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Business & Institutional Furniture Outlook Good for 2013
By Karen Koenig | Updated: 02/05/2013 9:45:00 AM
Things are looking up for the office and contract furniture industry, which is projecting its best year for shipments since 2008.
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Cabinet Sales Continue Growth in 2013
By Karen Koenig | Updated: 02/05/2013 9:45:00 AM
After closing 2012 on a positive note for the first time in six years, expectations for 2013 cabinet sales are upbeat as the economy continues to improve.
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Cabinet Sector Remains Top Wood Market for Components
Posted by Karen Koenig | Updated: 02/03/2013 12:44:00 PM
The cabinet industry remains the largest end-use market for wood component products, followed by the building products industry and furniture industry according to a study by the Wood Component Manufacturers Assn.
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Woodworking Network's Top Videos of 2012
By Rich Christianson | Updated: 12/26/2012 7:23:00 PM
What's hot? A mixed bag for sure, beginning with a video of a new table saw safety device brake and continuing with a most interesting expanding table, IKEA TV spoof by Conan O'Brien and rough-cut video of a one-man robotic cabinet shop in Quebec City.
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Office Furniture Sales To Hit $20.6 billion in 2012
Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 12/20/2012 5:00:00 PM
U.S. office furniture manufacturing, weakened over the past five years by recession and changing workstyles, is now poised for sustained growth. Business improvement and increased hiring will result in a 3.6% revenue rise, to $20.6 billion in 2012
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Woodworking Network's Top News Stories of 2012
By Rich Christianson | Updated: 12/20/2012 12:17:00 PM
Table saw safety; six mergers and acquisitions, two Chinese companies setting up shop on U.S. soil, Gibson Guitar's settlement of Lacey Act violations and a $70,000 bent wood bike are among Woodworking Network's Top 25 news items of the year.
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Custom Woodworkers Liked How-to Video Stories in 2012
By Bill Esler | Updated: 12/20/2012 9:09:00 AM
Custom woodworkers flocked to reports on portable sawmills, active wood design, unique joinery, drag knives for inlay and marquetry, and videos that tell things like how to make a spiral table leg or steam bend oak for a bench.
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