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Timeline
- 1927 - Peter Bogdon and Karl Gross found the Bogdon and Gross furniture company with manufacturing located in Kitchener, Ontario. The Company specializes in upholstery frames and chairs.
- 1938 - The Company moves to its current manufacturing facility in Walkerton, Ontario
- 1944 - Founding member Peter Bogdon passes away
- 1945 - Employees at B&G celebrate the end of World War II with champagne
- 1952 - Bodgon and Gross celebrates its 25th anniversary with an employee banquet and dance
- 1956 - The Company acquires a Hanover plant used for upholstery work
- 1963 - Warehouse destroyed in blaze in Walkerton
- 1968 - Peter Bogdon's son, George, is elected president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association
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- 1977 - B&G celebrates 50 years of business
- 1983 - The Company makes a notable comeback despite a recession
- 1990 - Winston and his father George Bogdon die
- 1993 - Barbara Bogdon oversees B&G after her husband Winston dies
- 2000 - May-long weekend festivities shadowed by the Walkerton Water Scandal
- 2003 - Lean manufacturing and Just-In-Time production techniques implemented
- 2004 - January rings in the company's 75th anniversary with a new product and market direction. The Diamond Anniversary Collection is introduced
- 2005 - The Isabelle Collection is introduced
- 2006 - The Champlain Collection is introduced
- 2006 - Present owner, Adam Hofmann acquires Bogdon and Gross Furniture Company
- 2007 - Bogdon and Gross Furniture Company rebrands itself under the new name BG Furniture
- 2007 - Dirk Nielsen appointed as VP Manufacturing and partner
- 2007 - The Chateau Philippe Collection is introduced
- 2007 - BG Furniture celebrates the company's 80th anniversary
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