MJB Wood Group, LLC, a leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial wood products, is
excited to announce the opening of new facilities in Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico.
Paxton Furniture Industries began operations in Okolona, Mississippi, last June and now operates two production lines and plans on installing a third to meet demand. The company, according to the Digital Journal, now employs 80, and the company needs another 40 as demand increases and orders need to be filled.
The Reshoring Initiative has recognized the automation trend and that returning jobs will be, on average, higher skilled and fewer than when the work was lost to offshore.
Wood industry vacuum lift automation firm Schmalz Inc. will invest $7 million in expanding its plant in Raleigh, NC. Groundbreaking for the six acre site, adjacent to a 20,000 square foot facility opened in 2009, was held June 9.
NEW ALBANY, MS — Furniture importer Emerald Home Furnishings is investing more than $2 million to open its first U.S.. furniture manufacturing plant, creating 150 jobs. Located in New Albany, MS, the production facility is the site of a former Hickory Springs plant.
Reshoring the manufacturing of wood products plus an exclusive look at housings' impact on the woodworking industry are among the features in the August 2014 issue of Wood Products. This issue is now online at WoodworkingNetwork.com.