ALPENA, Mich. - Panel Processing Inc. announced it will expand its thermally fused laminating capacity with the purchase of a short-cycle press line for the company's Memorial Drive facility in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Omnitech Selexx Chief CNC router upgraded the shop’s capability.

Stiles Manufacturing Solutions Seminar offered educational sessions, live machinery demonstrations and networking events designed towards helping manufacturers

Design flexibility and cost-effectiveness without sacrificing indoor air quality: sustainable North American engineered wood products help make upholstered furniture manufacturing more efficient, economical, and compliant with formaldehyde regulations.

Biesse’s Charlotte Campus will host the first Inside Biesse event of Spring 2017 on March 23 and 24. Biesse will show more than over 23,000 square feet of innovative technology at Charlotte showroom.

C.R. Onsrud and IMA Schelling America have announced that the companies have reached an agreement to form a strategic sales and engineering alliance.

Modular cells and industrial systems, other product innovations are growth leaders. SCM Group is reporting sales growth in 2016 over 2015, with estimated revenue of nearly $635 million, along with innovations in the fields of human resources, production and global presence.

IMA Schelling America has recently completed construction of a new showroom in its U.S. office in Raleigh, North Carolina.

IWF 2016 presented many opportunities for SCM Group to display its woodworking technology, lean manufacturing ideas and material handling options.

Considered the “future of productivity,” Industry 4.0 has already had a significant impact on woodworking processes, including the panel processing arena.Improving communication has been key to its development. “Industry 4.0 requires connectivity between the machine and the data exchange source, i.e., network,” noted Peter Tuenker, managing director at IMA-Schelling America.