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CAS America is a privately owned manufacturing company that was founded by Joseph and Gladys Cannon in Woonsocket, RI in 1986. The company has experienced many changes over the years from its humble beginnings of 3 employees in a 5,000 sq. ft. building to its present day 20,000 sq. ft. location with a dedicated workforce that is hard to match. We started out strictly as an assembly plant with product that was designed for the low to mid range residential cabinet market. New condominium projects were a major market for our products. From 1986 to 1989, during a thriving economy we expanded from 5,000 sq. ft. to 17,000 sq. ft. in assembly space and our work force grew from three to twelve. In 1989, the economy started to slide into a recession and our industry was one of the first to be effected through the slowdown in condominium projects and then in the broader residential markets.
It was evident that if CAS America was to survive the recession; drastic measures would have to be taken. In 1991 we moved to our new location in East Greenwich and reduced the assembly space from 17,000 sq. ft. to 5,000 sq. ft. We also cut back to our original three employees. These bold measures saved CAS. During this time we also started to shift our core business from assembly to a full integrated manufacturing process as this was more in line with CAS America's vision for the future. At the end of the recession, although hundreds of businesses in New England closed, we weathered the storm and continued to grow to this day. In 1992, we began hiring employees again and in 1993 we began to manufacture and market cabinet systems for the commercial markets. In addition to increasing our staff, we opened a second location in East Greenwich to help us manage our continuing growth.
In 2006, CAS America moved its current operations to its new home in East Greenwich, Rhode Island at 1485 South County Trail. With our new 20,000 sq. ft. facility and our continued investment in new technology, we have been able to stay ahead with our extremely rapid rate of growth. We presently manufacture casework that is used in a variety of enviroments such as: Commercial, Administrative, Healthcare, Medical~Dental, Residential and Component Parts just to name a few.
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