IKEA Opens Manufacturing Facility in Danville, VA

Swedwood, IKEA’s manufacturing subsidiary, opened its first factory in the United States in Danville, Virginia, in May 2008. The factory was expected to produce a variety of wood-based IKEA furniture products and create over 700 new local jobs by the project’s completion.

“The Swedwood coworker family in Danville is thrilled about contributing to the state and local economies and about producing IKEA home furnishings right here in the U.S. that are sold at affordable prices to IKEA customers throughout North America,”

--Bengt Danielsson, North American President of Swedwood.

The 930,000 square-foot Swedwood furniture manufacturing facility was built on 209 acres in Cane Creek Centre, a joint industrial park of the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County.