Scholar Craft

Scholar Craft is a manufacturer and distributor of furniture designed for use in schools. Its corporate offices and main production assembly facility are located on a 95-acre site at 1 Scholar Craft Parkway, off Industrial Drive in unincorporated Jefferson County between Tarrant and Robinwood.

Scholar Craft is the parent of Alabama Plastics, a manufacturer located at 9600 U.S. Highway 31 (Main Street) in Warrior formerly headed by J. Kenneth Goode. The company also absorbed other brands founded by Goode, including All-American Tables, K. G. Enterprises, and Joan G's Enterprises.

Scholar Craft acquired the James A. Head & Co. distribution company from founder James Head in 1996. In 2007 it bought one of its suppliers, the Melsur Corp., which manufacturers solid plastic molded melamine components using recycled hardwoods in an adjacent 90,000 square-foot facility. Thermo-fuse and high-pressure laminate table tops are produced at another 250,000 square-foot plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

In 2010 Scholar Craft acquired the plastic furniture business from a competitor, the CDF Corporation of Worcester, Massachusetts.

External links

• Scholar Craft website