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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.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The formation of the National Woods Board (NWB), an industry partnership focused on replicating the success of the Manufacturing Industry Learning Lab (MiLL), was announced at last year’s Executive Briefing Conference (EBC).
Carpenters Union training facility wins Ontario Wood WORKS! award
TORONTO – Carpenters Union Local 249 Training Facility was one of nine wood projects celebrated at the 23rd annual Ontario Wood WORKS! Awards Night held at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Rich Christianson,
May 14, 2023 | 7:15 pm CDT
Canfor opens 2023 with $208.5 million loss
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canfor Corp. reported an operating loss of $208.5 million for its first quarter of 2023. That comes on the heels of an operating loss of $308 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Rich Christianson,
May 11, 2023 | 8:40 pm CDT
Registration opens for WMS, Canada’s national woodworking event
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – CCI Media Canada, organizers of the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, are offering professional woodworkers the opportunity to attend the show for free.
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Rich Christianson,
May 8, 2023 | 4:06 pm CDT
38 Canadian firms crack the 2023 FDMC 300
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa – Metrie Inc., North America's largest mouldings producer, maintained its place as the highest-ranked Canadian-based wood products company in the 2023 FDMC 300.
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Rich Christianson,
April 27, 2023 | 11:47 am CDT
New features on tap for Wood Pro Expo Lancaster
MANHEIM, Pa. -- Exhibit space sales are heating up for Wood Pro Expo Lancaster (WPEL), the only trade show dedicated to serving professional woodworkers in the Northeast.
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Rich Christianson,
April 24, 2023 | 7:59 pm CDT
Goodfellow reports first quarter loss of $211,000
DELSON, Quebec – Goodfellow Inc., a manufacturer of value-added lumber products and a distributor of building materials and floor coverings, posted a new loss of $211,000 for the first quarter ended Feb. 28.
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Rich Christianson,
April 24, 2023 | 9:54 am CDT
Prominent industry groups sign on to support WMS 2023
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – The Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo (WMS), Canada’s national industrial woodworking event, has lined up the support of a growing number of key trade associations and organizations, plus leading trade media.
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Rich Christianson,
April 21, 2023 | 8:51 am CDT
Register now to attend the 2023 Executive Briefing Conference
Advanced registration is open for the 2023 Executive Briefing Conference, the only leadership event open to owners and top managers from throughout the full spectrum of the woodworking industry.
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Rich Christianson,
April 20, 2023 | 10:21 am CDT
Slideshow: Video game publisher’s new ‘Cloud Chamber’
MONTREAL – ACDF Architecture got the call to design a post-pandemic office space dubbed the “Cloud Chamber” for 2K, a publisher of video games including many played by Xbox and PlayStation gamers.
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Rich Christianson,
April 18, 2023 | 11:03 am CDT