Merillat Cabinets ups the ante for custom and production cabinetry makers. “Our ability to ship built-to-order cabinets in as little as five days from receiving the order is a big deal,” says Jonathan Klinger, VP Marketing.
Merillat, and sister Masco brand, Kraftmaid, return to KBIS 2014 following a hiatus - along with Masterbrand Cabinets and Elkay cabinet lines, reflect a robustly recovering wood manufacturing industry - driven by the strength of home building and remodeling. The industry will get its game on for the co-located Kitchen & Bath Industry Show and the Builders Show Feb. 4-6 in Las Vegas. Here are the wood industry's most viewed reports from the past week.
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Super Bowl XLVIII: Eastern Millwork Fabricates Huge Plywood Sign
By Bill Esler Posted: 01/20/2014 2:19PM
Eastern Millwork, Jersey City, NJ, is cutting the Super Bowl XLVIII lettering for a massive plywood light sculpture. Designed by architect John Nastasi, the 12-foot high Roman numerals will dominate the horizon in Hoboken, NJ for Feb. 2 Super Bowl.
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Kimball Furniture To Split in Two
By Bill Esler | Posted: January 21, 2014 - 2:12 PM
Kimball will split its furniture business from its electronic manufacturing services segment, through a tax-free spin off that will form two publicly traded companies.
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Thomasville, Lane Furniture Factories Close; 564 Layoffs
Posted by Karen Koenig | Posted: 01/22/2014 11:22AM
Two Thomasville furniture factories and a Lane Furniture operation will close as Heritage Home Group, the former Furniture Brands, restructures following its bankruptcy. Approximately 564 will be laid off.
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MasterBrand Cabinets' Indiana Plant to Add 135 Jobs, Equipment
Posted by Michaelle Bradford | Posted: 01/16/2014 8:53AM
MasterBrand Cabinets plans to add new equipment and approximately 135 new workers to its Ferdinand, IN, facility. The division of Fortune Home Brand & Security produces Aristokraft and other national brands.
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Lumber Liquidator's $60M Expansion Plans Include Finishing Plant
By Rich Christianson Posted: 01/20/2014 9:58AM
Lumber Liquidators said it will invest more than $60 million to expand its corporate and manufacturing operations, including its Bellawood hardwood flooring finishing facility.
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Video: Impossible Dovetails & Other Puzzling Woodshop Projects
By Matt Schumake | Posted: January 3, 2014 - 12:28 PM
A look at puzzling woodworking projects such as the Impossible Dovetail, the Impossible Nail, and the Pinball in a Wooden Cube.
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ClosetMaid Debuts Garage Line and Shelving at 2014 Builders Show
By Michaelle Bradford | Posted: January 15, 2014 - 12:15 PM
Closetmaid launches ProGarage and TotalSlide at the 2014 International Builders Show. Debuting at IBS for the first time are TotalSlide Pro and ProGarage.
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Great Designs in Wood - The House on the Rock
by Chuck Ray Posted: 12/28/2013 12:34PM
Almost all of the wood used in this remote Canadian home was reclaimed from old Ontario barns, making many of the joists and floorboards several hundred years old.
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Cefla 3D Panel Coater Simulates Wood Grain on MDF
By Bill Esler | Posted: January 9, 2014 - 1:19 PM
Cefla has introduced a 3D coating system to imprint surfaces and edges of MDF and HDF fiberboard, honeycomb board and chip board with a realistic wood look.
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KBIS 2014: Merillat Cabinetry's 5-Day Build-to-Order Strategy
By Bill Esler | Posted: January 10, 2014 - 1:54 PM
Merillat Cabinetry says its return to KBIS 2014 marks a renewed brand commitment, with 5-day built-to-order, offering Kona on Oak, a darker finish meeting a resurging interest in oak.
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