Where is flexsteel located

He can be reached at robert. Woodworking Industry News. Flexsteel's struggling continues, lays off and shuts down furniture plant.

By Robert Dalheim. June 20, am CDT. The loss of the plant is a big hit for Harrison, which is a small, manufacturing town, said city officials. The plant will be closing on August 20, around 60 days from when the employees were notified. He rose to the position of company president in and CEO in In the s Flexsteel began its vehicle seating division after securing a contract to manufacture seating for Winnebago Industries.

Stock in Flexsteel was first publicly traded in In the early s, a profitable contract was signed with the General Motors recreational vehicle unit. The company added more plants and hired additional employees to meet the growing demand for its products.

Flexsteel announced in that it would expand its Dubuque Plant by , square feet, to , square feet. The expansion doubled the size of the metal division which manufactured the Flexsteel spring and recliner, convertible bedding fixtures, and motor home bucket seats. A strike lasting nearly nine weeks affected workers in In July , Flexsteel announced that Jack B.

CRAHAN , former vice chairman of the board and chief operating officer, would be the new chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Crahan replaced Frank H. Bruce Lauritsen, former executive vice-president of sales and president of the company since , was named the chief operating officer, and James R.

Richardson, vice-president of marketing, was named to a new position on the board. In Flexsteel was the city's third largest employer with employees. The 21st century with a declining national economy had a great effect on the company. With less customer demand, Flexsteel had to reduce its local workforce bringing an end to the assembly line production of upholstered furniture at the Dubuque plant. In layoffs reduced the workforce to less than hourly employees.

Net income increased 8. Flexsteel Industries on September 21, plans to close its Jackson Street manufacturing facility next year. Officials said it has become inefficient for manufacturing and costly to maintain.

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Flexsteel to permanently close Dubuque manufacturing facility. By Jay Greene.