Wood Machinery & Supplies

Cabinet software upgrade eliminates paper clutter

Cabinet Vision 2025.1, the latest version of the cabinet software from Cabinet Vision, Hexagon, features the Paperless Traveller App that allows users to transition to digital workflows and eliminate paper clutter with this all new mobile app, optimizing precision and productivity on your shop floor. In addition, it offers Enhanced Assembly Control that provides greater customization with new capabilities to modify construction methods and material schedules per assembly. General system enhancements include simplified installation with a faster, error-free process, and a redesigned interface for improved usability and functionality.

Opinion

Diplomacy of international woodworking

As a sales representative of long standing with Global Fabricating Inc., Toronto, Canada, I spent many years developing clientele in America. We were very successful in the long run.The pandemic taught us to seek out local suppliers, side-stepping the supply chain crisis as much as possible.Our supply equation was: Buy local - Provincial-Canadian, then America, and then elsewhere if need be.

Woodworking Industry News

Hardwood plywood group files petition with Commerce Department regarding imports

Citing unfair trade practices, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood has petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission to enact antidumping and countervailing duties against Indonesia, Vietnam, and China. The petitions, filed Thursday, May 22, "have significant implications for our economy, in which hardwood plywood plays a critical role in producing numerous downstream products."