Ted Scott retired in July, after serving for five years as vice president of sales and marketing at C.R. Plastic Products (Stratford, Ontario). Scott played a critical role in the development and success of C.R. Plastic Products in the growing outdoor-furniture industry. Under his strategic leadership and guidance, the company…

Woodard-CM LLC signed a deal in principle to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Minson Corp.’s Mallin premium outdoor-furniture brand. Woodard will operate Mallin as a separate division while combining Mallin’s operations within existing Woodard departments. Under the terms of the agreement, Woodard acquired certain Mallin assets…

The RH Peterson Company mourns the loss of Bob Keck, one of the founders of the company’s Fire Magic brand, who died on June 21. Born in 1932 in Whittier, California, Keck was the eldest of four children. While in high school, Keck worked part time at the family business,…

Steve Elton, chief brand curator for Brown Jordan, and Larry Smith, owner of Village Green Home and Garden (Rockford, Illinois), are recipients of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the International Casual Furnishings Association (ICFA). Both men are aptly described as visionaries in the casual-furnishings industry.

Elton had…

Windward Design Group, manufacturer of outdoor furniture since 1990, has hired Steven Swartz as vice president of manufacturing. Swartz has spent his entire career in manufacturing, with a broad range of tangible experience in make-to-order manufacturing, process control, global supply- chain management, quality assurance, just-in-time inventory control, product development, lean…