Ball State has created a center to prepare its students for the rapidly expanding construction management field in hopes to increase the amount of highly skilled managers.
The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) has announced new discounted rates for students and instructors of wood manufacturing programs to join the association and/or attend regional events.
L & L Brendel Construction and Front Street Millwork & Lumber of Bismarck, South Dakota, were cited by OSHA after 22-year-old was seriously injured in a fall.
Stanley Furniture sales fell 20.4 percent to $11.7 million, " impacted by production delays of new products, while the company awaits more marketable product from its new factory in Vietnam.
Property developer Lendlease says it has opened the first hotel in the country to be completely constructed using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), the Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal.
Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau made the case for free trade in the wood products industry with the U.S., noting that managed trade increases volatility, and that Western Canada's lumber producers have advantages in trade with China and large U.S. manufacturing centers.
Vitap's Point Acoustic compact CNC drilling machine was designed specifically for applications in the manufacturing of acoustic and sound absorbing panels, for which there seems to be growing demand. It is a semin-finalist in the IWF 2016 Challengers Awards