Topping the wood industry news this week was a report from the International Woodworking Fair: the seven 2012 Challengers Award winners were announced Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m., three hours after the show opened - news that always draws intense interest in the woodworking business.
Friday the week before the show, the State of Georgia announced it would no longer support in its own projects any green building standards (read LEED) that weren't open to wood and lumber products certification standards beyond FSC. The governor cited a similar action by Maine in issuing his executive order.
Here are the week's top stories:
1. IWF Challengers Award Winners Announced
2. Georgia Dumps LEED Wood Standard for State Buildings
3. Carveture Creates Fine Wood Detail With CNC
4. ITW To Sell Decorative Surfaces Segment for $1.05 Billion
5. Harden Furniture Invests $3M in Factory Upgrade
6. Pulte Uses Garage Upgrades To Sell Homes
7. Furniture Factory Invests $400,000 With Government Aid
8. Home Depot Earnings Rise 12% on Kitchen Remodeling
9. Hilco Auctioning Wood Equipment After RTC Plant Closure
10. La-Z-Boy Looks to Build New World Headquarters
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IWF Challengers Award Winners Announced
By Karen Koenig | Updated: 08/22/2012 11:12:00 AM
IWF has announced the seven winners of the 2012 Challengers Award. Read more
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Georgia Dumps LEED Wood Standard for State Buildings
By Bill Esler | Updated: 08/15/2012 9:44:00 PM
Effectively abandoning formal LEED green building standards in state-funded projects, Georgia officially endorsed sustainable wood certifications more favorable to its wood industry than FSC used by LEED. Read more
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Carveture Creates Fine Wood Detail With CNC
Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 08/02/2012 11:05:00 AM
Wood carver Joe Valasek's company, Carveture, uses the latest CNC machining technology and CAD/CAM software to create large, finely detail wood panel projects. Read more
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Harden Furniture Invests $3M in Factory Upgrade
By Karen Koenig | Updated: 08/17/2012 8:48:00 AM
Harden Furniture Co. has announced plans to install an estimated $3 million in new technology as part of the residential and contract furniture and casegoods manufacturer's lean manufacturing initiatives. Read more
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Pulte Uses Garage Upgrades To Sell Homes
By Bill Esler | Updated: 08/16/2012 10:22:00 PM
Homebuilder Pulte has begun offering premium garage interior storage system upgrades as part of a sales promotion for homes in its developments in Illinois, Indianapolis, Seattle, Southern California and St. Louis. Read more
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Green Building Council Unfairly Favors FSC: Georgia
Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 08/16/2012 8:56:00 PM
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system unfairly awards its wood certification credit only to Forest Stewardship Council certified standard, says an executive order by Georgia's governor. SFI says it agrees. Read more |
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Hilco Auctioning Wood Equipment After RTC Plant Closure
By Josh Krol | Updated: 08/17/2012 1:27:00 PM
Hilco Industrial will be selling the complete assets of RTC Termoformas, S.A during a Webcast Auction on September 6th of this year. Read more
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