Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry Names General Sales Manager

READING, PA - Richard Brown was named general sales manager at Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry, a Redding, PA cabinet manufacturer. Brown will oversee all external and internal sales functions, and creating new products,  and coordinating cross-functionally throughout the organization.

Brown has an extensive background in high-end custom cabinetry, and held sales and operational leadership positions at QuakerMaid Cabinetry, Heritage Custom Cabinetry, and Draper-DBS. Most recently he owned and operated Cabinetry by Design, a luxury kitchen & bath showroom that included contractor/remodel services for the Greater Boston Metro area.

Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry began producing luxury cabinetry in 1972, with particular manufacturing expertise in quality and finishes. Craft-Maid offers says it is capable of producing any design in whole-house casework specified by dealers and designers in the luxury residential market.

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