WWP December 2009

For Northern Contours, a Minnesota-based component manufacturer, the recent economic downturn has been a mixed blessing.

A look at the newest technology in edge processing.

We no longer consider ourselves simply a magazine. Wood & Wood Products is, in fact, part of a multimedia network, incorporating the publication, Web site, comprehensive resource directory, events and conferences, research and digital marketing services.

Are you one of those managers who is more concerned about results than how those results are achieved? If so, although you are in the majority, you are dangerously close to being left behind.

Butternut often has been called the “white walnut” or the “other walnut.” A member of the walnut family, it has a rich, warm buttery tan color and a satin-like luster. In addition to a wide range of uses, including cabinetry, furniture, flooring, wall paneling, high-end joinery, interior trim for boats, boxes and crates, it can be sliced into veneer and is well-regarded as a carving wood. In addition, the trees yield a sweet edible nut, considered by many to be a delicacy, and syrup similar to that of maple.

Revamping the layout of the finishing area can be an arduous process, but Conestoga Wood Specialties not only accomplished the task in a timely manner, it did so while still retaining its practically perfect on-time shipping record.

When it comes to being green, the wood products industry is simultaneously in an enviable and vulnerable place compared to practically any other manufacturing industry.