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Our Patents, Awards and Featured Articles

We have a long history of awards and featured articles regarding our furniture and the processes we use to make it. We take pride in our work and we are always delighted to receive accolades for the work we do.

 

Our Patents

  • US PATENT (#5,232,266) Upholstered Article of Furniture with Interchangable Seating Module - August 3, 1993
  • CANADIAN PATENT (#2,021,817) Uphostered Article of Furniture with Interchangable Seating Module - September 26, 2000

Our Awards

  • Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award Winner - Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - March 7, 2004
  • Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award Nominee - Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - February 27, 2003
  • Nation's Best Specialty Furniture Award - Shooting for Women Magazine - 2001
  • State of Wisconsin Govener's Quality Management Commendation - 1992
  • Small Business Success Story Nominee - Corporate Wisconsin - October 2005
  • Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Designee Award - National Chamber of Commerce and Business Magazine - 1996
  • America's Best Plants Nominee - Industry Week Magazine Annual Awards - June 1992
  • In Pursuit of Excellence Award - Partners in Profit Through Quality from Milliken - August 1988
  • National Performance Excellence Award - National Association of Suggestion Systems
  • Best Selling Brand in Sofa Sleeper - Professional Furniture Merchant, 3rd Annual Upholstery Survey - October 1987

Featured Articles

  • Prints of the Wild - front page article in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - June 29, 2002
  • Marshfield Gives Quality a New Look - Upholstery Design & Management (UDM) - January 2002
  • Bold Experiment Produces Respect, Pride and Understanding - Digest for Home Furnishings - Winter 1996
  • Morale, Product and Quality Boosted with Streamlined Training Program - Marshfield News Herald - 1996
  • Listening Adds Adaptibility and Equals Quality Improvement - Digest for Home Furnishings - Spring 1995
  • Modern of Marshfield Recognized - Digest for Home Furnishings - Winter 1993
  • Deals That Pay Off - Management Article in Nation's Business - April 1991
  • Modern of Marshfield Installs Crosby's Quality System - Wisconsin Small Business Council - April 1990
  • Trailblazing Product Invention “Converts” Furniture Industry - Upholstery Manufacturing - September 1989
  • “First Convertable” Reduces Frame Sku's - Upholstery Today - September/October 1989
  • World Class Manufacturing ... It Depends on People - Upholstery Design & Manufacturing - December 1989
  • “First Convertable” is New Product and New Service from Modern of Marshfield - Digest for Home Furnishings - Fall 1989
  • Bold Gamble has Paid Off for Modern of Marshfield - Marshfield News Herald - October 18, 1980