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Benefits

Made in the USA from sustainably harvested hardwood with the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility and craftsmanship.

Through our unique vertical integration we offer you unparalleled flexibility while crafting customized solutions to address your specific requirements.

Owning the supply chain means that we can safeguard the sustainable pedigree of your furniture at every stage of the manufacturing processes.

And with no middlemen at any stage, we pass those savings on to you in the form of premium solid wood furniture at competitive rates.

Choose from a range of styles including: Contemporary, Modern, Transitional, Mission, Traditional, and more.

Highlights of Benefits

  • Over 35 years directly serving the educational and government market.

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  • 200 dedicated and highly experienced and skilled employees.

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  • Regional manufacturing locations in New Hampshire, North Carolina and California.

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  • Modern factory with the latest CNC and environmentally friendly finishing machinery.

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  • Experienced transportation and logistics departments comfortable in the most challenging installation conditions.

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  • In-house installation services.

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  • In-house engineering, customization, and design.

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Sustainability

Environmental, social, and economical responsibility are the basis of our business values.

One thing distinguishes us from every other residence hall furniture company---we own our own sawmill. How does that benefit you? You get furniture that adheres to the highest environmental standards because we control the entire manufacturing process—from start to finish.

Timber
For organizations that own standing hardwood timber, we can provide a “chain of custody” for logs harvested from the customer’s property. These logs can be delivered to our sawmill, dried in our kilns, according to our manufacturing standards and delivered back to the customer as completed furniture. We’ve been doing this at Dartmouth College. You can read more about that here.

Sourcing

DCI is committed to forging partnerships with suppliers that share our commitment to reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and developing innovative products with minimal impact on the environment and public health. We hold DCI’s suppliers to the same set of standards our customers expect from us.

When sourcing laminates, foam, fabrics, and wood core materials, we look for products that carry certifications from industry specific, third-party organizations.

Upholstery Foams

We source foam used for cushioning in our upholstered products that minimize petroleum-based foam with more sustainable soy and corn based alternatives. The third-party certifications include CertiPUR-US, MAS Green or GreenGuard.

CARB Compliant Wood Core Materials

DCI sources hardwood plywood, particleboard, and medium density fiberboard products that use either no-added formaldehyde (NAF) based resins or ultra-low-emitting formaldehyde (ULEF) resins. These materials exceed requirements set forth by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

We can also incorporate into any of our product lines sheetgoods that meet the Eco-Certified CompositeTM (ECC) Sustainability Standard. This is an industry standard developed by the Composite Panel Association (CPA) for manufacturers of composite wood or agrifiber-based panels.

SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold

SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold

Zero VOCs

Ahead of EPA standards, our roll-applied finishing process emits Zero VOC’s, which are chemicals emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids that have adverse health effects. DCI's zero-VOC commitment qualifies us for certification with SCS Indoor Advantage Gold (Analogous to MAS Green & Greenguard)

Indoor Air Quality Certified to SCS-EC10.3-2014 v4.1

Conforms to the ANSI/BIFMA Furniture Emissions Standard (M7.1/X7.1-2011 R2021) and ANSI/BIFMA e.3-2019 (Credits 7.61., 7.6.2, 7.6.3) for the open pan and private office workstation parameters. Also, conforms to the CDPH/EHLB Standard Method (CA 01350) v1.2-2017 for the open plan and school classroom parameters.

Registration # SCS-IAQ-08435

Construction

For over 40 years our craftsmen have employed time tested methods for constructing solid hardwood furniture here in the United States. Although our factory is filled with modern machinery and finishing equipment, we maintain the old world craftsmanship that makes our furniture last decades.

We utilize a combination of mortise and tenon and dowel joints to make the strongest cabinet available backed up by a 25-year warranty. These joints combine the use of joinery, glue and screws. This vastly exceeds the strength of frame and screw only construction used by some manufactures.

A. High-Pressure laminate tops or solid wood tops
B. Dowel joints
C. Solid hardwood support rails
D. ¼" or ½" veneer core plywood back panels, screwed and in dado groove
E. Solid hardwood or veneer core plywood side panels
F. Solid hardwood drawer fronts
G. Bottom mounted drawer runners. 100lb test, epoxy-coated steel runners
H. Fully dovetail drawer

Solid Wood

Solid wood furniture from DCI is highly durable, recyclable, reclaimable, sourced and processed domestically, and manufactured into furniture in the United States.
Proven Durability
Furniture made primarily from solid wood is extremely resilient and requires little maintenance. Screw retention is one of the most important distinctions between solid wood vs. plywood and composite woods. Simply put, there is not a plywood or composite wood material on the market today that holds a metal screw better, and for a longer period of time, than a solid piece of oak, maple, or ash. This is supported through laboratory tests.

Locations

Henry Kober started the company in 1975 working out of a small shop with three employees. Today, DCI has customers worldwide. Operations now include a team of over 200 employees, with headquarters in New Hampshire, a factory in North Carolina and an assembly facility in California. We also operate a sawmill in Vermont, allowing management of the manufacturing process from start to finish, and bringing DCI to the forefront as a leading supplier of sustainably made solid wood furniture.

DCI Inc, Headquarters

265 South Main St.
Lisbon, NH 03585

Operations include more than 150,000 square feet production space utilized for kilns, rough mill, finish mill, finishing, assembly, shipping, and warehouse on 35 acres of land.

DCI South

2500 South Roberts Ave.
Lumberton, NC 28358

South production facility includes 85,000 square feet of production space utilized for milling, finishing, assembly, and warehousing on 17 acres of land.

DCI West

3804 Main Street
Unit 2
Chula Vista, CA 91911

Approximately 10,000 square feet used for assembly, warehouse, West Coast office and factory showroom

DCI Sawmill

Waterman Rd.
South Royalton, VT

Select hardwoods from state regulated forest are processed into lumber used in furniture production. The facility is 20,000 square feet located on 30 acres.