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Delmac holds seminar
More than 60 people attended the Delmac Profit Solutions seminar on rapid
case construction though doweling
with Gero Sassenberg, a CabinetMaker
consultant and columnist. The seminar
focused on why more cabinetmakers
are moving from screws and dado to
dowel and case clamp construction.
More than 20 base and wall cabinets
were built and donated to Habitat for
Humanity’s Restore program. For more
information on the next profit solutions
seminar, see www.delmac.com.
IINN B RBIERFIEF
Accuride has
refreshed its Web
site, www.accuride.
com, to make it
more user-friendly
and to include
downloadable
technical sheets,
CAD files, literature
and reference
charts.
From left to right, Jim Kinman, ATC Panels; Bill Weddington, CMSI; Bill
Gault, Habitat Restore Manager; John Park, Delmac; Scott Markwood,
Hafele; and Gero Sassenberg, Woodnet, participated in Delmac’s rapid
case construction seminar.
Service center launched
Nordson Corp. has launched a new online adhesive systems
parts and services center at www.parts.nordson.com.
The site provides registered customers with a unified,
comprehensive hub for purchasing parts, contacting sales
and service representatives and obtaining up-to-date technical and product information. A “Buy Online” feature allows
customers to link to the company’s e-commerce site to
check pricing, place orders and check an order’s status. An
“Aftermarket Highlights” link provides access to commonly
requested replacement parts, such as applicators/guns,
nozzles, hoses, filters and reconditioned equipment.
200
Hardwood prices
Units: 1982 = 100
198
Hermance
Machine Co.
has added an
online store at
www.hermance.
com to facilitate
customer orders
and to allow
customers to view
new and used
woodworking
machine videos.
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194
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190
Klise Mfg. has
named Arrow
Laminates as
its distributor in
eastern Michigan.
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PPEEOOPLPE LE
Airlanco has
promoted Becky
Duerfeldt to
the position of
purchasing agent,
Shiela Huppert
to the parts sales
department and
Nathan Huning to
senior sales engineer.
Accessa
announces
acquisition
ccessa Coating Solutions has ac-
quired Louisville Industrial Coatings
of Louisville, Ky., to expand its market
share throughout southern Indiana,
Kentucky and parts of Tennessee,
southwestern Ohio and
southern Illinois.
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186
‘07FMAM J J A SOND J F‘08
Summary
February 2008 188.3
% change since
January 2008 +0.5%
February 2007 - 3.1%
Source: Commerce Dept. and FDM market research
Micro Fence is
now a distributor
of Whiteside
Machine Co.
router bits.
6000
Retail furniture sales
Units in millions of $
Newly elected
members of
the board of
directors of
TAPPI include
Thomas Garland,
Vince Newberry
and Nicki Slusser.
5750
4500
‘06J FMAMJ J A SOND J‘07
Summary
January 2008 5202
% change since
December 2007
January 2007
5500
5250
Company expands offerings
Safe Passage Consulting has expanded its services to
include high-tech specialized software and services for
custom millwork applications. The company now offers
consulting services and software automation tools for the
production of complex, custom millwork products, such
as countertops and architectural wood ornamentation. Its
software technology toolkit is designed to help automate
office, CNC automation and production processes. For
more information, see www.safepassageconsulting.com.
5000
4750
- 5.9%
-1.0%
Source: U. S. Dept. of Commerce
Co-sponsors
American
Woodmark
Corp., Sub-Zero
Inc. and Wolf
Appliance Inc.
announced the
eight winners
of the National
Kitchen & Bath
Assn.’s 2008
Student Design
Competition at
KBIS in April.
