HACKETTSTOWN, NJ – The National Kitchen & Bath Assn. announced the appointment of its 2007 executive committee.

CHEVY CHASE, MD -- Enabling, environmental, economic, energy savings and performance benefits of ultraviolet and electron beam curing will be featured at uv.eb West 2007, March 6-7 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel LAX in Los Angeles, CA.  The conference program includes presentations on wood finishing. Topics include 3-D curing of 100% solids and water-based curings and UV powder coatings for woods. For more information, visit www.uvebwest.com or phone (240) 497-1242.

TUALATIN, OR -- Southeast Tool Inc. announced that as of Jan. 2, 2007, it will have opened a new warehouse in Tualatin, OR, in order to better serve its West Coast customers and distributors. The move will also extend the company’s shipping time back to the East Coast. For more information, call (877) 465-7012 or e-mail [email protected].

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Stiles Machinery Inc. announced the addition of two plant tours to its sixth annual Executive Briefing Conference scheduled for March 14-16 in Dallas, TX.

CHARLOTTE, NC – Earlex, a manufacturer of HVLP (high volume/low pressure) spray stations, named Woodcraft Supply, a supplier of woodworking tools and accessories, national distributor of Earlex spray stations to the woodworking industry, according to the company.

CLACKAMAS, OR – Contact Lumber has changed its name to Contact Industries. The new name reflects the 60-year-old company’s transition from a traditional millwork manufacturing organization to a manufacturer of customized products, a number of which no longer utilize lumber in their composition.

LAVAL, QUEBEC -- 20-20 Technologies Inc., a computer-aided design company, signed a deal to acquire Pattern Systems International Inc. (PSI) of Mount Arlington, NJ, according to The Canadian Press. Terms of the takeover were not disclosed.

COOK, MN -- Hill Wood Products, a manufacturer of wood products, plans to expand its flooring division and create up to seven new jobs in the process, according to The Timberjay Newspaper.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- The Remodeler's Choice, a supply store for professional remodelers and a division of Fullerton Lumber, will officially open Jan. 2 in the former Bennett Lumber space at 2828 Emerson Ave. S.

PHOENIX, AZ – Slide-Lok has entered into an agreement with Flexmar Coatings to exclusively distribute polyaspartic garage floor coating systems in the United States and Canada. Slide-Lok says the system dries within four to six hours of application. For more information, contact Slide-Lok at (800) 835-1759 or visit www.slide-lok.com. Read more.