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Larry Adams is a Chicago-based writer and editor who writes about how things get done. A former wire service and community newspaper reporter, Larry is an award-winning writer with more than three decades of experience. In addition to writing about woodworking, he has covered science, metrology, metalworking, industrial design, quality control, imaging, Swiss and micromanufacturing . He was previously a Tabbie Award winner for his coverage of nano-based coatings technology for the automotive industry. Larry volunteers for the historic preservation group, the Kalo Foundation/Ianelli Studios, and the science-based group, Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST).
The Cabinetworks Group plans to spend $14.2 million as part of an expansion in Michigan, adding 110 corporate jobs and moving its headquarters from Ann Arbor to Livonia.
Family awarded $787 million in damages in bunk-bed death of toddler
A federal jury awarded a Columbus family with what is believed to be the largest wrongful death verdict payment in Ohio history after the six-person jury awarded the family of 2-year-old Ja’Syiah Boone $787 million in a wrongful death verdict.
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Larry Adams,
August 17, 2023 | 11:22 am CDT
Two large woodworking firms close in one week in August
It was a bitter August for workers, customers and ownership at Klaussner Furniture Industries Inc. in North Carolina and Solid Comfort in North Dakota. The two companies, both ranked in the FDMC 300 ranking of largest North American woodworking shops, were seemingly there one day and gone the next.
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Larry Adams,
August 17, 2023 | 7:50 am CDT
Frontier Surfaces acquires contract flooring company
Scott Appel, the owner of Frontier Surfaces, which sells flooring, cabinets, counters, and millwork, has acquired Builder Flooring Solutions, a Pennsylvania-based contract flooring company that services builders, developers, and multifamily property owners.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 12:17 pm CDT
Copper-infused solid surface kills drug-resistant fungus
NORFOLK, Va. — Over the past decade, an emerging threat has affected America's 1.3 million nursing home residents: Candida auris, a fungus that causes dangerous, often fatal, bloodstream infections. From the first case in 2013, this fungus is now the cause of over 2,300 cases, with a mortality rate of 30-60%.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 12:05 pm CDT
Formaldehyde a carcinogen, panel says, but chemical group challenges findings
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has backed a 2022 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft toxicological risk assessment review that found formaldehyde to be a human carcinogen linked to cancers such as leukemia.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 11:47 am CDT
Canadian government invests $1.5M in Roseburg MDF plant
The Canadian government has made a $1.5-million contribution to Roseburg Forest Products Canada for the installation of robotic equipment to upgrade its medium-density fiberboard (MDF) plant.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 11:37 am CDT
Ex-Klaussner employee files WARN lawsuit
ASHEBORO, N.C. — A former Klaussner employee filed a federal lawsuit on Aug. 10, a few days after the company shut down.
The plaintiff, Trey Chavis, alleges the company did not give them at least 60 days notice, as required by the WARN Act.
Chavis filed his lawsuit (1:23-cv-00876, Chavis v. Klaussner Furniture Industries Inc.) in a Delaware court requesting class-action status and a jury trial. Chavis was employed at the Klaussner plant at 405 Lewallen Road in Asheboro, which employed 558 who were subsequently let go.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 11:26 am CDT
NAHB: Single-family starts edge higher but rising rate concerns persist
WASHINGTON – A lack of existing inventory and solid demand helped offset rising mortgage rates and push single-family production higher in July, even as builders continue to grapple with elevated construction and financing costs as well as a lack of skilled labor, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Overall housing starts increased 3.9% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.45 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Larry Adams,
August 16, 2023 | 10:36 am CDT