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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.

Lockdowel to demo award winning drawer slides and snap-in hinges at Wood Pro Expo Charlotte

CHARLOTTE -- Lockdowel will perform live demonstrations of their Visionary Award-winning EClips drawer slides and their new screw-less, snap-in EClips hinges at Woodworking Network’s Wood Pro Expo, Booth 317, February 15-16  at the Charlotte Convention Center. Lockdowel manufactures snap-in fasteners for closets, cabinets and furniture, and their fastening solutions remove the need for glue, screws or tools to install. 

Closets Conference & Expo News

What you need to know about the luxury consumer

PASADENA, Calif.-- Are you and your employees ready to work in the high-end market?  Keith Morgan has spent an entire career working in the lofty air of the ultra-wealthy and he's ready to reveal aspects of his playbook to attendees of the 2018 Cabinets & Closets Conference and Expo in Pasadena, March 27-29.
 
Morgan's presentation, Selling directly to the luxury consumer, is one of three keynotes planned for each morning of the Cabinets & Closets Expo & Conference in Pasadena, March 27-29.  Morgan is the founder of 

Woodworking Industry News

IKEA founder, Ingvar Kamprad, passes away

SMALAND, SWEDEN -- Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA and Ikano,  passed away, at his home in Småland, Sweden, on January 27. Surrounded by his loved ones, he died at the age of 91, following a short illness. Ingvar Kamprad was born in 1926 in Småland in southern Sweden. At the early age of 17 he founded IKEA - the business that became his lifelong commitment. Ingvar’s driving force was the vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.

Wood Pro Expo Florida

CMA hosts plant tours prior to the Wood Pro Expo in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE -- The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) announced they will host a regional event on February 13, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Although dubbed "regional", these types of events typically draw attendees from across the country as well as Canada. This one-day educational event features tours of two local manufacturers, West Rock and Ivar's Display as well as a demonstration and educational seminars hosted by Biesse America at the company's headquarters in Charlotte.