Pa. couple compelled to create jobs sees their custom cabinet manufacturing firm thrive
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
With no prior experience in the cabinetry business, Maurice Brubaker said he applied a wise lesson: Hire people who are smarter than I am.
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FREEBURG – Nearly two years ago the owner of a Lewisburg tax and accounting firm looked into purchasing a then-closed Snyder County custom wood cabinet manufacturer.
Maurice Brubaker did not buy Wood-Mode Inc. but instead, he and his wife Deb started their own custom cabinet business, William Penn Cabinetry in Freeburg.
From “the get-go,” Brubaker said he and his wife felt compelled to provide jobs for the community after Wood-Mode shut down abruptly on May 13, 2019, leaving 938 out of work.
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FREEBURG, Pa. - William Penn Cabinetry, the high-end cabinet operation that began in Pennsylvania last February, has received a three-year $500,000 loan from SEDA, a regional development agency.
The cabinetmaker will use the funds to purchase new equipment and inventory, help pay the salaries of its existing 32 employees, and hire 120 more employees.
William Penn had originally planned to hire more workers by the beginning of 2021. Now the company expects to finish hiring by the fall.
William Penn launched days before the pandemic struck. It operates out of a former Colonial Furniture plant not far from the Wood-Mode plant. Company founder Maurice Brubaker hired many of the laid off former Wood-Mode workers to fill out the company s initial staff.
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Cabinet manufacturer to hire at least 150 new employees
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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A Snyder County custom cabinetry manufacturer that began operations in January is hiring at least 150 new employees.
William Penn Cabinetry, which is based in Freeburg is hiring full-time, first- and second-shift cabinet assemblers and other positions for its Freeburg plant. The company said that while it prefers people with experience it says experience is not required.
Regular, full-time employees will receive a base pay plus shift incentives; health, dental and vision insurance coverage and a retirement plan with company match, and paid vacation and holidays.
“I think the Susquehanna Valley has many untapped resources,” Maurice Brubaker, William Penn Cabinetry’s CEO and founder said in a press release. “There’s a great work ethic here. We hope to attract some of our area’s finest employees – people who take pride in their work and who want to work for a company that va