Blue Ridge Expands Facility

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 4/11/2005 12:00:00 AM

New York — —

New York — Blue Ridge Home Fashions has more than doubled its Irwindale, Calif., manufacturing and distribution center from 75,000 to 175,000 square feet and will be up and running by April 15. This marks the company's third expansion since 1994.

The new facility will have 20 shipping bays compared to the previous order facility which had eight bays. Its manufacturing section will house state-of-the-art filling machines for down or down alternative products.

The expanded facility is designed to double Blue Ridge's production of bed pillows and comforters, enabling the company to better serve its growing customer base and have extra space to warehouse more merchandise for faster shipping.