Ison buys former Thomasville plant
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 6, 2008
Thomasville, N.C. — Officials at importer and OEM supplier Ison International said the company has purchased former Thomasville Furniture Plant D here.
Ison plans to use the facility for finishing unassembled goods and to upholster exposed-wood chairs, said Philip Ison, president and owner of the Norfolk, Va.-based company, which sells midpriced to high-end goods.
Ison also owns trucking company IDS, which will use the facility as a distribution terminal and a consolidation warehouse for less-than-truckload containers. IDS also has terminals in Norfolk and Charleston, S.C.
The plant could employ from 50 to 100 people, Ison said. The company has begun moving equipment into the 306,000-square-foot facility, he said.
Ison sources from Indonesia and India and has shown at furniture markets, but usually supplies product to other manufacturers.
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