Wood products sustainability initiatives have become more active as the economy recovers, including BIFMA level, KCMA Environmental Stewardship program (ESP) and the AHFA Sustainable by Design program.

Wood products sustainability initiatives have become more active as the economy recovers, including BIFMA level, KCMA Environmental Stewardship program (ESP) and the AHFA Sustainable by Design program.

A woodshop teachers challenge to Jesse in Breaking Bad was a redeeming element for one unsavory character. Jesse recalls four attempts to build a better box of Peruvian walnut inlaid with Zebra wood.

Necessity is the mother of invention, we’ve been told. But to create new sales opportunities for your woodworking shop, you want to turn the phrase around.

The shortage of skilled labor can have an impact on the industry. So, let’s plan now to work together to develop the next generation of woodworkers that businesses already need.

The wood industry worker supply chain is tightly linked. Woodworkers in furniture and cabinetry factories often move to custom woodshops or remodelers, and back again. So all wood production segments need to work together to assure we've got the pipeline full.

Building and construction markets are already in recovery, and the post-Sandy reconstruction plans are starting. How will Obama's election impact the cabinetry, furniture and other wood manufacturing segments? We could win, with a reational industrial policy.

The housing recovery is driving investment into home building, with lumber and forest products firms the beneficiaries.

For the woodworking show, everyone has an agenda. Mine is to track down wood industry software applications; to look at inkjet imaging and coating of wood; and check out portable and benchtop power tools. And everything CNC.

Percentage of any auction can be designated to benefit woodworking education organization.