniques of old-world craftsmanship, designs and licenses, and customer relationships,” he added. “The Taylor Co. is contributing advanced techniques in woodworking and modern business methods that will make Kindel much more ‘custom capable,’ which is the inescapable trend in fine furniture buying today.”

Over the next several months, Kindel will be moving its operations from the current 170,000 square foot facility to the 92,000 square foot Taylor facility in Grand Rapids. Taylor Co. also owns Superior Furniture, a producer of high end bedroom and occasional furniture. And, they own Taylor Millwork, a producer of exterior and interior doors and cabinets.

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