Engineering & Manufacturing Back to Innovation

Arden’s Engineering and Manufacturing operations are at the forefront of product design and production. They are two integral pieces of Arden’s Global Supply Chain and are the heart of our business. To ensure Arden maintains it position as industry leader in the outdoor market, we must invest in the latest technologies and continuously be searching for the right talent to build our teams.

Our Engineering and Manufacturing teams can be found at all our US Plants and also at the corporate office. They are responsible for product design and execution and are constantly researching ways to increase production efficiency. Best practices are communicated between plants and implemented at all facilities to ensure connectivity, consistency and optimum efficiency.

Product Engineering

The Product Engineering Team is stationed at Arden’s Sanford, NC manufacturing facility. They focus on bringing innovative products to market through collaboration with our retailers and other supply chain partners.

The engineers use a variety of testing machines and CAD equipment to carefully design and understand the best way to produce Arden’s outdoor products. By utilizing LEAN manufacturing principles, they have focused on reducing overproduction and carefully engineering products to maximize efficiency both from a manufacturing and a raw material resource standpoint.

Non-Woven Poly Operations

Arden’s Non-Woven Poly team has a heavy focus on producing the highest quality polyfill in the outdoor market, used in our Arden Replacement Cushions. They use rigorous testing protocols and have even designed their own advanced testing equipment to ensure current and future products meet customer expectations.

Arden has established strong partnerships with the leading universities in textile development, such as NC State College of Textiles, to research and develop cost-effective and more environmentally-friendly forms of cushion fill. Arden is currently using recycled poly fibers for its fill and is developing even more advanced alternatives, while continuing to focus on comfort, support, and durability.

Manufacturing

In the beginning, and still today, Arden is a manufacturing company. We focus on producing quality products that people can enjoy outdoors. Arden’s expert manufacturing team works dilligently to perfect the techniques of sewing, filling, finishing, and shipping products to our retail customers.

Arden is also working hard to make the manufacturing process more efficient. Our focus on LEAN principles minimizes non-value-adding work, overburden, and unevenness in production. This, partnered with Arden’s waste reduction programs, results in an efficient and cost-effective manufacturing process.