Palliser Furniture

Palliser Furniture is a family owned home furnishings manufacturer based in Canada. Palliser employs approximately 3,000 people in facilities in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Indonesia. The company was established in 1944 by Abram Albert DeFehr, a Russian born immigrant to Canada. Palliser manufactures all types of upholstery, stationary, motion, recliners, home theatre, and chairs in leather and fabric in one of its six factories in North America.

=Organization=

Palliser's President & CEO is Art Defehr.

Palliser's EQ3 President & CEO is Peter Tielmann. The EQ3 concept was originally rooted in European design and focuses on cosumers who value modern design. EQ3 continues to expand its retail presence across North America and around the world.

Palliser's Casana Furniture Company is lead by Roger Friesen, President & CEO. Casana is an international design and marketing company that develops residential furniture products.

Palliser is both a business and a community. Its roots have been nourished by the work ethic of founder, A.A. DeFehr, and its current values and principles are a product of his, and his family’s, personal views.

=Philanthropy=

The DeFehr family, through the DeFehr Foundation, is a long-time and generous contributor to many cultural and social causes. In the past, the Foundation primarily supported local needs in his home city of Winnipeg, Canada, but recently the international reach of Palliser, and its sister companies have led to a substantial increase of support for causes around the world. The Foundation, company or family members have been instrumental in many refugee initiatives, the creation of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, the development of a leading international agency that specializes in low-cost irrigation IDE International Development Enterprise, the founding of Canadian Mennonite University and Lithuanian Christian College, a private University in the former Soviet Union.

External links

* [http://www.palliser.com Palliser website]