The simple answer is “No”. Some chair marketers make chairs overseas. Some chair marketers buy parts from sources overseas and only assemble the chairs in the states.
Alumni Chairs is unique among college-chair companies. We maintain four strict policies regarding our sources of chair parts: (1) we rely on shops that build all parts within the shop in Ohio depending on the chair model; they are entirely vertically oriented; (2) shops that build parts locally near the assembly and finishing shop all in Ohio, (3) we use only wooden chair parts from the United States, and (4) all milling and assembly are performed within the USA. Our full-size and miniature chairs are built and finished in our Amish shops located in Northeastern Ohio.
Therefore, in our chairs, all parts fit perfectly – made of familiar American woods that have been harvested from local forests and cut at local sawmills.
In full disclosure, our chairs may be more expensive than the factory chairs that prevail in college bookstores and college-chair websites. Those less-expensive chairs are made of wood from southeast Asia or American woods milled in Asia.. Our chairs are built and finished entirely by Amish craftsmen in Northeastern Ohio. Therefore, be cautious regarding lower prices and questionable claims of “Made in America”. Such prices can be misleading, and such claims can be deceptive.
We recommend that you purchase chairs truly Made in America.