MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – N.R. Murphy will showcase its dust collection expertise at the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Feb. 24-25, 2022, at the International Centre. 

Six U.S. military veterans, all of served in active duty roles in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, were selected to join a free woodturning program that provides them with a slew of woodworking equipment, tools and materials, as well as training in the art of woodturning. The vets, five of whom served in the U.S. Army and one in the U.S. Marines, were part of flood of applicants in this year's program, said Paul Mayer, owner of the ToolMetrix Youtube channel and founder of the VetsTurn program. Several were wounded in combat or suffer from PTSD as a result of the experience.

  Flags of Valor, the largest producer of wooden American flags in the United States, trains veterans in the crafts of woodworking to produce wooden flags and a growing array of related products.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Olon Industries, a designer and manufacturer of integrated wood components for cabinets and furniture, will showcase its PÜRDECO laminated panel collections at the 2022 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo. 

LACHUTE, Quebec - Okaply Industries Ltd.  has acquired Vizüsolution Inc. to create what company leaders call a “major player in the production of panel and wood components,

Jasper, IN—Despite a challenging year of Covid-related shutdowns, labor and material shortages, inflation concerns--and Hurricane Ida--MasterBrand Cabinets saw third quarter sales rise nine percent to $716.5 million, reaching $2.11 billion for the nine months ended Sept. 30. 

HARRISBURG, S.D. – Showplace Cabinetry has completed a 16,800-sq-ft construction project linking the company’s two manufacturing plants in Harrisburg, South Dakota.  The $2.5 million expansion project provides a central shipping point for Showplace framed cabinetry and the frameless ShowplaceEVO line, as well as enhanced warehousing and transportation efficiencies companywide.

One Equity Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired USNR, a comprehensive supplier of equipment and technologies for the wood processing industry, and Wood Fiber Group, a leading manufacturer and supplier of sawmill consumables, parts, and services. 

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Tafisa will showcase its new Lummia and Karisma collections at the 2022 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo.

Lawyers for the federal government filed a motion in trade court Nov. 9 that defends the determination by the U.S. International Trade Commission that imports of wood moulding and millwork products from China are hurting domestic manufacturers.