ANACARA COMPANY (Stamford, Connecticut) and Greenington (Kent, Washington) recently signed an agreement to form Greenington Bamboo Outdoor Furniture. The agreement merged the high-quality bamboo- furniture manufacturing of Greenington with the focus on specialty and retail distribution of Anacara.

For the past 12 years. Greenington has manufactured high-quality bamboo furniture, selling to all channels of indoor retailing. The transition to outdoor products was jump-started earlier this year through the partnership with Anacara.

Seven years ago, Anacara transitioned away from its teakwood business as high-quality product availability (and market saturation) expanded. Earlier this year, Salvatore Carrara, Anacara’s president, reached out to Greenington.

“After the first meeting, I recognized that the level of Greenington manufacturing was exceptional,” Carrara says. Anacara, having been in the outdoor-wood business from 1994 to 2007, found the transition back seamless. A soft introduction at the ICFA Preview Show™in July helped many customers realize that in selling wooden products to today’s informed consumer, the sustainability factor is an important tool.

Yang Lin, Greenington’s president and founder, manufactured high-quality bamboo products for over more than 20 years before creating his own line of solid-bamboo furniture in 2004. “This is the first bamboo outdoorfurniture line to be introduced by Greenington, after many years of development,” he says. “We are pleased to work with Anacara to promote this sustainable bamboo outdoor furniture.” Because of its expertise in working with the planet’s most eco-friendly, rapidly renewable resource, Greenington’s fine bamboo furniture has quickly risen to the top of the industry—known for its enduring beauty, style, and quality.