FDM
NOTEBOOK
✸ Awards
HON Co. was awarded a
silver Millennium Award
for a video promoting its
educational furniture line.
✸ Donations
Professional Tool
Manufacturing has donated
hundreds of its Drill Doctor
drill bit sharpeners to high
schools nationwide.
✸ Volunteers
Hickory Hardware provided
volunteers and donated door
hardware products for a five-day Habitat for Humanity
build in Nashville, Tenn.
Dynea divests North American operations
Dynea, a Finnish adhesive resin
producer, announced the divestment
of its North American operations to
Teachers’ Private Capital. The transaction allows Dynea to focus on growing
markets in Eastern Europe and Asia
Pacific and to further strengthen its
market position in those areas.
“The divestment of Dynea’s North
American operations is a logical step in
our strategy to take a leading position in
the markets where we operate,” said Roger Carlstedt, president and CEO. “The
transaction also gives us the opportunity
to create added value by investing in new
technology to support our customers.”
November construction up
(Percent change from October)
Nonresidential Residential
20building building
15
10
5
0
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 20
+14%
Nove ber omverall
+1% +18% +4%
Single-family
housing
Multi-fa houmily sing
Nove ber omverall
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group
Cheever to speak at Dallas
Executive Briefing Conference
Roseburg buys
wood products
mills
The upcoming Executive Briefing
Conference (EBC), to be held March
14-16, 2007 in Dallas, will feature
author and marketing specialist Ellen
Cheever (pictured) as the
closing speaker. Her closing keynote will be titled
Design for One and All and
will cover how customer-ini-tiated trends are becoming
the norm and what different age groups want in
design services.
The conference is a live
forum for woodworking
decision makers to discuss
current and future business
challenges and opportunities, and to
help participants answer the question,
“What’s Next?”
The 2007 event will be held at the
Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West in Dallas. The 2007 EBC features a three-day,
two-night program with plant tours,
speakers and opportunities for idea
exchange and small group discussions.
This is the sixth EBC, and is sponsored
by Stiles Education, Architectural
Woodwork Institute, National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers,
Composite Panel Association, Association of Closet and Storage Professionals, WoodLINKS and FDM Magazine.
Steve Yastrow will be the
keynote speaker. Yastrow
is the author of “Brand Harmony”,
and is a speaker, writer and consultant
known for his revolutionary marketing
systems. His presentation will focus
on how to create profitable customer
relationships through an approach to
marketing that involves everyone in
the organization.
The EBC is a not-for-profit event,
and any profits are donated to advance
the programs of WoodLINKS USA.
For more information, contact Steve
Waltman, Stiles Machinery Inc., at
616.698.7500, swaltman@stilesmachinery.com, or contact Judy Cisler at
jcisler@stilesmachinery.com.
Roseburg Forest Products Co.,
Roseburg, Ore., took ownership
of seven former Georgia-Pacific
Corp. industrial wood products
mills. The purchase expands
Roseburg’s operations into the
southeastern United States.
“These composite panel mills
complement our current business very well,” said Allyn Ford,
Roseburg president. “We are also
very pleased with the quality of the
people and the care of the facilities, and look forward to a strong
future together.”
The mills, which produce
particleboard, are located in
Eupora, Louisville, Oxford and
Taylorsville, Miss.; Russellville and
Holly Hill, S.C.; and Vienna, Ga.,
and employ about 870 people. The
Holly Hill, Oxford and Eupora facilities make related products such
as MDF, thermally fused melamine
and cut-to-size panels.
Bosch has added a Green Resource
Center to its Web site, www.
boschappliances.com, to help
consumers and builders in choosing
Energy Star-qualified appliances.
