FDM - July 2009

✸ Awards The Hardwood Forestry Fund recently was honored with a 2009 Arbor Day Foundation project award at the 37th Annual National Arbor Day Awards banquet.

❁✸ Awards Vermont American Power Tool Accessories recently received the Retailers’ Choice Award at the 2009 National Hardware Show in Las Vegas.

✸ Certified DeLeers Millwork’s architectural woodwork now is FSC-certified.

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Audrey Zink-Sharp has been appointed as interim head of the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources.

Zink-Sharp is filling in for department head Paul Winistorfer, who will succeed retiring Dean Mike Kelly Aug. 1.

Zink-Sharp teaches undergraduate, graduate and continuing education classes in wood anatomy, wood properties and wood processing and serves as director of the Sustainable Engineered Materials Institute at Virginia Tech.

Her primary research emphasis is wood cell wall architecture and the development of improved wood-based composites.

Custom cabinet manufacturer Pacific Crest Industries recently was given an Association of Washington Businesses Community Service Award. AWB’s annual community service awards recognize member companies for their contributions and volunteerism that better communities. Pacific Crest adopted a village called La Esperanza in El Salvador through Agros International, and also works with the Eagles Wings Youth Camp in Latvia, Vision House in Renton, Wash., Vine Maple Place in Maple Valley, Wash., Habitat for Humanity in South Puget Sound, New Hope Center in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Matt Talbot Recovery Center in Seattle.

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Klise receives FSC certification

For more information, visit www.stilesmachinery.com or contact Robert Slater at rslater@stilesmachinery.com or 616.698.7500.

Klise Manufacturing announced it has obtained Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification.

“While we strive in every way to protect the environment, this is one way of certifying that effort,” says Tracy Sianta, director of marketing and sales.