ARTICLE Bed Wood & Parts plans $3.7 million expansion Bed Wood and Parts LLC, an aftermarket supplier of domestic and exotic wood bed kits for pickup trucks, has announced a $3.7 million expansion of its operation in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. |
The main lobby also features Stickley signature pieces. The Servidors feature an interior cabinet to allow guests to leave clothes to be laundered, shoes to be polished, and permit staff to return the items freshly cleaned in an unobtrusive manner. During the refinishing process, Stickley refinishers found room keys and even a ticket stub from a circa 1970s hockey game. The doors were carefully refinished by hand to their original splendor at Stickley's Manlius factory in upstate New York.
Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines.
Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.
Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.
In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers.
Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.
Have something to say? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.