Empire
The Empire Company, Inc. was founded in 1946 as a small regional distributor of building materials which was serviced from a single location. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, Empire’s focus began to shift from commodity construction products to millwork. In 1991, a new leadership team led by Tom H. Highley was put into place at Empire and provided a new vision to expand its distribution roots beyond the Midwest. Since that time, Empire has grown into one of the largest millwork distribution and manufacturing companies in the United States. Tenon acquired the initial 33% of Empire in 1999 and a further 33% in 2003. In 2005, Tenon purchased the remaining 33% ownership of Empire. The original management team has stayed on with the business.
Empire's operations provide the following benefits to its customers:
- Logistical expertise
- Inventory management solutions
- Largest moulding selection in the industry
- Paperless warehouse
- Mill certification process
- Mill and Empire CAD templates
- Marketing support
- Experienced sales & support
- Mill direct to customer sales
- Market specific SKU offerings
- Industry leading EDI capabilities
- Diverse supplier base
- Climate controlled warehouse facilities
- Orders unitized and shipped on curtain sided trucks
- All loading and unloading under cover
- High quality unitization packaging for shipments
