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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.
British Columbia has amended its Workers Compensation Act, which it says “will provide better support to injured workers and their families and enhance WorkSafeBC’s ability to investigate workplace incidents, while keeping premiums low.”
Workbook highlights adding value to urban wood ‘waste’
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WASHINGTON – The USDA Forest Service, in partnership with the Baltimore Wood Project, has created the Urban Wood Workbook designed for woodworkers, municipal managers and other potential users to “rethink the value of what many consider to be urban wood ‘waste.’”
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Rich Christianson,
August 30, 2020 | 11:37 am CDT
Akhurst Machinery named B.C. Family Enterprise of the Year
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The fourth-generation owners of Akhurst Machinery Ltd. will receive the Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) for British Columbia at an online ceremony set for Sept. 24.
The award was established by the Family Enterprise Xchange in 1986 to “recognize, celebrate and promote the achievements of Canadian family businesses and the considerable contribution they make to both their local communities and our national economy.”
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Rich Christianson,
August 30, 2020 | 11:19 am CDT
$90M sawmill project would create 95 jobs in St. Helena, La.
ST. HELENA, La. – Florida Parishes Forest Products LLC is looking to construct a sawmill that could employ 95 people by 2022.
According to the Advocate, the company is seeking an economic incentive agreement with the state that would include exempting the mill from property taxes for up to its first 10 years. The exemption is reportedly contingent on approval of the local school board, sheriff's office and police jury.
The sawmill would source logs from the more than 200,000 acres of forest located in the parish.
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Rich Christianson,
August 28, 2020 | 10:02 am CDT
Patrick Ind. acquires Inland Plywood
Patrick Industries Inc. expanded its portfolio via acquisition through the purchase of Inland Plywood.
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Rich Christianson,
August 26, 2020 | 9:11 pm CDT
Conifex’s Q2 revenues plunge 73%; sees better days ahead
Conifex Timber Inc. reported second quarter revenues of $10.1 million, a 73 percent decrease from Q2 2019 and a 65% decline from the first quarter of 2020. Inspite of the rough quarter, the company forecasts a return to profitability for the second half of the year.
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Rich Christianson,
August 25, 2020 | 9:29 am CDT
Video: Canadian wood producer stocks soar on record lumber prices
TORONTO, Ontario -- Spurred by historically high lumber and wood panels product prices, Canfor, CanWel, Interfor, Norbord and West Fraser each achieved record-high 52-week average stock prices Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The surge in enhanced stock performance follows moves taken by each of the publicly-traded wood product companies to increase production following weeks of varying degrees of curtailment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rich Christianson,
August 21, 2020 | 11:04 am CDT
Slideshow: Not your grandpa's cabin woodwork
SENJA, Norway – This cabin designed by Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio -- surrounded by majestic mountains and magical fjords in northern Norway -- is anything but rustic as attested by its $2.7 million price tag.
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Rich Christianson,
August 18, 2020 | 12:56 pm CDT
Bluewater Wood Alliance kicks off Leadership webinar series Sept. 15
The Bluewater Wood Alliance (BWA) will present a 12-part webinar series, Empowering Individuals & Organizations in Leadership, from Sept. 15 through Feb. 16, 2021.
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Rich Christianson,
August 17, 2020 | 3:32 pm CDT
'Adjusting to the times' the theme of WPE Lancaster Live
The special two-hour presentation, with the underlying theme, “Adjusting to the Times,” represents a collaborative effort of Woodworking Network and the Cabinet Makers Association (CMA).
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Rich Christianson,
August 14, 2020 | 3:20 pm CDT