This custom entertainment wall unit, designed by Dino Colozza, Lancaster Custom Cabinets & Closets Inc., Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, needed to feature a secret access door into our customer’s den.

A robotic automated lean panel processing center was demonstrated recently at Muskoka Cabinet Co. The eastern Ontario cabinet manufacturer hosted an open house event showing a robotic system by AutomaTech Robotik that could process 80 to 100 cabinets per shift with no programming and only one operator required.

Hundreds of exhibitors displaying CNC machinery, standard woodworking equipment and supplies for custom and production wood products manufacturing are expected to be on hand at the 23rd annual Magna ExpoMueblera. The international tradeshow and conference will be held Jan. 18 to 21 at the Centro Banamex exhibition center in Mexico City, Mexico.

Salice has taken full ownership of Bortoluzzi Sistemi of Belluno, Italy.

Steam bent white oak provided curvy appeal for this contemporary wine room from 2016 Top Shelf Closet Design winner Darryl Hogeback of Savante Wine Cellars.

An independent documentary, George Nakashima, Woodworker, is in production, with plans to air on Public Broadcasting System stations, according to a post at www.nakashimawoodworker.com.

Material Sciences is expanding its RepliKote decorative metals specialty line of prefinished coils or sheets that emulate exotic metals, stone, wood and designer patterns for panels, partitions, casework, and furniture,

KBIS, the destination for kitchen and bath design professionals, will host a ‘Beers & Cheers for Trade Careers’ event with This Old House TV personalities in “The Backyard” January 11 from 4:30pm–6:00pm.

Architectural millwork firm Glenn Rieder has outgrown its facility and has entered into a preliminary agreement with the City of West Allis, Wisconsin, to build an $8 million,120,000 square foot manufacturing and office facility

Commercial environments in particular are seeking creative pantries, cabinetry, shelving, storage, banquettes, seating, reception desks, lounge or collaboration areas, and feature walls, says Joe Patrovich, the director of pre-construction and engineering at Modworxx, New York.