Roger Criau, former head of Danckaert Woodworking Machinery Co. and a founding father of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Assn., passed away on Oct. 23. No further information is available at this time.
Edwin Louis Bass, who is credited with being the first to build a business importing industrial woodworking machinery from Europe, passed away on May 26. He was 93.
Wood sanding machinery firm Timesavers Inc. received the Partner of the Year award at WIC 2012, the wood industry suppliers annual conference in Delray Beach, FL.