Woodworking Industry News
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Hot Air Edgebanders Give Lasers a Run for Their Money at LIGNA
By Rich Christianson | Updated: 05/12/2013 10:24:00 AM
Several LIGNA 2013 exhibitors demonstrated how edgebanders equipped with new compressed hot air modules can achieve a high-end zero glue line at a much lower investment than laser edgebanders.
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Hardwood Lumber Sales Continue to Climb
By Andy Johnson | Updated: 05/10/2013 1:48:00 PM
Hardwood lumber sales remained brisk and prices continued to rise across a wide range of species, grades and thicknesses.
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LIGNA 2013 U.S. Visitors Up; Software, Technology 'Evolution'
By Bill Esler | Updated: 05/10/2013 11:05:00 AM
As LIGNA 2013 drew to an end, show managers celebrated the percent of visitors from outside Germany, though attendance was flat at 90,000. Multi-tasking machinery was prevalent, and evolved versions of LIGNA 2011 breakthroughs permeated many systems on display.
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Gregory Named AWFS Board President
Posted by Michaelle Bradford | Updated: 05/10/2013 10:50:00 AM
Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) recently installed their 2013 Board of Directors at this year's WIC in Tempe, AZ. Wade Gregory, from Flakeboard America Ltd., has been named President of AWFS.
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Woodworking Associations Applaud Overturning of NLRB Rule
Posted by Wade Vonasek | Updated: 05/10/2013 9:24:00 AM
The NLBMDA and KCMA have come out in support of a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling overturning an NLRB rule requiring employers to post a notice regarding the right of employees to unionize.
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Ligna 2013: LIMAB Displays New 3D BoardProfiler and LogProfiler
By Posted By Jo-Ann Kaiser | Updated: 05/10/2013 8:42:00 AM
LIMAB GmbH, specialists in laser measuring and scanning systems to optimize sawmill operations, has brought two major project launches to Ligna 2013, the 3D BoardProfiler and the LogProfiler.
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LIGNA 2013: Scene Around the Show
Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 05/09/2013 9:49:00 PM
LIGNA 2013 features more than 1,700 companies exhibiting in 10 halls plus other outdoor spaces here in Hannover, Germany. Here are some snapshots of wood industry technology the woodworking scene in Germany.
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