Selected FurnitureVideo at the botom of this story shows Selected Furniture finsihing and assembly operations at its Chicago-based headquarters, assembly and warehouse plant to Indiana. A video at the bottom of this article shows current Chicago assembly and finishing operations. Video and the story of Select Furniture has touched the wood manufacturing industry in a way that few others have in recent memory. A report on the Chicago furniture firm (including the video below) told of its decision to relocate production from China to a plant in Indiana - where it will also consolidate warehousing and existing Chicago finishing and assembly operations.
It has already generated 238 comments and reposts through Facebook, Twitter and e-mails, and is one of our most read stories ever.
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