Sauder woodworking furniture is manufactured using traditional solid wood, veneered, and laminate furniture provided by one of their subsidiary companies, Progressive Furniture. It is the largest maker of ready to assemble (RTA) furniture in the United States and is one of the nation's largest residential furniture manufacturers.
Sauder markets distinct furniture collections in a full line of RTA furnishings for the home, including entertainment, home office, bedroom, kitchen and storage. Sauder is a third generation, family run company.
Subsidiaries include Progressive Furniture; Sauder Manufacturing Company, specializing in church and institutional seating; Archbold Container Corporation, producing packaging materials; and Studio RTA, importing and distributing home office, entertainment and art and hobby RTA furniture.
In 1934, Erie Sauder wood furniture business started in a barn behind his home. Not wanting to waste scraps from expensive fine wood, he began producing inexpensive occasional tables. With an order of 25,000 tables from a traveling salesman, Sauder woodworking Co. began.
In 1951, Sauder wood furniture introduced an entirely new concept, a patented table that could be assembled at home. The snap together table marked the beginning of the ready to assemble furniture industry. |
