Earlier this month, Whittier Wood Products, a Eugene company that produces wood furniture, announced plans to lay off 100 of its workers and move most of its manufacturing operation to Vietnam.
CEO Scott Whittier was quoted in media reports as stating that the competition from Asian-made furniture left his company, which was founded by his father in 1975, with no other choice.
Sales have fallen for three years, down from $50 million in 2005 to…