FBI announces new West Coast dist. center
Broyhill to share space with Thomasville
Heath Combs -- Furniture Today, March 23, 2007
LENOIR, N.C. — Broyhill Furniture Inds. will share a new West Coast distribution center in Rialto, Calif., with Thomasville Furniture, a fellow subsidiary of Furniture Brands International.
Furniture Brands announced in November that it would use the facility.
The center more than doubles the size of Broyhill’s previous West Coast facility and will provide increased service levels to furniture retailers in the western U.S. states and Canadian provinces, according to a company press release.
The Rialto facility has 700,000 square feet, 400,000 of which will be used by Broyhill. That’s twice the space in the current facility in Riverside, Calif.
Broyhill said the new facility will pass along a number of advantages to its western dealers, including increased product assortment, shorter delivery times, transportation savings, and better logistical services, said Steve Wolfe, vice president of logistics and distribution.
“With the success of previous warehouses in Chino and Riverside, we understand the importance of properly supporting our West Coast dealer base,” Wolfe said. “Rialto will allow Broyhill to service a larger portion of our extensive case goods assortment and certain upholstery selections will be available for immediate distribution. This offering will build on Broyhill’s current status as an industry leader in upholstery turnaround time.”
The company hopes the new facility also will increase efficiencies for the rest of the United States and Canada by reducing demand on the East Coast distribution facilities, giving dealers improved service and turnaround times.
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