American Door and Drawer emerged from a devastating fire, becoming bigger and better than ever. Aiding the component firm's manufacturing revival was the implementation of a Heesemann sander used for calibrating solid wood panels and sanding high-gloss surfaces.

Washington-based Bellmont Cabinet Co. produces 500 frameless-style contemporary cabinets a day in its state-of-the-art facility. Quality is key, and the company recently revamped its process engineering for white wood sanding, staining, painting and clear coating.

An investment in sanding equipment has helped award-winning architectural woodwork firm Gaithersburg Cabinetry & Millwork to improve its quality and productivity in the finishing area — and set it apart from competitors.

A spark in the finishing area set off a fireball, and a wood manufacturer was devastated. The predicament faced by Ken Clifton, president of CCF Industries on Friday, April 4, 2014, is quite a tale: an explosion rocked his Apollo, PA custom dovetail drawer plant, spreading fire and destroying the company’s 16,000-square-foot facility.

 When botanists were grappling with the harsh realities of the arrival of the emerald ash borer to U.S. forests, most referenced the devastation that might come to ash trees in terms of another native tree, all but wiped out by blight. That tree was the American chestnut, Castanea dentata. Scientists now have reason to hope that the majestic trees, once widespread throughout North America but virtually eliminated by the Asiatic blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, formerly known as Endothia parasitica, might return blight resistant.

Cabinetry firm Quality Tops & Kitchens says its attention to detail sets it apart as a manufacturer of kitchens, vanities and millwork.

Aptly named, Versatile Cabinet carved its own niche in the residential and commercial cabinetry and countertops market.

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Mappa burl, from the European poplar trees (Populus nigra to be exact), has grown more and more popular.