Mayline Buys AVA Furniture

The Mayline Group, a Sheboygan, Wis.-based office furniture maker, has acquired the AVA Furniture Group, a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of transitional and contemporary office furniture. No financial terms were disclosed. Mayline was acquired last May by Baird Capital Partners, company management, BMO Mezzanine Fund and Hexagon Investment LLC.

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The Mayline Group (Mayline), an award-winning designer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative office furniture today announced the acquisition of the AVA Furniture Group (AVA).

AVA, headquartered in San Jose, CA, is a designer and distributor of transitional and contemporary office furniture including veneer casegoods, office and lounge seating.  Founded in 2003 by co-owners Anthony Glaves and Brian McNay, AVA has built a successful and unique dealer distribution network covering 18 western states based on in-stock availability across a wide range of high quality casegoods and seating product lines.

Mayline, based in Sheboygan, WI,  provides high-quality value-based casegoods, conference and training room tables, seating and modular workstations for all segments of the contract furniture market, as well as innovative products for niche market segments including high density and large format filing, mail center and information technology centers sold under the Mayline