10 tech investments that improved production: WOOD 100 Strategies for Success
Adding technology can help woodworking companies reduce their turnaround time and labor while improving product quality. What follows are some of the machinery and supply investments put in place by...
View Article34 blueprints for good business: WOOD 100 Strategies for Success
Acquisitions, expansions, new markets and changes in workplace procedures,are just a few of the ways these 34 WOOD 100 firms grew sales and improved their long-term business prospects. What follows are...
View Article10 successful marketing ideas: WOOD 100 Strategies for Success
Targeted marketing, online ordering and promotions, celebrity spokespeople, social media and increased networking opportunities are just some of the ways these 10 WOOD 100 companies keep their names...
View ArticleMeet the Elite: Wood Industry Market Leaders
Since 2009, Woodworking Network has paid tribute to market leaders in the wood products industry that have made an impact — not only at their own companies, but also on the industry as a whole....
View ArticleMeet the 2020 Wood Industry Market Leaders
It’s been a tough year for those in the woodworking industry. Yet despite the constraints brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, this elite group ofindividuals have ensured their companies are positioned to...
View ArticleWood Industry Market Leader: Bill French, Wood-Mode LLC
In business, people often talk about a “white knight,” meaning someone who swoops in at the last minute to rescue a struggling or failing company. Bill French is the white knight who rescued Wood-Mode...
View ArticleCalifornia cabinet shop switches to Global Cabinet Supply components
SAN RAFAEL, California– Jim Russell completes one commercial project a month, with up to 50 new cabinets at each job. He works with four contractors that keep him busy supplying commercial cabinets in...
View Article2021 Builders' Show and KBIS transition to all-virtual event
WASHINGTON - Organizers of the 2021 Design & Construction Week (DCW), featuring the NAHB International Builders' Show and the NKBA Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, announced that the 2021 event...
View ArticleResidential remodeling forecast to increase in 2021
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Moderate gains in homeowner spending for improvements and repairs are expected through much of next year as initial concerns of a possible pandemic-induced downturn have largely...
View ArticleAmish cabinetmaker invests $3.8 million, adds 57 jobs after sales triple
BALTIC, Ohio - Ohio-based custom cabinetmaker Schlabach Wood Design will invest $3.8 million in machinery and shop upgrades. 57 new jobs will be created. “Sales for our custom-made hardwoods cabinets...
View ArticlePre-sale begins for TekDMC's online cabinet design and sales library
Pre-sales have begun for Tek DMC's Online Store Solution (OSS), a complete online design and sales solution library for woodworking manufacturers using Cabinet Vision and Almoxy. The software is...
View ArticleWren Mfg. to manufacture in U.S., will hire 360
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. - British cabinet producer Wren Manufacturing Inc. has announced plans to establish a North American headquarters and manufacturing center in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A...
View ArticleCabinetmakers say China is committing customs fraud, pursue response
On behalf of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), a bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators and representatives sent a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department and to Customs and Border...
View ArticleKith Kitchens buys Alabama facility for $11 million, adds 131 jobs
FLORENCE, Ala. - Kitchen cabinetmaker Kith Kitchens has announced it will purchase a new Alabama manufacturing facility for $11 million. The expansion will allow for 131 new jobs. Kith will purchase...
View ArticleValley Cabinet marks 60 years of innovation and community
DE PERE, Wis. -- What began in a small garage in 1960 in rural De Pere, has flourished to become Valley Cabinet, one of Wisconsin’s premier manufacturers of custom cabinetry. Owner and founder James...
View ArticleCustomers picket Illinois contractor, police investigate complaints
Police are reportedly investigating an Illinois kitchen and bath remodeling contractor after customers complained about incomplete jobs.A report on WGN-TV in Chicago said that Express Kitchen and Bath...
View ArticleValinge signs RTA cabinet producer for click furniture technology
Valinge has announced that it has signed two new licensees for their Threespine click furniture technology, both active in the kitchen industry.One of the new licensees is Innocraft Cabinetry....
View ArticleMasterBrand Cabinets announces massive new Georgia plant, 400 jobs
JACKSON, Ga. – MasterBrand Cabinets, North America's largest cabinetmaker, will open a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Jackson, Georgia. The 840,000-square-foot facility will create...
View ArticleRotpunkt outlines Europe 2021 kitchen trends
Rotpunkt, designer and manufacturer of German kitchen cabinets, has revealed the latest trends in kitchen design in 2021.Head of United Kingdom operations at Rotpunkt, Matt Phillips, said, “As we look...
View ArticleNKBA 2021 kitchen & bath design trends: Larger kitchens, new styles and virus...
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J.— The National Kitchen & Bath Association 2021 Design Trends Research is showing that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a substantial lasting impact on kitchen and bath design.As...
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