DeFehr Furniture has announced the vdecision to cease casegoods manufacturing operations and shut down its production facility at 125 Furniture Park in Winnipeg as of August 10, 2022.
The decision to cease operations was the result of severe supply chain disruptions and raw material sourcing challenges over the past two years, combined with balancing the pace of price increases that were passed along to customers. Many of Defehr’s raw material inputs are not only purchased by furniture manufacturers, but other home and building product manufacturing companies also compete to secure the same raw material inputs, which exacerbated supply shortages and have resulted in disruptions to production runs. The closing will affect 224 employees.
