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Karen Koenig
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Karen M. Koenig has more than 35 years of experience in the woodworking industry, including visits to wood products manufacturing facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. As senior editor, her responsibilities include writing and editing for Woodworking Network publications FDMC Magazine and Closets & Organized Storage Magazine, as well as the website. She also oversees many of Woodworking Network's special projects and programs, including Red Book: Resource Guide for Best Practice, FDMC 300, 40 Under 40, and the Wood Industry Market Leaders. She can be reached at [email protected].

Woodworking Industry News

R.D. Henry donates to St. Jude, announces staff changes

WICHITA, Kan. - Cabinets for a local St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway have been donated by R.D. Henry & Co. "We're honored to have been chosen to provide cabinets for the Kansas St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway house and support them in their fight to end childhood cancers," said Mael Hernandez, CEO and president of R.D. Henry. "It's heartbreaking, but it's also heartwarming to know that the St. Jude program helps local families and hospitals."

Cabinets

Cabinet sales up 8.4% in March

Cabinet sales continued their upward trend in March, increasing 8.4% compared to the same month a year ago, according to participating members in the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association's (KCMA) monthly Trend of Business Survey.

Woodworking Industry News

AkzoNobel outlines plan to thwart PPG takeover

Dutch coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel on Wednesday detailed plans to separate its Specialty Chemicals business as part of a strategy to fend off a multi-billion dollar takeover bid by rival PPG Industries. The strategy outlined to investors calls for AkzoNobel to sell or list the Specialty Coatings business within 12 months.

Event Coverage

American hardwoods form unique display at interzum

COLOGNE, Germany - "The Workshop of Dreams," a new exhibit by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), will be among the featured displays at interzum 2017. The show for materials, components, design and interior finishing, interzum runs May 16-19 in Cologne. Sponsored by Koelnmesse, the biennial interzum fair will feature more than 1,600 exhibitors from 60-plus countries.