News Desk

Casadei Busellato made the announcement that JKL Machinery, headquartered in Brighten, Mich., will be its exclusive North American importer at AWFS.

CalPlant, a $315 million rice straw-based MDF plant currently under construction in Willows, Calif., is scheduled to begin production this fall, according to CalPlant CEO Jerry Uhland.

The general assembly of Acimall, the association of Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers, has elected its new Board of Directors, including president Lorenzo Primultini (Primultini) and vice presidents Raphaël Prati (Biesse) and Luigi De Vito (Scm).

IMA Schelling Group USA, a provider of sales and after-sales support of IMA, Schelling and Barbaric products for the woodworking, metalworking, plastics and composites industries, recently announced a new California-based support hub to provide faster and more efficient response for its West Coast customers.

Balanced Enterprise Solutions, parent company of machinery brands Ritter Machinery, Evans Machinery and Evans Midwest announced the company is changing the name of the business to Choice Machinery Group, effective July 1.

The North American Building Material Distribution Association is pleased to welcome 17 new supplier members and three new allied members who have recently joined the association.

Effective immediately, Atlantic Plywood, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parksite, will distribute Nevamar by Panolam throughout the markets served by its recent expansion into Parksite’s 125,000-sq.-ft. distribution facility Bolingbrook, Ill.

With the nation’s economy on sound footing and incomes on the rise, the number of people forming households in the United States has finally returned to a more normal pace.

Laser Product Industries is marking 25 years of digital measuring solutions for companies in stone and various other industries. Founded by Dan Louis in 1994, LPI was created on the premise of helping people out by making their jobs easier, understanding how cumbersome it was to measure countertops, cabinets, and rooms in general, according to the company.

Effective immediately, Atlantic Plywood, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parksite, is expanding its business model into the Midwest with a select product mix, that includes Columbia Forest Products, ATI Decorative Laminates, Rehau, Knape & Vogt, Century Components, and Mirka Abrasives.

The American Society of Interior Designers has established the Advocate by Design (AxD) Fund, a political education fund that aims to strengthen the design industry’s presence within national, state, and local policy decision making.

The 24th annual Fine Furnishings Show and the third annual Art Providence Show will both be staged on Nov. 8-10 and collectively showcase the work of over 250 high-end artists, makers and designers.

The American Wood Council has relaunched WoodAware, an informational website on wood construction for the fire service.

Annual gains in homeowner spending on improvements are expected to moderate across more than half of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in 2019, according to new projections released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

For many tradesmen, the passion for building and working with their hands is something their fathers taught them by introducing them to tools and fostering a desire to make things with them.

The North American Building Material Distribution Association is recognizing the gold level supplier donors to its Educational Development Program.