SMTCL has announced the development of a new horizontal turning center, the EHC125300.

Thermwood says it constantly adds new features and capabilities to its highly automated Cut Center CNC. The newest is the ability to quickly and easily machine MDF doors using standard profile tooling with corner cleanup.

The highly specialized craftsmen at Mattiazzi, in Udine, Italy, operate the most sophisticated machinery available to the wood industry. A ten-axis CNC milling machine allows wood to take the complex shapes associated with injection-molded plastic. Operating such a machine is an art and Mattiazzi disproves the modern myth that mechanized manufacturing is not a craft.

I wish I was joking when I typed out that title, but unfortunately I am not. Here is how my world came crashing down.

Wood manufacturing technology supplier Biesse has cut the ribbon on its new showroom at its grand opening of its new 23,000 sq.ft. showroom in Charlotte, North Carolina. More than 300 people were expected to attend the April 7-8 event.

The CNC arrived from Austria to our shop on January 27th, bright and early. We do not own a forklift, much to the chagrin of my employees, but across the street is an industrial steel plant, and they have been kind enough over the years to unload any machines that we have delivered. Thankfully, the unloading process was uneventful, and within an hour or so we had the machine safely nestled in its final resting place.

David Paine has joined Biesse America in the position of Product Area Manager, where he will oversee and direct sales in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Paine is an industry veteran with a strong background in manufacturing and CAD/CAM software.

Pade USA has moved to a new 5,000 square foot location in Conover, North Carolina. It is responsible for machinery sales, service and parts for multi-axis CNC woodworking machinery maker Pade of Italy.