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Karl Forth

Karl D. Forth is online editor for CCI Media. He also writes news and feature stories in FDMC Magazine, in addition to newsletters and custom publishing projects. He is also involved in event organization, and compiles the annual FDM 300 list of industry leaders. He can be reached at [email protected].

Woodworking Industry News

Equipment orders down 21 percent in Italy due to Covid-19 lockdown

The analysis of data in Italy collected by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria-member association representing the Italian wood furniture technology industry, was not surprising and confirmed an immediate impact of the lockdown caused by the Covid19 pandemic. The first quarter of 2020 closed with a widespread reduction of woodworking machinery and tool orders, a two-digit decrease that involved all global markets, though with some delay.

Woodworking Industry News

Loggers request congressional aid to offset Covid-19 losses

HENDERSON, N.C. -- The Carolina Loggers Association and a coalition of 19 additional associations (California, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Northeastern Loggers Association, North Carolina, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) join the American Loggers Council (ALC) in requesting $2.5 billion from Congress to support America’s loggers directly.