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Types of Upholstered Furniture Manufacturing
Operations
Upholstered furniture manufacturers purchase foam from foam manufac-
turers or foam fabricators and they use the foam to manufacture their fur-
niture. Some upholstered furniture manufacturers make home furniture,
some make office furniture and some make both types of furniture. Other
manufacturers make stadium seating or transportation seating for use in
conveyances like buses; some of these companies also manufacture office
chairs.
There are more than 2,600 upholstered home furniture manufacturers in
the United States. Approximately 60 percent of these firms have fewer
than 10 employees. Although all upholstered home furniture manufac-
turers use foam for their seat backs, arms, cushions and pillows, only
about 10 percent of them use adhesives in their operations. They use the
adhesive to bond foam to fabric and wood.
There are about 950 companies that manufacture wood and non-wood
office furniture in the country. Approximately 90 percent, or about 850
of these companies manufacture seating. Perhaps 90 percent or 765 of
them use adhesives in their process. They use adhesives to bond foam to
fabric, wood, metal and plastic and to bond fabric to wood, metal and
plastic. The vast majority of these companies have fewer than 25
employees.