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Management training program to launch January 2010 |
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The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) has created a new online management training program for the Wood Manufacturing Council, a government-funded organization which works to address the human resource development needs of firms involved in the advanced manufacturing of wood products. “The Wood Manufacturing Council’s labour market studies, as well as our discussions with manufacturers across the country, indicated that an online, wood industry-specific training program to upgrade management skills would be very useful,” says its president, Richard Lipman. The program, he says, is geared toward helping entrepreneurs implement various management systems in order to be able to delegate responsibilities and focus on business growth. “The program is also for employees in management-track or supervisory-track roles within wood products businesses who need to better understand specific functions within their company in order to do their own jobs more efficiently, and for individuals from non-wood products backgrounds who are preparing to take on management roles in the wood products industry.”
The program consists of eight web-based modules including quality management and control, sales and marketing and business finance and investment. The training courses make extensive use of case studies and industry examples. For more info, visit cawp.ubc.ca
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Homag Canada is hosting an edgebanding seminar on November 19, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm. at the company’s Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, Ont. The daylong event will cover a variety of areas including design of edgebanders, configurations, adhesives issues, maintenance and edge types and trends. The cost of the seminar is $50 and includes lunch. To register call Ian Munro at 905-670-1700 ext 248 or email
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A similar seminar is scheduled at the Homag Calgary office, November 24, 2009.
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IPhone apps for woodworkers |
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IPhone apps seem to be all the rage these days. At AWFS, ShopBot demonstrated an app that allows users to remotely control a ShopBot CNC router (check out the video here).
Another new entry is I.D. Wood. Developed by Double Dog Studios, the app turns the iPhone into a virtual guidebook to woods from around the world. It features full screen samples (raw cut and non-finished) and detailed information for over 50 different woods, including species and botanical names, properties, common uses and sustainability.
The app also offers a number of other features including a glossary of over 70 terms, full text search tools and illustrations of lumber cutting techniques
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WorldSkills: gold in cabinetmaking |
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From September 1 to 7, competitors from all over the world flocked to Calgary for WorldSkills 2009. The event had over 1,000 of the world’s top students and apprentices aged 17 to 23 competing for gold, silver and bronze medals in their respective fields, which spanned trades, services and technology from joinery to cabinetmaking to bricklaying.
Team Canada walked away with eight medals and 12 medallions of excellence. Among them was Jonathan Arbour, from Aubert-Gallion, Que., who was awarded a gold medal in the cabinetmaking competition.
Along with Arbour, there were two other Canadian competitors in wood-related categories at the competition: Scott Blair who competed in carpentry and Travis Wieler, who garnered a medallion of excellence in joinery. -Carolyn Yates
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Win a trip to Xylexpo 2010 contest |
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ACIMALL, the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tools Manufacturers’ Association, will offer Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS) attendees the chance to win a trip to Xylexpo 2010.
The 22nd Xylexpo, the biennial exhibition dedicated to woodworking technologies and furniture supplies, will take place May 4-8, 2010 in the Milan Fairgrounds at the Rho-Pero Expo Center in Milan. .
Visit the ACIMALL booth (#3539) during WMS 2009 — September 24-26, 2009 in Toronto —to learn more about Xylexpo 2010 and to enter the Win a Trip to Xylexpo 2010 contest. Alternatively, you can email
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to request a contest entry form or additional information.
The winner will be drawn at WMS on Saturday, September 26, 2009.
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The vacuum technology company Schmalz Inc. is celebrating their 10th year in business. Founded in 1999 the Raleigh, N.C., company is a subsidiary of the Germany based parent J. Schmalz GmbH. This past spring, Schmalz, a supplier of vacuum automations, gripping, handling and clamping systems, purchased a new 20,000 square foot office space to accommodate the company’s sales and distribution team whose markets extend across North America.
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Normand, importer and distributor of woodworking machinery, tools and supplies, is holding an event from October 23 to the 25 at their Mississauga facility. The event will feature new product displays as well as live demonstrations by brand representatives from Bosch, Fein, DeWalt, Makita, and Lamello. Featured products include the CarveWright computer controlled carver, the Sand-Flee finishing system and the SawStop table.
Normand is located at 2895 Argentina Road, unit #6 in Mississauga Ont.
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