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A Tale of Growth
MODERN STORE
EQUIPMENT
W hen David Dunigan took over the family cabinetry business in 2006, it was anything but modern. But today, thanks
to his good business sense, Modern Store Equipment in Burlington, New Jersey has experienced rapid growth.
David says that the family business was begun by his father, Thomas Dunigan, in his grandmother’s basement
back in 1958. “Modern Store Equipment as it is today was begun as a supermarket case distributor. The woodshop was
added so we could provide a complete fixture package,” he explained. The little family shop grew modestly, and David
remembers cleaning out the saws as he grew up. “I began working there when I was 16, and I started working full time in
1980.” He also recalls going to school at night to earn his Associate degree. “Although I have been in the woodworking
business my entire life, I am not a woodworker,” he laughed. “Nobody in the office wants to see me with a tool in hand!”
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