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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.

Canada begins collecting duties on upholstered seating made in China and Vietnam

OTTAWA, Ontario – Canada has started collecting provisional duties on upholstered seating products manufactured in China and Vietnam of up to 295.9% and 101.5% respectively following an investigation into unfair pricing by the Canada Border Services Agency (CSBA).

By Rich Christianson

IFS Coatings PureClad powder coatings for wood

IFS Coatings will demo powder coating on wood at WPE Florida

IFS Coatings will showcase its PureClad powder for wood and MDF at Wood Pro Expo Florida, co-located with the Closets Expo.

By Rich Christianson

2020 Maker custom cabinet design and manufacturing software

Video: New 2020 Maker cabinet design and manufacturing software

2020 Spaces will introduce 2020 Maker, a software application that allows the user to design, sell and produce custom cabinets, closets, and other wood products, at the Closets Expo, co-located with Wood Pro Expo Florida.

By Rich Christianson

Inscape secures $15 million loan

Inscape Corp., a manufacturer of office furniture, entered into a new $15 million senior credit facility with FrontWell Capital Partners Inc. to repay existing indebtedness, finance new capital equipment, and for general working capital purposes.

By Rich Christianson

SFI to create urban forest sustainability standard

OTTAWA and WASHINGTON -- The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced a partnership with five urban forestry groups to develop an SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard. SFI will work with American Forests, Arbor Day Foundation, the International Society of Arboriculture, the Society of Municipal Arborists, and Tree Canada. The new standard would be developed for North America and potentially globally. It would establish criteria for urban forest sustainability, likeily including urban wood utilization.

By Rich Christianson

European demand for wood pellets could fuel increased North American exports

Europe’s demand for wood pellet is expected to increase by 30 to 40 percent over the next five years, according to a new report released by Wood Resources International (WRI).

By Rich Christianson

Shaker Cabinets FDMC 2020 Pricing Survey

Sampson to present best practices for pricing wood projects at WPE Florida

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- How to develop quotes for projects that will help custom woodworkers boost orders and maximize profits is the thrust of FDMC Editor Will Sampson’s seminar scheduled for Wood Pro Expo Florida. Sampson will present, “Solving the Pricing Puzzle,” during the Wood Pro Conference track, June 8 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

By Rich Christianson

CabinetParts offers more than 30,000 products online

CabinetParts, an online distributor representing more than 60 brands of hardware, components and supplies used by cabinet, closet and other wood product manufacturers, will showcase a sampling of its wares at Wood Pro Expo Florida, co-located with the Closets Expo.

By Rich Christianson

DC Distributing's edgebanding has 'look and feel of real metal'

DC Distributing will feature a wide array of metal edgebanding during the co-located Wood Pro Expo Florida and Closets Expo, June 9-10 at the West Palm Beach Convention Center.

By Rich Christianson

Video: Death of the American Chestnut

The health of the American chestnut took a quick and deadly turn for the worse right around the turn of the 20th century with the introduction of the non-native pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight.

By Rich Christianson