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| Sauder Woodworking Co. 2013 Company Fact Sheet |
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HISTORY In 1934, Erie Sauder started a woodworking business in a barn behind his Archbold, Ohio home. Originally building custom cabinets and church pews, he began crafting small tables from what he called “leftovers.” Not wanting to waste scraps from expensive fine woods, the frugal businessman began producing inexpensive occasional tables. In 1940, these tables caught the attention of a traveling salesman who placed an order for 25,000 tables – a seemingly daunting quantity for the fledgling company. Using ingenuity and sheer determination, Sauder Woodworking Co. incorporated and production began. Then, in 1951, Sauder introduced an entirely new concept – a patented table that could be assembled in the home. This snap-together table marked the beginning of the ready to assemble furniture industry.Click here to view the Sauder Historical Timeline. |
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COMPANY PROFILE Headquartered in Archbold, Ohio, Sauder Woodworking Co. is North America’s leading producer of ready to assemble furniture and the nation’s fifth largest residential furniture manufacturer. Sauder also sources furniture from a network of quality global partners, including a line of office chairs that complement its residential and light commercial office furniture.Sauder markets more than 30 distinct furniture collections in a full line of RTA furnishings for the home, including entertainment, home office, bedroom, kitchen and storage under distinct brands including Sauder®, Beginnings®, and Studio Edge®. Chairs are also available under the Gruga® brand name. Sauder Woodworking Co. is a privately-held, third generation, family-run business. Subsidiaries include: Progressive Furniture Inc., a designer and importer of wood bedroom, dining and accent furniture; and Sauder Manufacturing Company, a leader in church, educational, and health care seating. Other market segments include: Sauder Funeral Products, a line of wood caskets and other funeral industry products; and WoodTrac, a line of wood ceilings and closet systems for residential and commercial markets. With its 2,300 employees, the Sauder family of companies generates sales of nearly $540 million annually. |
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| MISSION STATEMENT Creating better ways...to offer better value...for better living |
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FACILITIES Sauder operates some of the most technologically advanced furniture-making facilities in the world, and this allows us to produce high-quality ready-to-assemble case and contract furniture. Approximately 5 million-square-feet of manufacturing and warehouse space, including the 1.4 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art Erie J. Sauder Distribution Center, are located in Archbold. Additional facilities at other domestic locations bring the total square footage to 6.4 million-square-feet. Sauder ships over 48,000 cartons a day. Additionally, Sauder Woodworking Co. Dongguan Representative Office, known as Sauder Asia, was established in 2007 to facilitate and oversee Sauder sourcing activities as well as supporting Progressive Furniture’s Asian presence. |
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SUSTAINABILITY Sauder’s foundation of stewardship and servanthood drives our environmental policy. Efforts to sustain natural resources and protect the environment are the focus of continuous improvement, and measured in 4 key areas of impact:
We are committed to transparency, industry advancement of best practices, full regulatory compliance and development of superior voluntary guidelines. We expect our suppliers to follow these same commitments. We encourage each employee to share in this stewardship. Adherence to commitments and sustainability progress are reported directly to our CEO and Board. This policy aligns our long-term success with the preservation and conservation of our world for future generations. View our full environmental sustainability policy. |
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DISTRIBUTION Sauder services thousands of retail outlets in the United States and Canada through a network of discount mass merchants, department stores, independent furniture stores, office superstores, home improvement chains, electronic/appliance stores, specialty retailers and catalogers. |
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CUSTOMER SERVICE  Sauder is a premier provider of service. The company offers:
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