Woodworking Industry News

Woodworking Industry News

SAMES names chief sales officer and makes additional new hires

Sames North America announced that Kevin Higgins has accepted the role of chief sales officer for North America. Higgins has been the vice president of distribution sales since 2015. He has demonstrated his dedication and leadership support to our Distribution network, Customers, Integrators and overall Sames sales teams. Higgins will be managing the North American sales organization and aligning our sales team to best support our customers’ needs.

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Madison’s Reporter: Sales of lumber continue slow in new year

As a fresh, brand new year of 2023 got started, lumber sales continued with the slow momentum which ended last year. This is normal for the season, particularly given some very harsh winter weather across the continent. Winter is not usually a good time for home building and construction. Several large-volume operators, especially in British Columbia, had reduced production and curtailed lumber manufacturing for a couple of months, and are continuing to do so in early January.

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Simpson Strong-Tie acquires EstiFrame Technologies

Simpson Strong-Tie, a manufacturer of engineered structural connectors and building solutions has acquired Elk Grove, Calif.–based EstiFrame Technologies Inc. Founded in 2017 by Coby Gifford and Aaron Love, EstiFrame provides component manufacturing and framing technologies to the construction industry, including the EasyFrame automated marking system that matches saws with digital printers to label 2x frame members for fast and accurate assembly.