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Rich
Christianson
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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.
According to Iowa WARN’s notice of layoffs, 298 people will lose their jobs.
Slideshow: A boreal retreat in Quebec
Nestled on a fjord's edge in Quebec's boreal landscape, Sur Le Ruisseau presented architectural challenges and unique opportunities.

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Rich Christianson,
February 12, 2025 | 12:02 pm CST
CKCA unveils Advanced Manufacturing Peer Group
The group is tasked with harnessing advanced manufacturing technologies to address business challenges including low-cost imports, demographic changes, labor shortages, and the rising costs of operations in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

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Rich Christianson,
February 10, 2025 | 8:35 pm CST
Closets Conference & Expo Products
MillWURK Cabinets to introduce RTF door line at Closets Expo
Available in a wide range of colors and styles, MillWURK’s RTF cabinet doors are non-porous to water and other liquids, and easy to clean and maintain.

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Rich Christianson,
February 10, 2025 | 3:36 pm CST
St. Cloud Window ponies up $3.65 million for expansion
The manufacturer of custom aluminum windows, doors and storefront systems for commercial buildings said it will break ground in early 2025, adding that the investment will create 19 manufacturing jobs.

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Rich Christianson,
February 8, 2025 | 5:41 pm CST
Slideshow: Garage’s digital innovation and brand experience
The new Garage store on the second level of the Royalmount mall beckons consumers with an 18-foot-high storefront that allows for the full expression of the brand’s image.

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Rich Christianson,
February 7, 2025 | 12:46 pm CST
Demeter Millwork offers sneak peek of new plant plans
Demeter Millwork announced plans for a new 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Woodridge, Illinois, in a LinkedIn post.

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Rich Christianson,
February 5, 2025 | 12:20 pm CST
Wood Manufacturing Council names Audra Denny president
Denny, who most recently served as executive director of the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada, will be responsible for the effective and efficient management of the WMC,

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Rich Christianson,
February 3, 2025 | 9:00 pm CST
Reimer Hardwoods acquires E Roko Distributors
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia — Reimer Hardwoods Ltd. announced the completion of its acquisition of E Roko Distributors headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia.E Roku, a third-generation firm founded by Roko Kliman in 1970, is a stocking distributor of lumber, panels products, edgebanding, hardware and other building products.

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Rich Christianson,
February 3, 2025 | 4:08 pm CST
Video: Material reuse key to updating university's iconic center of learning
In the late 1970s, architect Joop van Stigt designed a building for the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University.

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Rich Christianson,
February 2, 2025 | 12:52 pm CST