A virtual-reality based spray finish training system has been adopted by a number of wood manufacturing companies, including KraftMaid Cabinets, which uses it to train employees in more precise manual spray finishing of its DuraKraft Plus finishes for cabinet doors.

A Day of Wood at Vincennes University drew wood manufacturers from Herman Miller, Haworth, Kimball, MasterBrand, OFM, Jasper Group and others to the recently opened Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing in Jasper. Purdue U.'s Dan Cassens coordinated.