Automated Machine Systems, a manufacturer of equipment for the wood pallet and timber processing industries, will invest $1.5 million to expand its facility in Michigan.
Rich Harshaw, opening keynote speaker for the 2021 Closets Conference, will also facilitate a workshop focused on how companies can more effectively market their products and services by identifying and capitalizing on their greatest strengths.
A new research paper from wood product firm Stora Enso dives into the science behind the health and wellbeing benefits to building with wood.
"Considering in the developed world, around 90 percent of our time is spent inside – something that’s been exacerbated in recent times by the COVID-19 pandemic – it is more important than ever to assess wellbeing whilst indoors, and the whitepaper demystifies the role building materials play in this," says the firm.
The annual event provides a forum for distributor and manufacturer executives to connect to assess their partnership while also confirming growth plans for the coming year.