About Us

Berger’s is the largest maker of table pads in the world!

We are located in downtown Indianapolis and have been for a VERY long time. We still hand upholster every piece we make. Our craftmanship is generationally taught grandfather to father and father to son. Many of our current team are direct descendants of our original employees.
We make traditional table pads, and yet we’re very proud of the updates we’ve made over the years.

Berger’s created 3 major manufacturing innovations within the table pad industry:

  1. The ability to digitize table patterns electronically and to send these images to a CNC routing machine to cut them perfectly, regardless of size and shape. We are the only factory that has such innovation. The others still cut out table pads manually with table saw and band saws, same as 100 years ago. Our method, although initially quite costly to install, has saved us a great deal of labor cost over the years, making our product more price competitive than our competition.
  2. The creation of invisible, 100% user-friendly, patented magnetic locks to help secure table pad pieces together when in use. Other locking devices are not user-friendly and are exposed, making it very easy to scratch the table surface when removing the pads from the table. Also, because they are not concealed, it is common for them to pull loose or break off over time, rendering them useless. Magnetic locks will not lose their magnetism for up to 100 years. To date, we have never had such a report.
  3. The ability to make table pads with a solid inner-core as opposed to layered material glued or stitched together, as is still primarily used in the industry today. Layered pads have a propensity to entrap moisture from humidity that can cause odor, or even mildew. They can’t be stored upright without eventually bowing or sagging. Our single core pad can be stored upright, thereby saving valuable storage space. It is also lighter in weight.

 

Fancy Dining Room Table Pad

Custom table pads have been around for about 100 years. For the most part, they haven’t changed. They are, always have been, and always will be the only product that can properly protect dining tables and other furniture against scratches, stains, spills, dents and other types of damage. As long as furniture is made of fine wood, this is not likely to ever change.