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Harry Urban

Harry Urban is the retired publisher of the Woodworking Network. Urban spent more than 30 years working in business-to-business publishing, trade shows, and conferences. He has travelled extensively throughout North America and overseas visiting and reporting on major manufacturing facilities and trade shows. In retirement, he's still following the woodworking industry, but he plans to do a lot more fishing.

Event Coverage

See Lockdowel's "Assembly Made Simple" demo at Inside Biesse, April 19-20

CHARLOTTE -- Lockdowel will demonstrate “Assembly Made Simple” at Inside Biesse in North Carolina, April 19 and 20. The event will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Campus, 4110 Meadow Oak Dr.  From the showroom floor Lockdowel will demonstrate how EClips snap-in fastening simplifies manufacturing and assembly, while increasing shop capacity and cabinet strength.

Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

Growing list of Wood Pro Expo Lancaster exhibitors

LANCASTER --  A & H Industries is just one of many companies joining the growing list of exhibitors that will be showing at Wood Pro Exo Lancaster, October 18-19 at the Warehouse at the Nook in Manheim, PA.  Jon Hoffman, V.P. of the 42-year-old tooling company, which specializes in polycrystalline diamond cutting tools, said the decision to be a repeat exhibitor was easy. "For us,  logistically, Lancaster is right in our market.  Location is key for us and the Wood Pro Expo is right in our customer base.

Closets Conference & Expo News

Cabinets & Closets Expo returns to Charlotte in 2019 in tandem with Wood Pro Expo

CHARLOTTE -- The Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo will return to the Charlotte Convention Center in  2019 after its second successful run in Pasadena March 27-29.  Scheduled for March 6-8, 2019 the Cabinets & Closets Conference and Expo will co-locate with Wood Pro Expo, which is held annually in Charlotte.  Both events are owned and managed by Woodworking Network. The Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo last appeared in Charlotte in 2011.