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Karen Koenig
Editor

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].

Furniture

E.A. Clore, established 1830, closes hand-built furniture shop

E.A. Clore Sons, Inc., a Madison, Virgina, furniture manufacturer that prides itself on traditional joinery methods and animal hide glue, will close for good. The company said it would take some orders as time and materials allow, but add a 20 percent surcharge to those orders. It was founded by a son of a German immigrant in 1830.

IWF News

IWF 2016: Why woodworkers should attend

Woodworking Network gets the scoop on the latest news and highlights at IWF from 2016 Show Chairman Tom Onsrud, president and CEO of C.R. Onsrud. North America's largest woodworking show for production and custom woodworkers involved in manufacturing furniture, cabinets, architectural millwork, components, closets and more, IWF 2016 takes place Aug. 24-27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Woodworking Industry News

Residential furniture orders dip in February

Residential furniture orders fell slightly in February, down 1 percent compared to the year prior, according to the latest Furniture Insights survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors from Smith Leonard. According to the High Point, North Carolina-based consulting group, this was the first time since 2014 that new orders dropped from the previous year, and the second time since March 2013.