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When it comes to machinery maintenance, proactive beats reactive any day. Regular maintenance can mean the difference between an efficient production line and one that is frequently interrupted or down.
When it comes to maintenance,...
As in life, business undergoes the cyclical patterns of nature and the environment. These days, many companies in the secondary wood market are beginning to downsize, reorganize, restructure, cut costs, and freeze hiring. Management directives requesting (actually requiring) that staff embrace...


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The end of the fall semester at the Woodworking Centre has come and gone, and all of our students have been through our finishing room with their projects. When it comes time to mark these projects, many find it frustrating that their finished unit doesn’t quite match the finishing step panel they were required to make earlier in the semester.
It is a generally accepted fact that kitchen and bathroom renovations provide the best return on investment and increase the value of any home. And let’s face it, who doesn’t want a new kitchen with all of the latest storage options and soft closing door and drawer features that are available today?
Switching to lean
The owner of Saskatoon’s SBC Case Industries Ltd., Patric Byrns, was already sold on the potential benefits offered by the lean manufacturing approach before participating in a multiple module lean training program. However, he needed help to raise the knowledge level of shop employees and to implement the concepts on the shop floor first. That’s where the technical expertise of an outside resource really paid off. 
When the economy slows, a business owner’s first instinct may be to hunker down and ride it out. Few see it as a time to step up their game by focusing on improvement. But investing in quality control, or quality assurance, can help strengthen customer relationships, reduce costs and maximize profits.
Products

Designed for entry-level to mid-sized businesses, the Akron 400 from Biesse is an automatic single-sided edgebander suitable for applying banding material in coils such as PVC / veneer and strips...
Rehau’s Ecostyle line offers the next generation of non-PVC products for green kitchen, store fixture and office design projects. Available in PP and ABS materials, the Ecostyle line includes...
Kurt/NEMI’s automated vacuum workholding systems include a full line of modular components for holding, positioning and repositioning unfinished wood parts in the automated CNC production of doors,...
Nordson’s PURBlue adhesive application systems efficiently process moisture-cure reactive adhesives (PUR) in the form of two-, three- or four-kilogram foil encased slugs.  The user-friendly...




Schelling’s Fh4 430 Duplus Panel Saw — Labels
Fh4 430 Duplus Panel Saw is the latest addition to Schelling’s high speed Fh series of wood panel ...
B.C. wood shares the Olympic spotlight
The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games feature 23 wood podiums made from one of 18 wood types. The wo...
CKCA National Forum
The Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association held their annual forum in Toronto from January 28-31, 2010...