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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.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, and NELYSFORD, Va. -- Woodworking Network and the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) have joined forces to conduct a ground-breaking survey exploring the woodworking industry’s most critical workforce development issues.
Video: Deadwood Revival Design’s full-circle approach to urban forestry
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Deadwood Revival Design has built its business model around producing handcrafted furniture and slabs salvaged from California’s central coast.
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Rich Christianson,
July 8, 2021 | 2:05 pm CDT
Canadian designers create ‘mutated furniture’ in a post-apocalyptic world
MONTREAL – FICTIONS, billed as an “immersive virtual experience” featuring 13 works of furniture by eight local designers, was broadcast from Montreal April 22 through May 4.
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Rich Christianson,
July 1, 2021 | 8:13 am CDT
WMC leads new Ontario program to train 72 woodworkers
PEMBROKE, Ontario – The Ontario government is partnering with the Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC) to help 72 workers and jobseekers learn the necessary skills to get jobs in wood manufacturing.
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Rich Christianson,
June 30, 2021 | 12:01 pm CDT
Bodaq vinyl film mimics stone, marble, leather and more
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Bodaq vinyl architectural film, a self-adhesive, stretchable decorative surface, is offered in more than 450 patterns from Nelcos Distribution.
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Rich Christianson,
June 30, 2021 | 8:55 am CDT
Video: The making of the world’s first wooden satellite
VANTAA, Finland – The WISA Woodsat, the world’s first wooden satellite successfully completed its stratospheric test flight earlier this month. The nano-satellite was designed and constructed to “hopefully” withstand the harsh rigors of space orbit, according to the mission team.
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Rich Christianson,
June 28, 2021 | 9:06 pm CDT
WCA President Scott Nelson reflects on challenges of past year
NELLYSFORD, Va. -- Scott Nelson, president of the Woodwork Career Alliance, rolled up his sleeves to field questions about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the non-profit organization and its core members. He also offered a glimpse of WCA programs and activities moving forward.
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Rich Christianson,
June 27, 2021 | 2:40 pm CDT
Port Alberni, B.C., moves to expropriate Western Forest Products’ sawmill
PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia -- The City of Port Alberni set into motion action to take over more than 40 acres of land occupied by Western Forest Products’ Somass Division sawmill.
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Rich Christianson,
June 26, 2021 | 5:35 pm CDT
Plenty to see, plenty to do in EBC’s host city
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – When booking your travel to attend the 2023 Executive Briefing Conference (EBC), be sure to tack on at least a couple of extra days to take in the majestic mountain views and explore the intriguing mix of nature, recreation, history, and culture that truly make Colorado Springs a destination city.
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Rich Christianson,
June 23, 2021 | 2:55 pm CDT
Palliser appoints Ambeau as first CMO
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Steve Ambeau has been named to the newly created position of chief marketing officer by the Palliser Furniture Group.
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Rich Christianson,
June 18, 2021 | 9:35 am CDT