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Rich
Christianson
President/Owner/C-Level
Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a Chicago-based communications firm focused on the industrial woodworking sector. Rich is the former long-time editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has toured more than 250 woodworking operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has written extensively on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars including the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Canada’s largest woodworking show.
The transition from teaching students in the classroom to online was most especially fraught with challenges for woodworking instructors belonging to the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA).
Classroom in a box brings education outdoors
Addressing the need to ensure classroom safety during the coronavirus pandemic, Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited and Wonder Inc. have collaborated on OUTSIDE the Box, a modular “front of the class” teaching ensemble to facilitate “fresh air” education.
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Rich Christianson,
July 10, 2020 | 1:49 pm CDT
Canada’s housing outlook clouded by ‘unprecedented uncertainty’
The coronavirus pandemic’s profound impact on the Canadian economy has created “unprecedented uncertainty” for forecasting housing construction and sales activity, according to a special edition of the Housing Market Outlook recently released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
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Rich Christianson,
July 8, 2020 | 9:10 pm CDT
Forestry association seeks extra $500M for COVID-19 stimulus package
The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) is seeking an additional $500 million in federal State and Private Forestry (S&PF) program dollars to support its “COVID-19 stimulus platform.”
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Rich Christianson,
July 8, 2020 | 12:09 pm CDT
‘Business resilience’ is theme of CKCA’s 3rd National Discussion webinar
“Manufacturers talk Business Resilience – Lessons Learned and Strategies to Keep Going” is the title of the Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association’s Third National Discussion webinar.
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Rich Christianson,
July 2, 2020 | 12:37 pm CDT
Studies find need for more and better high school trades education
CALABASAS, Calif. – A pair of research projects commissioned by Harbor Freight Tools for Schools (HFTS) find broad support for high school trades education in America, including the need to offer students more opportunities than are currently available.
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Rich Christianson,
June 30, 2020 | 12:20 pm CDT
Wood Couture seeks to ‘shake up’ furniture supply to hoteliers
Wood Couture announced the launch of its ‘new approach to bespoke furniture supply’ for the global hospitality and high-end residential industries.
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Rich Christianson,
June 29, 2020 | 11:20 am CDT
U.S. probes potential Vietnam-China plywood connection
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has initiated an inquiry into whether imports of hardwood plywood imported from Vietnam, using components from China, circumvent the existing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty orders on hardwood plywood from China.
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Rich Christianson,
June 25, 2020 | 8:41 pm CDT
CWMDA plans Woodworking Technology Days in wake of IWF cancellation
The Canadian Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association announced that nine of its members, including eight with showrooms in the greater Toronto area, are joining together to present Woodworking Technology Days.
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Rich Christianson,
June 23, 2020 | 10:29 am CDT
Canada launches antidumping probe of Chinese hardwood plywood
Pricing of Chinese hardwood plywood faces fresh scrutiny, this time in Canada, where the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched an antidumping investigation.
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Rich Christianson,
June 22, 2020 | 3:59 pm CDT