Palliser Furniture

Palliser Furniture
Private
Industry Furnishings
Founded 1944
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Products Upholstered furniture
Number of employees
 2,000
Website www.palliser.com

Palliser Furniture Upholstery Ltd.[1] is a furniture manufacturing company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Palliser Furniture is a family-owned company. Palliser Furniture manufactures and distributes upholstery furniture products throughout Canada, Mexico and United States. Palliser Furniture manufactures all types of upholstery, stationary, motion, recliners, home theatre, and chairs over 300 leathers and fabrics.

In 2015 the former president Cary Benson[2] was promoted CEO, succeeding Art DeFehr.

History

In 1944, Abram Albert DeFehr,[3] a Russian-born immigrant to Canada,[4] began making wooden pieces in the basement of his Winnipeg home. Within a few years, the business moved from the basement into a former chicken barn, which became Palliser Furniture’s first factory.

References

  1. ↑ "Palliser goes platinum". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Benson promoted to CEO of Palliser Furniture Website". Furniture Today. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "DeFehr Website". Art DeFehr. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "History". Palliser Furniture Upholstery Ltd. Retrieved 15 August 2012.


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