WWP September 2007

By Tom Dossenbach - The time is right for U.S. manufacturers to promote their quality, uniqueness and home-field advantage.

Australia’s silky oak is lace-like, valuable and rare.

By Wade Vonasek - Phoenix, AZ-based PremierGarage melds lean manufacturing initiatives and a strong franchise network to lead the pack in the residential garage enhancement product industry.

By Matt Warnock - Equipment manufacturers say there is much more to boring and drilling machines than simply putting holes in panels.

Furniture can be hazardous to your health.That warning comes not from the Surgeon General, but from the embattled U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, or completely missed reading a magazine or newspaper in the past months, “green” is in vogue right now. Consumers are asking for it. Retailers are demanding it. But do they really know what they want?

You know the backlog for new business must be soft when the economy outranks employee recruitment and retention as the No. 1 concern of WOOD 100 company executives.

Canada’s largest woodworking event incorporates the first Canadian Closets Conference and other educational workshops in three action-packed days.

Almost 19,000 people were in attendance for the 2007 AWFS Vegas Fair, held July 18-22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

At the Summer Las Vegas Market, two-toned furniture shows its warmth, while colors help court the young consumer market.

Sauder Woodworking’s proactive and reactive environmental policies have not only saved the company millions of dollars, but have helped it to promote good stewardship within the community.