Christian Vollmers, the new president of Stiles Machinery Inc., wants to keep the company on its current course.“The Stiles concept is very successful,” he told CabinetMaker+FDM during a recent interview. “We don’t want to change it and we want to continue the same path. However, no matter how good you are, there is always room for improvement.“Stiles has managed to focus on the customer, to listen to them and to identify their demands,” Vollmers said. “And to supply what their customers need, the right range of products and services.”

Only a handful of FDM 300 companies closed their doors in 2013.

Company believes technology and manufacturing will revolutionize high-end millwork in the coming years.

For the FDM 300, the year 2013 was better than 2012.We calculated annual sales for this group of 300 companies to be $39.630 billion in 2013, an increase of 5.3 percent over sales estimated for the year 2012.Sales increases in 2012 and 2013 come after five consecutive years of declines from 2007 to 2011.