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Merv Conn and Joe Watson Honored for Lifetime Achievement
The International Casual Furnishings Association (ICFA) will honor the late Merv Conn, vice president of Mallin Casual Furniture, and Joe Watson, owner of Watson’s Fireplace & Patio (Lutherville, Maryland), with the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. Conn, who died in 2013, joined Mallin in 1963 as shipping manager and worked…
Summer Classics Private Label Division Assumes a Larger Role
The Summer Classics Private Label Division is now managing all of the company’s private-label cushion business. The division has been manufacturing private-label furniture for the past 12 years.
Harold Hudson, Summer Classics Private Label Division’s president, explains, “We are moving this business segment to the private-label company to serve…
C.R. Plastic Products Celebrates Grand Opening of New Facility
C.R. Plastic Products has moved its manufacturing and corporate head office to a 300,000–square-foot facility in Stratford, Ontario, tripling in size. In addition to continuing to add new product lines and making design improvements on current products, the company has also expanded into the international marketplace over the past few…
Summer Classics Donates to Ovariancancer Research
Summer Classics remembers former employee Susan Lambeth for her smile, for her whatever-it-takes attitude, and for putting her customers first. Lambeth was a dedicated member of the sales team for 17 years in North and South Carolina.
In 2009, she lost her battle with ovarian cancer after courageously fighting…
Agio Names Todd Wingrove Vice President of Sales
Todd Wingrove was named vice president of sales, Specialty Division, for Agio, USA. Wingrove is responsible for increasing sales with patio-specialty and indoor customers, as well as for the newly launched domestic-warehousing program.
He’s excited to join the Agio team, as Agio is “the industry leader that I’ve been…










