300
202 Furniture by
Thurston Inc.
Main location: Grass Valley, CA
Annual sales: $32.9 million (’05)
Rank last year: 249
Manufacturing plants: 1 — Grass Valley, CA
Total square footage: 62,000
Total employees: 95
Manufacturing employees: 77
Products: contract furniture — entertainment centers, desks, bookcases, love
seats, sofas, upholstered chairs; residence hall, hotel and military hospitality furniture
Distribution: nationally through direct
sales; direct to U.S. government & to
military bases worldwide
www.furniturebythurston.com
Total square footage: 172,000
Total employees: 270
Manufacturing employees: 241
Products: hospitality furnishings — sofas
and upholstered chairs, sleepers
www.stylussofas.com
203 Stylus Made-To-
Order Sofas
Main location: Burnaby, BC
Annual sales: $32.8 million* (06)
Rank last year: 202
Manufacturing plants: 1 — Burnaby, BC
204 Bishop Fixture &
Millwork Inc.
Main location: Balsam Lake, WI
Annual sales: $32.5 million (’05)
Rank last year: 211
Manufacturing plants: 5 — Balsam Lake, WI
Total square footage: 377,000
Total employees: 425
Manufacturing employees: 405
Products: contract/office furniture, store
fixtures, architectural woodwork,
millwork/mouldings — desks, office
systems, conference tables, bookcases,
countertops, commercial cabinets,
store fixtures, mouldings
Distribution: nationally through direct
sales; international sales to Bahrain,
Canada, Dominican Republic, India,
Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad,
United Arab Emirates
www.bishopfixtures.com
Annual sales of the FDM 300
60 $56 $58
$53
50 $48 $44 $46 $44 $43
billions
40 $39 $35 $32 $33 0 $30 $27 $22 $23 $24 $24 $24
20 $19 $16
10
0
‘ 86 ‘ 87 ‘ 88 ‘ 89 ‘ 90 ‘ 91 ‘ 92 ‘ 93 ‘ 94 ‘ 95 ‘ 96 ‘ 97 ‘ 98 ‘ 99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06
20
17. 5
percentage of growth
15
10
5
0
14. 9
7. 4
3. 9
12. 5
11. 2
9. 7 9. 5
7. 8
6. 3
4. 7 5. 4
11. 6
10. 4
6. 1
3. 2
2. 1
- 1. 7 - 2. 5 - 5 - 4. 2
‘ 86 ‘ 87 ‘ 88 ‘ 89 ‘ 90 ‘ 91 ‘ 92 ‘ 93 ‘ 94 ‘ 95 ‘ 96 ‘ 97 ‘ 98 ‘ 99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06
Annual sales of the total FDM 300 group reached $57.96 billion in 2006, a 3. 2 percent increase
over 2005. Part of that increase, it should be noted, is from sales of imported products and from
retail operations.
205 Bermex
International Inc.
Main location: Maskinonge, QC
Annual sales: $30+ million (’06)
Rank last year: 208
Manufacturing plants: 6 — Berthierville,
Lavaltrie, Louiseville, Maskinonge, QC
Total square footage: 460,000
Total employees: 624
Manufacturing employees: 515
Products: contract/office, residential
furniture — dining room, kitchen furniture; upholstered chairs, pub tables
and bar stools
Distribution: internationally through
contract furniture dealers, department
stores, designer showrooms, furniture
retailers, home centers
www.bermex.ca
206 Jofco Inc.
Main location: Jasper, IN
Annual sales: $32 million (’06)
Rank last year: 212
Manufacturing plants: 1 — Jasper, IN
Total square footage: 325,000
Total employees: 300
Manufacturing employees: 250
Products: contract/office furniture
— desks, filing/storage, office chairs,
office seating, upholstered chairs, sofas,
love seats, conference tables, bookcases
Distribution: nationally through office
furniture dealers, contract furniture
dealers; international sales
www.jofco.com
207 Nucraft
Furniture Co.
Main location: Comstock Park, MI
Annual sales: $32 million (’06)
Rank last year: 220
Manufacturing plants: 1— Comstock Park,
MI
Total square footage: 180,000
Total employees: 220
Manufacturing employees: 160
