Plywood firm throws imports a curve: though Burns Wood Products lost furniture business to outsourcing, it still managed to increase its overall sales last year by targeting new markets.(BURNS WOOD PRODUCTS)(Company overview)

From: Wood & Wood Products | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Bill Burns, a veteran of North Carolina's residential furniture market, started a curved plywood plant 25 years ago to cater to that industry. His company, Burns Wood Products in Granite Falls, NC, sold table rims, drawer fronts and the like to the major players in the industry, including Ethan Allen, Hickory White, Bernhardt and Broyhill.

The furniture industry, much of which is located in the surrounding North Carolina mountains, prospered, and so did Burns, growing from three employees in 1980 to 35 in 1995. He brought two sons into the business, Shannon, as vice president ...

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