FARGO, N.D. — Solid Comfort, an FDMC 300 firm, has closed its doors and is selling its manufacturing plant and auctioning its equipment.

According to its most recent FDMC 300 listing, the company employed 125 workers and had some $34 million in sales, and had more than 225,000 square feet of manufacturing space. 

The company’s property, located at 3931 37th Ave. S.W., Fargo, is listed for sale at nearly $7.2 million, according to a commercial property listing. The listing said the facility had more than 91,750 square feet of usable space.

Auction house, the Tiger Group, is conducting an auction of the assets including more than more than 400 lots of woodworking equipment, including Komo and SNX CNC machines, IMA edgebanders, Biesse and SNX routers, sanders, pocket cutters, drills, molders, forklifts, dust collectors, and tools.

The company is a casegoods supplier for brands including Marriott (Fairfield Inn & Suites and TownePlace Suites), Hilton (Home2 Suites and Hilton Garden Inn), Best Western, and My Place, Solid Comfort has a proven track record of success going back 40 years. 

The company started in 1981 when Chip Larkin, father of current president and CEO Jason Larkin,  and his business partner, started Solid Comfort. It sold solid pine and oak furniture from their own retail stores in Minnesota and North Dakota. Eventually, the company's website said the business transitioned to manufacturing casegood packages for the hospitality industry, and that it grew to a 1 million-square-foot manufacturing space with multiple facilities in North America. It is not known where the other facilities are located or if they are part of the liquidation.