Ash Borers, Finishing Blaze, Cedar Patent Top Stories
By Bill Esler | 07/26/2012 11:00:00 AM
Mafi Carving Club, a natural wooden flooring that resists water and can be produced with designer patterns, was among the recipients this month of the red dot award: product design 2012. Read about beech wood and other stories in Woodworking Network's new feature channel. Finishing room fire, ash borers and pine beetles, soyboard panels, and amazing cedar wood chip sculptures using a patented process were among the most viewed reports this week at Woodworking Network.
Hardwood supply shortages as the economy recovers and housing rebounds drew a lot of attention, as did last week's Hardwood Review report on China's record buying of logs and lumber from North American sources.
A unique textured approach to thermal wood flooring panels that won a Red Dot award is detailed in a feature story, a new feature of Woodworking Network - our online features rush wood manufacturer case studies, technology applications and business profiles to you before they are published in print editions.
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Record Hardwood Exports, Potential Lumber Shortages By Andy Johnson | Updated: 07/20/2012 9:54:00 AM Record hardwood lumber experts could lead to potential shortages in the fall. Read more
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Stanley May Sell Tool and Hardware Business: Updated By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/19/2012 6:14:00 PM Stanley Black & Decker says it wants to sell the unit that operates its power tool business - the Hardware & Home Improvement Group - for about $1 billion. Read more
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Ash Borer, Pine Beetles Continue Spread By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/22/2012 10:14:00 AM The Emerald Ash Borer continues as a threat to lumber supplies, spreading in the U.S. and Canada. Pine Beetles also spread in British Columbia, affecting the wood harvest there. Read more
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Ex- Henredon Furniture Plant Bull-Dozed for Walmart Store By Rich Christianson | Updated: 07/24/2012 9:46:00 AM Most of Henredon's flagship wood furniture plant, closed in late 2007, has been torn down to make way for a new Walmart Supercenter. Read more
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Agristrand Begins Churning Out Soyboard By Rich Christianson | Updated: 07/22/2012 3:48:00 PM Production of soy fiber particleboard is undeway at Agristrand Mankato LLC's 160,000-square-foot plant. Read more
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Wood Fired Power Plants Often Cited for Polluting: WSJ By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/24/2012 8:54:00 AM Wood-fueled and other biomass fired electric generating plants are seeing green credentials tarnished as they rack up citations for air and water pollution while spending millions in Federal subsidies, says a Wall St. Journal report. Read more
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Closets by Cabinetmakers Project Launch By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/09/2012 8:28:00 PM Home Depot and Columbia Forest Products are part of a supply chain for Thermwood's launch - YouBuild - an online order system to get cabinetmakers into closet making. Read more
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Finishing Room Fire as Wright Table Plant Hit by Lightning By Karen Koenig | Updated: 07/24/2012 11:52:00 AM A lightning strike is reportedly to blame for a fire yesterday that destroyed nearly one-third of Wright Table Co.’s furniture plant in Morganton, NC. Read more
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Table Saw Operators: What Not to Wear By Rich Christianson | Updated: 07/20/2012 9:09:00 AM Nothing quite like a photo of a politician, posing as if he’s about to feed a board through a table saw - his tie dangling from his neck - to stir the emotions of woodworkers. Read more
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Wood Chip Patents for Painstakingly Detailed Sculptures Updated: 07/16/2012 8:45:00 AM Sergei Bobkov has patented a unique way of creating amazing sculptures out of Siberian cedar wood-chips. Read more
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