2015 Business Of The Year

WOOD TECHNOLOGY, the 2015 Business of the Year, is a supplier of cabinet and furniture hardware, providing innovative products and ideas to manufacturers, distributors and woodworking shops. The company started in the New Jersey basement of Ed and Renee Fink in 1978 and relocated to Martinsville VA in 1984 and then to Pittsboro in 1989 to be closer to the major furniture manufacturers in North Carolina. The business continues to grow and maintains a 17,000 sq. ft. office and warehouse facility tucked in the woods off of Elf Way. Ed Fink passed away in 2003. The company is now owned and managed by his son, Mark Fink.

Over the years, Wood Technology has won many industry product awards including the prestigious Challengers Award in 2004 for the introduction of a soft-close pneumatic hinge. Wood Technology continues to be the exclusive American supplier of Danco, an Italian concealed hinge line and introduced the Whisper Ride series of TV Lifts to the North, Central and South American markets.

These multipurpose lifts offer unique solutions to furniture, education, AV and kitchen cabinet designs. The company has a strong history of metal tooling projects with major furniture manufacturers and small businesses that continues to this day.

Wood Technology employs 12 valuable and talented people and shares office and warehouse space with its tenant, ConSet America, a related company. Despite rising health care costs, the company still maintains a policy to provide 100% employer paid medical and dental insurance for each employee. Wood Technology continues to provide high school and college students’ part-time or summer employment as needed. As well, the company provides Chatham Trades, a local vocational rehab facility with packaging jobs whenever possible. Several employees have served or are currently serving on Chatham Trades’ Board of Directors.

We are pleased to present the Business of the Year Award to Wood Technology, Inc. and our thankful that they placed their business in Chatham County.