Stanley to comply with formaldehyde standards by March 1
Will be 10 months ahead of California deadline
Heath E. Combs -- Furniture Today, December 17, 2009
STANLEYTOWN, Va. — Domestic case goods manufacturer Stanley Furniture has begun notifying its California retailers of its plans to be compliant with the state's Phase 1 formaldehyde emission standards by March 1.
The move would make Stanley compliant about 10 months before the required date of compliance for retailers in California.
The company's Young America product line, all of which is made domestically, will meet the Phase 1 standard by March, said Kevin Bowman, vice president of sales. Stanley's mixed-source residential case goods will ship Phase 1-compliant product to California by March, and the rest of the product will switch over in the following months, he said.
Bowman said there has been some concern from California retailers about slow-moving, non-compliant inventory that must be sold by the end of 2010, which should place added value on suppliers who have compliant product ready.
"I think retailers look to us as sort of a bellwether for safety and compliance," he said.
The regulation developed by the California Air Resources Board aims to control formaldehyde emissions from composite wood panel, which is commonly used in furniture.
The original regulation contained an 18-month sell-through period for finished goods inventory and would have required furniture retailers to deplete non-compliant inventory and floor samples by June 30, 2010. California recently extended that date to Dec. 31, 2010.
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