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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.
Enviva Partners LP recently commemorated a shipment of 28,000 metric tons of wood pellets to Japan, its first to the East Asian nation.
Video: BTL’s soft-close under-mount slides
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – BTL, a hardware manufacturer based in Haining, Zhejiang, China, will display its full-extension, soft-close under-mount slides at Wood Pro Expo Florida.
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Rich Christianson,
January 4, 2021 | 3:45 pm CST
Wood pellet production begins at new Pinnacle/Tolko mill
Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s newest mill in High Level, Alberta, recently began manufacturing wood pellets. The manufacturing facility is owned 50-50 with Tolko Industries though a limited partnership.
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Rich Christianson,
January 4, 2021 | 1:37 pm CST
Tolko’s partnership with Jasper Lumber will triple Ala. sawmill’s capacity
VERNON, British Columbia – A new 50-50 joint venture partnership between Tolko Industries Ltd. and Jasper Lumber Co. paves the way for expanding the potential output of Jasper’s sawmill in Jasper, Ala., from 70 million board feet to 200 million board feet of southern pine lumber.
The $45 million project includes construction of facilities and installation of new machinery. Plans also call for increased shifting at the mill and the creation of at least 60 jobs. Construction is expected to begin in early 2021.
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Rich Christianson,
January 2, 2021 | 6:25 pm CST
Closets Conference & Expo Products
Video: Blum’s onyx black hinges create visual impact
Blum will showcase its onyx black hinges at Wood Pro Expo Florida, co-located with the Closets Conference & Expo, June 8-10 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
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Rich Christianson,
December 31, 2020 | 9:59 am CST
Congress enacts national furniture flammability standard
Congress passed the COVID-19 Regulatory Relief and Work from Home Safety Act, which incorporates the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) supported by several industry groups including the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association.
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Rich Christianson,
December 30, 2020 | 1:55 pm CST
Hoffmann's Combo System boosts beaded face frame output
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Hoffmann-USA will present its Beaded Face Frame Combo System at Wood Pro Expo, co-located with the Closets Conference & Expo, June 8-10, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
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Rich Christianson,
December 30, 2020 | 6:47 am CST
One architect’s vision of post-pandemic office space design
The workplace designs of 2021 and beyond will be different, but not dramatically so contends Joan Renaud, partner of ACDF.
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Rich Christianson,
December 29, 2020 | 8:51 pm CST
CMA to tout membership benefits at Wood Pro Expo Florida
The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) will have a busy agenda at the 2021 Wood Pro Expo Florida, a regional marketplace for professional woodworkers.
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Rich Christianson,
December 28, 2020 | 6:07 pm CST
Norbord to reopen long-idled OSB mill in Quebec
Norbord Inc. plans to resume production of oriented strand board next spring at a mill in Chambord, Quebec, that last manufactured product in 2008.
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Rich Christianson,
December 22, 2020 | 9:14 pm CST