That bites.

https://www.dailyitem.com/news/snyd...ed-million-funding-package-in/article_a720bf19-bb16-5842-926c-285f27abf568.html

Bill Esler, a senior editor with Woodworking Network, said Wood-Mode’s closure is rare but not unprecedented. Esler said imports unsettled the domestic cabinetry market as a whole, especially competitors from China, offering it as one potential circumstance negatively impacting Wood-Mode.

“There is a trade case to limit such imports, but they have already eroded the market significantly. Though Wood-Mode aimed at a higher end of the market, overall … pricing erosion can affect all segments,” Esler said.

Karl Forth, a writer for FDMC and Woodworking Network, cited three cabinet and furniture company closures in the past year, all outside Pennsylvania.

 

The s^*t will hit the fan now with The Class Action Lawsuits.

 

I have installed quite a few jobs using their cabinetry for a GC who has been using us as their sub for install work as well as other aspects of the jobs.

This is a really sucky thing for a whole lot of people... 20+ years ago when my friend who is one of the PM's for this company was hired, the first thing they did was send him to PA for a week of training with Wood-Mode.

They have a fantastic finish, life time warranty, and from the short time I've worked with and around the product I really enjoyed it.

Outside of the obvious employee's of the company who this is devastating to, dealers like the company we work for have a showroom with thousands of dollars of cabinetry (wouldn't surprise me if it was at least 100k), including a full working kitchen for catering events. What do you do with all that now?

Hopefully somebody will buy the company and make some changes and such and get things running in a good direction again. In the mean time this really sucks for a lot of folks.

 

Doubtful on the class action lawsuit, when Rutt went under in the late 90s the suits were dismissed. That was a similar situation except for the fact their delivery trucks were stopped on the road and the drivers were fired on the spot and had to find a way home. The new drivers drove all the delivery trucks to a warehouse where they were parked. People were furious

Deposits were lost, vendors got sued and went under, a real mess.
Viking bought the factory and inventory and went back and tried to sell the cabinets to the people who ordered them but would not honor their previous deposits since they bought the assets from the bankruptcy court.

The suits were dismissed as far as I know, but due to the bad press Viking only honored a percentage of the deposits on cabinets that were to be delivered and were already on the trucks. The others finished but not on the trucks were sold to other people, ones in production were destroyed.

 

Maybe it's time for cabinetry quotas?

I blush that the last two cabinet jobs I did....basic stuff sourced from overseas. My current order is coming from Virginia (Lowes, Shenandoah line).

 

Hopefully it makes more business for the smaller high end custom shops.

Imagine how big of a hit it was when whole kitchens were shipped by train broken down, and the carpenters assembled them on site.

1920s and on.

 

Keep your eyes open on the auction sites in the future.

 

That will definitely leave a void in the market place. Another very long running supplier of building components that closed their doors awhile back was Zeluck windows from NY.N.Y.,most have not heard of them 'cause they were the primo of the primo.


What do you guys thing of Crown Point or Kennebec cabinets ?

 

Check with Darcy about Kennebec, he may know someone.

 

I really like Crown Point even though I only installed 1 of their kitchens