WHITEHALL, WI - Ashley Furniture Industries broke ground yesterday on a $6 million expansion of its manufacturing complex to make motion furniture.
Embattled Gov. Scott Walker was among the dignitaries who attended the ceremony. "In Whitehall for groundbreaking of $6m expansion @ Ashley Furniture: 225 new jobs!," he tweeted.
Ashley will nearly double the size of the Whitehall facility in adding 75,000 square feet, according to the LaCrosse Tribune, scheduled for completion in December. The furniture plant currently employs 400 people.
Founded in 1945, Ashley Furniture, based in Arcadia, WI, has grown to become the nation's largest furniture manufacturer. The company currently operates six manufacturing plants and warehouses in the U.S. totaling more than 7.3 million square feet of space. Last month, Ashley announced plans to develop a 3.3 million warehouse and manufacturing campus in Advance, NC. That project includes plans for a furniture plant that would ultimately employ 550 workers.
Rich Christianson is Associate Publisher and Editor at Large of Woodworking Network. During his 25+ years covering the wood products industry, Rich has toured hundreds of manufacturing plants throughout North America, Europe and Asia. His reporting has covered everything from the state of the industry and impact of wood imports to technology and environmental issues. In his current capacity he is responsible for editing the daily Woodworking Network Update newsletter and coordinating events including the annual Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and Canada’s biennial Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo.
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