For years we made do with a vertical panel saw to cut large 4×8 sheets into more manageable sizes and a cabinet table saw to cut those pieces into their final sizes. As our production volume grew we needed something more.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Simpson Strong-Tie announced it will make a $25,000 donation to assist in the relief response and recovery efforts throughout the East Coast.

Kitchen design trends are among the slowest changing trends there are, due in no small part, to the fact that kitchens are expensive, time consuming, and invasive to re-do. But there’s been a gradual but major upheaval in kitchen design in the last few years, and a major change in the way that designers look at the kitchen space. HomeThangs.com introduced top ten 2013 kitchen design trends to help homeowners give their kitchens a facelift that would look up-to-date for the years to come.

Hooker Furniture announced that Art Raymond will leave his post as senior vice president-Casegoods Operations effective Jan. 31, 2013.

Hooker Furniture announced that Art Raymond, senior vice president-Casegoods Operations, will be leaving the company on Jan. 31, 2013.

Scm Group Canada is pleased to announce its new exclusive distributor partnership with Woodworking Machine Services Ltd. The newly open distributor will represent the complete range of SCM Premium, Classical and MiniMax products for the entire territory of Alberta and surrounding areas.

Does the century-old Lacey Act, as amended in 2008 to combat illegal logging, need to be amended again or is it good as is?

Ten European flooring producers gathered in Munich on October 26 to launch a new association: the MMFA – Multilayer Modular Flooring Association. The final trigger were the increasing sales volumes of multilayer floorings with various surfaces such as LVT, cork, PU or PET – or a bit more objective under the standard name „multilayer semi-rigid floorcoverings“. All multilayer products which have not found a home yet with the existing associations, will now get the opportunity to have their interests represented under the new MMFA umbrella. The MMFA will advocate technical features such as product standardization and nomenclature, but also product information and promotion. Last but not least it will promote the idea of sustainability in the sector. The sphere of activities will cover all of Europe.

The first annual Survey of Custom Cabinet Makers by the Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) showed KCD Software as the #1 leading cabinet design software being used in the custom cabinet making industry.

Her­man Miller Inc. was presented the first-ever Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award from the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) at Pack Expo last week.