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From the editor

Stand up and be counted A

few years back, we did a survey that showed how you viewed Wood Industry magazine versus our competitors, how you viewed social media, how you viewed the market, etc. Subsequently, we said we were going to quit the annual, November Readers’ Surveys, since the retail world went berserk demanding reviews and surveys on everything from non-stick woks to cell phone cases. It was offensive, and we did not want to add to the chaos.

However, our surveys were Kerry Knudsen different, and we recently had to explain that to our industry’s suppliers. Surveys actually provide useful and valid information, if you can keep the millers from sticking their thumb on the scale, to borrow an old metaphor.

Here at W.I. Media, we ALWAYS choose a statistically valid sample size, and we ALWAYS make sure it’s a random sample. We need to know your view of the state of the industry, and we use that information to help. For just one example, it is impossible to overstate the danger we are facing from digital manipulation. We are interested to know whether you have invested heavily in digital marketing, whether you have been the victim of hacking, theft or ransomware, and whether you know your data-related costs.

In case you didn’t see this coming, we will be sending out a survey in October. If you receive one, you are one of a randomly selected set, and your answers in the past have put us at an over 11 percent response rate. This is stunning, it reflects on how you feel about Wood Industry and it allows us to keep our sample size valid where none of our competitors can follow.

You are the BEST, and we try to recognize that in public every chance we get.

Switching topics, things appear great for our industry looking forward. Building permits, housing starts, renovation investment and home prices are all in record territory and moving up. It appears the U.S. tariff war with China will continue for now, and I predict Trump will not back down. By that, I mean that whenever a final resolution is found, China will not have the same influence in their markets or ours SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 2019 INDUSTRY SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER WOODINDUSTRY 4 4 WOOD

in terms of intellectual property, dumping, currency manipulation or standards violations as it has. On some level, they will have to play by the same rules as do the rest of us. That said, I am now concerned that operating in this environment as we have for the past 15 years may mean that we have adopted our own less-than-ideal practices in an effort to compete.

It is time to rejuvenate such ideas as “buy cheap; buy twice,” and “you get what you pay for.”

Importantly, this kerfuffle with China has its foundation and its solution in politics. From time to time, individuals ask us why we focus some of our editorials on politics. To us, the answer should be self-evident.

Politics is what determines your food and water, your housing and transportation, your work and your products, your recreation and your beliefs. I’ll likely go to jail for this, but politics have decided we, as a culture, can’t tell a girl from a boy. On that level, I have had it. As before, I just want to know who says so. I have done some work in linguistics, so I’d like a debate.

We are entering a critical time in Canadian politics.

It’s called an election cycle. We have to vote before WMS on our next Prime Minister. I know — you want to tell me in Canada we don’t vote for Prime Minister.

Well, we do.

Corruption remains my biggest concern. Has been and will be. I guess one new spin is that we have allowed digital dazzle to befuddle our brains. Another is that we have decided to let the smallest, most statistically deviant minorities dictate social protocols for the majority. This is stupid.

Dictation seems to be the special child of the Left.

It seems to be a characteristic of the Left that they find a good idea, and then try to make everybody else do it. One additional problem I see is that, once having run out of good ideas, they seem to have no restraint, and will pick up almost anything.

So, here we go. As I always say, vote for whomever you wish or don’t vote at all. But don’t complain later.

Somebody is going to decide your future.

Come and see us at WMS, and let us know if you have a survey question you would like presented to your peers.

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YEARS AGO, A MAJOR North American kitchen-cabinet maker was overheard at an international trade event to say, “a cabinet is nothing but a box with a door.” That’s it? For a multi-billion-dollar industry in North America, all it comes down to is a box with a door? If that’s it, why all the fuss?

To get to the answer, we need to look back a ways. Let’s say back to 1,400 BC. There we can find a cedar box with a lid. Granted, a lid is not a door, but at the same time the Egyptians were premier boat builders, made a mean sarcophagus (another box with a lid) and had invented the lathe. It is reasonable to conclude they at some point put the box with a lid on a wall and the lid became a door and the cabinet was born.

One thing we know about the box in question is that it was made of cedar, ebony, ivory and gold. Another is that it was used to store cosmetics and perfume. So as long as 3,400 years ago, humans were using design in two modes: decorative and function.

Today’s consumer is well-acquainted with the decorative aspect of kitchen-cabinet design. As he or she reviews internet sites, attends consumer shows or visits retail outlets, the visual aspects of the products are overwhelming. There is every manner of wood veneer, from exotic

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species to maple, or any colour or mode of coating, from melamine or powder to metal and paint. The one constant is that virtually all cabinets are still made from wood.

The history of wood as the foundation of cabinetry can be traced fairly easily from the ancient Egyptian example. The boxes and doors were largely made of solid wood with rudimentary hinges for the common people, and could be inlaid or overlaid with precious materials, as in the Egyptian example, for the wealthy. However, wood ages, and as it does, it can warp, check and split, so craftsmen were always searching for new ways to enhance their products’ longevity and value, as well as beauty, and so were searching, as well, for function in design along with decoration. And, yes, whether they invented it or not, the Egyptians were using veneer and making plywood.

THIS POINT IS FASCINATING in modern marketing, since the main thrust of mass production has been toward the design side, with function, especially in hardware, often representing added costs. On the other hand, there is a lot of money in the world, and the economies of Canada and the U.S. are doing well. Boutique outlets continue to compete with Amazon and the big-box stores, and the well-monied and upwardly mobile customers are willing

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If you ask the hardware sup pliers what design value their pr o duc t s sup ply that wou ld have a chance of c apt u r i n g a nd triggering that mobi le seg ment of homeowners, they universally have good answers. New hinges and slides are strong, silent and safe — qualities that escape the shiny-foil and marble set. The slides can support up to three grandchildren each and have soft-close features that promise relief from the slamming, rattling and sagging frustrations the cheap stuff produces after only a few brief months. Responsible hardware comes with a lifetime warranty.

Nadja Mann was not always president of Grass Canada. At one point, she was simply a customer looking for a kitchen. The one thing she knew, she says, was that she wanted a kitchen with cabinet doors that closed quietly.

All her life, she had been bothered by the sound of slamming cabinet doors, and when she heard there were doors that closed softly, she was in the market.

THE VALUE OF FUNCTIONAL hardware in cabinet design was not lost on the knock-off pirates. No sooner did the high-end hardware designers come up with desirable options, than along-came the pirates with look-alike garbage at a fraction of the price. Anybody that has been offered a “Rolex” on the street knows the gambit. Those only last until the vendor has your money in his pocket. However, some industry leaders be-

lieve the entrée of low-quality copies has led to a “race to the cheap” that has hurt our industry, our citizens and our international reputation.

CANADA’S MAIN VALUE on the international cabinetry market has long been its status as a quality leader in design. While the Americans held fast to their face-frame standard, they also looked to Canada for style. Canada, of course, often looked to Europe for its design trends – a direction the States seemed reluctant to look – so Canada was viewed as an influential and high-quality leader in innovation.

Unfortunately, according to Matteo Fregosi, general manager of Salice North America, the manufacturing sector has been swept up in the “good enough is the enemy of best” drive of the marketing sector. The biggest economic variable in the mix, he says, is that not only are off-shore hinges cheaper, they are also distributed so the manufacturer gets a higher margin, so for them it’s profit on profit.

Stephane Vanditti, sales and marketing director for Nuvo hardware in Montreal, agrees that price is a driver, and that in order to try and reach the consumer market he supplies discounted hinges to manufacturers for demonstrators in their showrooms. However, price and a lifetime warranty still don’t address the quality of the products when the consumer is looking for softness and comfort in function, and direct communication with the end user is a challenge.

According to Vanditti, Fergosi and Mann, there have been few or no meaningful communication lines between the hardware manufacturers and the final consumer, so consumers such as Mann described herself are at a disadvantage in finding valid information.

A consumer may, as Mann described, know he or she

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wants a silent close or a strong, safe slide, but may not understand that, just like the fake Rolex, the part may look right, but stop functioning after the one-year warranty. The products of both Mann’s and Fregosi’s companies also have lifetime warranties.

However, says Fregosi, the story does not stop there. Quality hinges, he says, must also provide proper adjustment, and that is quality that it costs to provide. According to Fregosi, much of the high-end hardware goes into upgrades and renovations.

When renovating a kitchen, it is normal for the walls and floors to have settled, causing a loss of level. Therefore, he says, when you have a 36-inch butt door, such as under a sink, and you have four hinges on two doors that butt up against each other, you may need substantial adjustment up and down, and in and out to get the gaps around and between the doors to match the rest of the cabinets. Not only is that not possible with cheap hinges, but even when you make it work, the effect does not last.

“We all make the mistake of looking for the prettiness,” Mann says, “but quality has such a high impact.”

People spend so many thousands of dollars on their cabinets, she says.

Then they find that by trying to save what amounts to $300 on a $10,000 kitchen, they have to bring in an installer to fix sagging doors or drawers in a year-and-a-bit and all their imagined savings are gone and then some. You cannot get an installer to come in for $300. This is the difference between cost and cost-effective.

IF WE STUDY the demands of the consumer, we can see there is a lot of money going into housing, that cost is a factor, but that strength, silence and safety are worth a premium. One could argue, so is the reputation of Canadian cabinetry. A cabinet may be nothing but a box with a door, but that box better work when your customer is spending over $10k — maybe not for 35 centuries, but how about a lifetime?

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Filings WOOD Reid named president of Weinig North American region

The Weinig Group of Mooresville, N.C., a producer of solid wood and panel processing technology and equipment, has announced that Brett Reid has been appointed president of the North American region, which includes operations in the U.S. and Canada.

Brett Reid The appointment follows the group’s recently adopted market-based strategy combining Weinig Holz-Her USA and Weinig Holz-Her Canada into a single North American region. Reid joined Weinig Holz-Her Canada as managing director in 2017 and prior to that his sales experience consisted of 25 years within the industry.

With the recent departure of Weinig AG head of communications Klaus Müller after 50 years at the company in a variety of capacities, Oliver Kunzweiler has taken over as head of the central strategic group marketing. In addition, Kunzweiler will assume operaOliver Kunzweiler tional management of marketing for the Solid Wood division. Since joining Weinig AG in 2015, he has been responsible for technical marketing in the Weinig Group.

Leitz Canada consolidates in Ontario

Leitz Canada is now strategically located and operating at full capacity in its new Vaughan, Ont., facility.

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centres over the last eight months, Leitz Canada will continue to serve the Canadian market in the wood, plastics and advanced materials sector with more than 40 machines.

Leitz Tooling USA of Grand Rapids, Mich., has appointed Kenneth Nemec as c.e.o. Nemec will oversee U.S. operations for the global tooling manufacturer. Nemec has been involved in manufacturing for 39 years, with the last 20 years spent in senior leadership positions for organizations such as Ever Sharp Tools and American Broach and Machine. Besides holding an MBA, he is also a journeyman tool maker and patent holder.

HDI hosts open house

Architectural building products distributor HDI recently attracted 300 to its open house at its 125,000 square foot warehouse headquarters in Brampton, Ont. HDI was formed in April 2018, an amalgamation of Hardwoods Specialty Products, Paxton Lumber and Rugby Gordon Clough Architectural Building Products, serving North America through a network of 61 strategically located distribution centres.

According to HDI director of marketing Gordon Clough, the company’s Manufacturing Support group sells directly to larger OEM accounts and to its 61 distribution centers, providing the network with imported panels and lumber, as well as from its hardwood lumber sawmill located in Clinton, Mich. Imported products such as with its Dragon Ply brand come to Canada directly from China, but with Chinese products under tariff restrictions in the U.S., the company has added imports from Vietnam and

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Cambodia to serve the U.S. market.

“There are no trans-shipments from China to the U.S. via Canada,” says Clough. HDI has its own quality control staff stationed in its Asian production facilities, he added.

Canada Woodworking West postponed

Canada Woodworking West, scheduled to take place October 2 and 3, 2019 in Abbotsford, B.C., has been

postponed to a later date to be confirmed. In consultation with the event’s stakeholders and partners, Master Promotions of Saint John, N.B., made the decision to postpone with the best interest of the event, along with its exhibitors and visitors, in mind, the company said in a statement. Ideas for the future include expanding the event’s offerings to include a wider scope of trades and changing the event’s time of year.

JKL Machinery named Casadei Busellato importer

Brighten, Mich.-based JKL Machinery has been named as the exclusive North American importer for the

Casadei Busellato brand of Thiene, Italy. All sales, service and parts will be managed by JKL Machinery. The decision to collaborate with JKL Machinery was said to be made to give Casadei Busellato more independence in the market and to make the brand more responsive to its customer’s needs. JKL Machinery

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Fagus GreCon welcomes Peterson as c.e.o.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Fagus GreCon has announced Eric Peterson as c.e.o. Peterson has over 20 years of experience across a broad spectrum of manufacturing industries from the food industry to the Eric Peterson building products. Peterson most recently led the Husqvarna Group retail handheld portfolio and has previously served as president of Sakrete of North America while at CRH/Oldcastle. The GreCon business unit develops and manufactures measuring equipment and fire protection systems for many types of industries, including the wood-based panel industry.

Cefla North America hires communications specialist

Cefla North America of Charlotte, N.C., has welcomed Kristen Riggs as event planner and communications specialist.

Riggs joins Cefla with over 10 years of Kristen Riggs communications experience in the plastics, waste, and reusable pack-

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aging industries. Riggs joins Cefla from Otto Environmental Systems North America (OESNA), a Charlotte-based plastics manufacturer.

nual capacity of 135,000 cubic metres.

Arauco has been a long-time partner of Prime-Line and has been their primary supplier of MDF panel for many years. Arauco will continue to operate the business under the Prime-Line name and will work alongside Prime-

Onsrud announces Western Canada sales manager

C.R. Onsrud of Charlotte, N.C. has introduced Errol Barr as regional sales manager, Western Canada, who will be based in Calgary, Alta.

Errol Barr (left) Onsrud’s new regional sales manager, Western Canada, with Mike Schwartz, Onsrud Canadian national sales manager at AWFS 2019 in Las Vegas, Nev. Onsrud is a manufacturer of CNC machinery and routers for wood and other products, as well as a distributor of tooling and tooling accessories.

Prior the Onsrud, Barr was a machine tool sales representative at Source Atlantic in Calgary and country manager at Blaser Swisslube in Milton, Ont.

Arauco to acquire U.S. MDF maker, shrink N.B. production

Arauco North America of Atlanta, Ga., has signed an agreement to acquire Prime-Line, a privately held manufacturer of medium density fiberboard (MDF) moulding and mill work products. Prime-Line started in Malvern, Arkansas, in 1996. In 2014, the company expanded with a new, state-of-the-art plant on a site adjacent to Arauco’s MDF plant in Malvern. The 100,000-square-foot facility includes three fully automated moulding lines with an installed an-

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Line’s team to facilitate a smooth transition for customers and employees at the Arkansas facility.

In a separate development, Arauco North America has informed employees that particleboard operations will end in St. Stephen, N.B., by the end of 2019. The plant (above) was older compared with other sites in North America, and costs related to wood and natural gas have made it more challenging to compete, the company said. The mill will continue to manufacture Fibrex from this location. Fibrex high density thin MDF is produced on a five-foot continuous press and provides customers with a flexible range of grades, lengths and widths to suit a wide variety of applications.

U.S. imposes duties on Chinese cabinets

The American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (AKCA) has commended the preliminary countervailing duty determination issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an important step to address subsidized Chinese imports of wooden cabinets and vanities. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following subsidy rates: 10.97 percent for The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd., 16.49 percent for Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co. Ltd., 21.78 percent for Rizhao Foremost Woodwork Manufacturing Company Ltd.; 16.41 percent for Chinese producers not selected for individual review; and 229.24 percent for Chinese producers that failed to

cooperate with the investigation.

Most Chinese producers who cooperated with the investigation will receive the 16.41 “all others” rate.

The Commerce Department is currently expected to issue its final determination in this investigation by early 2020. While the preliminary margins indicate the level of subsidies likely to be found in the final determination, the duty rate to which the Chinese cabinet and vanity imports will be subject will not be finalized until the agency makes its final determination.

On March 6, 2019, the AKCA initiated one of the largest trade cases ever filed against Chinese imports at the International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce — a case which challenges China’s manipulation and unfair trade practices in the wooden cabinet and vanity production industry. The AKCA is comprised of 50 companies based across the U.S.

CGW Abrasives becomes a preferred IBC supplier

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East Granby, Conn.-based IBC has added CGW Abrasives (Camel Grinding Wheels) of Niles, Ill., to its industrial buying group as a preferred

supplier. CGW Abrasives is said to provide high performance, precision and general-purpose abrasive products in both value and premium pricing levels. In becoming an IBC preferred supplier, CGW provides industrial buyers served

by IBC’s network of independent distributors with a broad selection of products to grind, cut, sand or finish wood, metal, glass, brick and concrete surfaces.

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Sherway Gardens site proposal for new buildings

Eight new buildings for residential, retail, office and hotel use are being proposed on the site of Sherway Gardens mall in south Etobicoke, a

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Filings WOOD Jeff Muller joins UCS as chief supply chain officer

The UCS Forest Group of Mississauga, Ont., has announced that Jeff Muller has joined UCS in the role of chief supply chain officer, reporting to president and c.e.o.

Warren Spitz.

Muller will be Jeff Muller based in the Chicago, Ill., office.

In his new role, Muller will take the lead enhancing practices, integrating processes and optimizing the organization’s effectiveness and competitive posture. This role will lead the functional areas of purchasing, warehousing, transportation, delivery and product compliance. Muller comes to UCS from Panolam Indus-

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AkzoNobel reveals 2020 Color of the Year

Tranquil Dawn has been unveiled as the AkzoNobel “Color of the Year” for 2020. The culmination of

extensive trend research by experts around the world, the choice also involved colour experts from the company’s Wood Coatings business that

worked closely with Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based AkzoNobel’s global colour and design team in order to develop on-trend selections for customers in various paints and coatings markets.

CIPO publishes finalized patent rules

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) in Toronto, Ont., has published new Patent Rules in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The amendments to the Patent Act and the new Patent Rules will come into force on October 30, 2019. This updated legislative regime will permit Canada to implement the Patent Law Treaty. The treaty harmonizes and streamlines patent administrative procedures among national intellectual property (IP) offices and delivers key benefits for businesses, such as: more efficient process to secure a fil-

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CMA awards program recognizes industry excellence

The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) of Chicago, Ill., has announced the winners of its 2019 Wood Diamond Awards contest.

The awards program provides an outlet for members to display excellence and professionalism in wood cabinet design and production. The 2019 award winners were announced on during the AWFS 2019 trade show in Las Vegas. The submissions were predominantly residential (90 percent) vs. commercial, yet the “Best of, Best Overall” winner was a commercial project from Covenant Millwork of Louisville, Ga., for its outstanding project submitted in the category of Commercial: Hospitality. In the Kitchen category, almost 80 percent of the submissions were frameless cabinet construction, which is consistent with overall industry trends, the association says. Sofo Kitchens of Maple Ridge, B.C. won awards in the Residential category for a bathroom, fireplace surround, two bedrooms, a mud room and a closet/dressing room (shown).

PalletOne acquires Bay Wood Products

Pallet manufacturer PalletOne of Bartow, Fla., has purchased Bay Wood Products, a pallet and crate manufacturing business located in Robertsdale, Ala. Jimmy Wilson, who founded Bay Wood Products with a group of investors 25 years ago, said he would remain as general manager. PalletOne owns another pallet manufacturing plant in Selma, Ala. Organized in 2001, PalletOne now operates 18 locations in nine states and manufactures new palJimmy Wilson lets, provides pallet repair programs, recycles used pallets and produces a variety of other wood products. Bay Wood Products is a full-service manufacturer of wooden pallets, rough-cut lumber, dunnage and crates with a recent expansion into the biofuel and mulch markets.

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Law WOOD Proactive workplace policies make sense

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he proliferation of mobile devices and related technologies has made it easier and more common for people to surreptitiously record private conversations. Even in the workplace, recording conversations is on the rise; people are Joe Figliomeni frequently

slipping their smartphones into their pocket and turning on their recording apps before the start of an important meeting. As such, it is worth reviewing the legal and practical implications of recording private conversations for employees and employers who decide to “wear a wire.”

Contrary to popular belief, recording a conversation that you are a part of, be it in person or over the phone, is not a crime. This is so even if the other party to the conversation

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has no knowledge that they are being recorded. So, secretly recording a conversation with your colleague to document your concerns with their inappropriate language in the workplace is not a criminal offence in Canada.

However, section 184 of the Criminal Code of Canada makes it illegal to record conversations in which you are not actually a participant. Placing a recording device in the lunchroom to eavesdrop on your coworkers would, therefore, be a criminal offence and could lead to harsh penalties, including imprisonment for up to five years in the most serious of cases.

When the relationship between employer and employee deteriorates and devolves into litigation such as a wrongful dismissal lawsuit or a human rights application, each side must exchange any relevant records (including electronic records) in their possession. In these circum-

stances, audio recordings of oral conversations can become crucial pieces of evidence. For instance, an employee who alleges that he or she was forced to quit because he or she was subjected to ongoing verbal abuse or harassment will have a much easier time proving their case if they have recordings that support their claims of mistreatment. Likewise, an employer that terminated an employee for poor performance may be able to rely on a recording of the termination meeting in defence to the employee’s allegation that they were terminated for reasons prohibited by Human Rights legislation (i.e. age, citizenship, race, disability, family status, sexual orientation, etc.)

Notwithstanding the fact that secretly recorded audio may be legal, and that it may have great evidentiary value, recording workplace conversations can erode the trust that is necessary in any employment relationship. In most instances, co-

vert recordings will infringe on privacy and confidentiality interests and, when discovered, create a hostile work environment which stifles the free flow exchange of ideas and communications. For these reasons, a Court or Tribunal may not look favourably upon employers or employees who decide to record their workplace conversations.

The 2017 case of Hart v. Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited is a perfect example of why employees should exercise great caution before secretly recording their conversations with management and co-workers. The Plaintiff, employee Mark Hart, was dismissed for cause following a series of four staff complaints related to his yelling at colleagues and bullying behaviour. After the third complaint, Mr. Hart began to secretly record his meetings with management by placing his company issued cell phone on table tops while in record mode. His intention was to use the recordings

to undermine the company’s position that his conduct was worthy of reprimand. At no point did Mr. Hart inform others that he was recording conversations. The Judge found that Mr. Hart’s conduct in surreptitiously recording meetings between him and his managers violated his confidentiality and privacy obligations and strengthened the company’s decision to terminate Mr. Hart for cause.

Employers concerned about the implications of audio recordings in the workplace should address the issue proactively. In particular, employers can include a clause in an employment contract or introduce a policy which prohibits employees from secretly recording any workplace conversations.

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grew up on the Grande Prairie in northwestern Alberta, an anomalous patch of grassland deep in the Boreal Forest. It takes only a moment of reflection to understand that it was unlikely that watercraft were a part of my youth.

But that changed. As a young man in Paul Epp Toronto, I

shared a wood studio with Stephen Harris. He had gone to those posh summer camps that featured wilderness canoe tripping as part of their programs and he had liked it. He decided to reacquaint himself and, much like myself, every aspiration turns into a project. He built himself a canoe. I was fascinated in seeing it take shape: a traditional canvascovered cedar plank on cedar rib construction. A year or two later, he invited me to be his annual summer canoeing partner. This had more to do with the pickup I had just ac-

quired, which could carry the canoe to our northern put-in, than my nonexistent skills. He was an impatient, grumpy and demanding instructor and I learned a lot in a hurry. But I really liked it.

A couple of years later, my girlfriend and I took an extended trip into the backcountry of Killarney. I rented an aluminum canoe. A Grumman. What a pig. Never again. But there was an old cedar-canvas canoe at my friend’s family cottage. It had been mail-ordered in the early ‘60s from Eatons. How very Canadian. It had been used roughly and not been looked after and was almost at the end of its useful life. But I thought I could rescue it. That required the splicing in of new stem-ends, new gunwales and decks, new seatcaning, new canvas and a few new planks. It was pretty flat bottomed and retained little rocker but at least it wasn’t hogged. To offset this, I added a keel and ended up with a

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very useful canoe-tripping craft.

Lots of use ensued.

I had enjoyed all of this enough so that when I was invited to join a new canoe-building venture I scrambled aboard. I was to be the general manager and as such built a new workshop, a new store, equipped the shop, hired workers, created a supply chain and so on. We built traditional cedarcanvas canoes and what are called Strippers: rib-less cedar strip hulls covered inside and out with a clear fiberglass skin. We built some pretty nice boats. Eventually, issues arose and I elected to jump ship.

But I took a couple of these fine watercraft with me and I still have one; a traditional cedar-canvas boat that is slim enough to be fast, and rounded enough at its bottom to give me some very satisfying secondary stability. It’s a delight to use and I look after it very carefully. I’ve used it a lot, including a back-country family trip with my then six-month old son. He has grown up with canoes

and understands and perpetuates my enthusiasm.

Canoe wisdom acknowledges the beauty of this type of boat, attributing it to the absence of straight lines. And the curved lines are gentle, natural and organic, arising from the lines a bent piece of slender wood takes. These lines do not only look good, they work well, moving though the water in an efficient and graceful way. One of my greatest canoeing pleasures is the silent gliding along, with water minimally disturbed and up-turned bow pointing at the far shore.

There is a great Canadian attachment to these craft. Just note the number on top of cars on any day of the summer, heading north up Highway 400 in Ontario or any other cottage destined road. We also have a strong history in canoe building and even canoe design. The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ont., is a wonderful repository and

illustration of this. There are now canoes made in lots of materials and they have their attributes, from ruggedness to low maintenance and in some cases, a low price point. But they don’t have the beauty of the traditional wooden versions. The ones that I consider to be the acme of canoe building are those that use pattern shaped planks on narrow half-round ribs. It seems that the necessary skills to build these boats has been lost, or at least the market for this type of inevitably expensive version is not economically viable. A pity. But the cedar-canvas version is still being built and it’s delightful.

I’m proud to have been involved with canoes in the various ways that I have been and proud to have helped keep this tradition alive.

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PROFILE: GLENWOOD KITCHEN, SHEDIAC, N.B.

CONSTRUCTION SITES TO KITCHENS “THEY SAY THE KITCHEN IS THE HEART OF THE HOME,” the slogan goes,

“we give it personality.”

Glenwood Kitchen in Shediac, N.B., takes its slogan further to say it provides “kitchens with personality.”

Robert Belliveau, general manager at Glenwood Kitchen notes that the original business started by his father and uncle, Armand and Emil Belliveau, didn’t get its start manufacturing cabinets for the heart of the home.

The company began in 1973 in the building supply business. “They were bringing in kitchen cabinets from the U.S. on rail cars,” says Belliveau, “and were selling those.”

When Canadian currency began to drop against the U.S. dollar in 1978, management decided to start manufacturing cabinets to control costs. “It took off from there, beginning with a few employees,” says Belliveau. “Nine expansions and 100-plus employees later, this is where we are today.”

The brother founders sold Glenwood Kitchen to the McKenna family in 2002, according to Belliveau, with James McKenna now the owner.

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Cabinet company uses lean lessons to satisfy customers “Growing up, it was important for my father that when I went to school, I worked a little bit in the plant,” says Belliveau.

“I worked in basically every department in the plant to understand the whole manufacturing process before I was moved up to the office. In management, it is hard to manage when you don’t know what you’re managing!”

So, Belliveau spent all his summers learning the ropes in different departments. “Once I got out of school,” he says, “I worked a bit more in the plant and then I moved up into the office to learn that part of the business, and then moved into management. When I finished high school, I went through a lot of night courses for accounting, computers and business. Basically, this is where my schooling came from.”

Glenwood Kitchen products are distributed throughout the Maritimes, the New England and New York states, Alberta, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Bermuda. To support its dealer network and to maintain quality for consumers, Belliveau had to put on his learning cap

once more.

“Five years ago, we hired a consulting company to help us out with lean manufacturing,” says Belliveau. “We realized it was going to take about that long before we could get through all of the plant. We are at year four of the implementation and there are still some changes to do — continuous improvement never stops.”

The lean path has been very good for Glenwood Kitchen, according to Belliveau. “The people we were working with were excellent; they got on the floor and they put their elbows in, in the sense that they worked with the people and helped them.

“Lean is not what these guys knew (about building cabinets), but they helped bring the best out of the employees. It helped them to be creative. We honestly think and know that the people who don’t go through these processes aren’t going to be in business long — unless they are really smart and figured it all out themselves.”

The changes in markets and manufacturing today are happening faster and faster, he notes, and companies need to learn to adapt. “You’ve got to have a change champion, someone assigned to look at that,” says Belliveau. “When you have a change champion, you will always look at the process. If not, workers have a tendency to go back to the old habits, so you have got to pull them back in.

“As soon as you get busy, or not as busy, you tend to always want to go back to the old habits.”

Glenwood Kitchen tries to make a product that is going to meet around eight out of ten people’s demands. “We don’t touch the very, very low-end markets and we probably don’t touch the extremely high-end markets,” says Belliveau.

“Our retailers are the ones who meet with the architects and the engineers or the interior decorators. They work on the draw-

Glenwood Kitchen is highly automated, but relies on skilled craftsmen to maintain quality.

The lower cost of living in the Maritimes is attractive to workers.

Hand spraying booths for short runs complement automated spray lines.

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ings and everything gets sent to us and we build to those specs.

Trends and designs change, but Maritimers are maybe slower to react than some places.” Glenwood Kitchen offers a wide variety of wood species for kitchens, door styles and colours, drawer options, hinges, accessories and lift systems, as well as cabinetry for closets.

“In general, we can keep up with any changes we think are coming,” he adds, “but sometimes we don’t want to be the first ones in the market. But if we see that the trend is starting to get hot, we do have it for the end user. We definitely try to keep up with the quality over and above the standard, let’s say.”

Beyond its retailer network, Glenwood also sells to a few manufactured (modular) home companies that represent close to 20 percent of its business. Belliveau explains that sales are fairly constant throughout the year, with January, February and March being the slowest months. “In September, October, November you are a little busier,” says Belliveau. “Everyone starts new construction around here when the frost gets out of the ground.”

With a staff of 115, Glenwood has many different skill levels to bring to the floor, according to Belliveau. He has noticed the positive working environment there has led to a high retention rate.

“There are people here that have been with us for a long, long time,” he says. “We have a lot of family members. In one case, there are three generations with four sisters, three brothers, fathers, children. That tells you a lot.”

The company is fairly automated, in Belliveau’s estimation, and there is always more to be automated. “All of our machines that can, have a return conveyor on it.

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sanding that automation doesn’t management software system accomplish what we are looking called Cut Right. It cuts down for in quality.” our waste and is definitely worth Belliveau admits that it is difthe investment. Everything is ficult to replace people dependconnected and all programming ing on the skill level for a given for the CNCs is done upstairs application. “If it’s a sprayer you through software such as 2020 for are looking for or if it is a custom design and manufacturing. craftsman who is more than caThe company is also in the pable with his hands to do these process of implementing Imos, custom things that no machine specialist software for the furnican do, it is hard.” ture and interiors industry. The Robert Belliveau, g.m. at Glenwood A local college has provided CAD/CAM software component Kitchen, in the factory showroom.

Glenwood a few workers over the of Imos aids design, manufacturyears, but the wood program shut ing and distribution processes, down at one point and that source evaporated. Belliveau but the Imos platform also combines multiple processes, believes the program is supposed to restart next year and including online E-commerce, design and analysis, autois encouraged to see that stream open up again. mation of production facilities, and the integration of exIn the last year the company has added to its skill set isting IT solutions. from foreign workers who have come to the area, in par“Our vision is to get a little more automated every ticular from the Philippines and from Brazil. “We also get year,” says Belliveau. “We are always trying to look at some people from British Columbia coming down here be- the ten-year plan to see what the next move is going to do cause the way of life there is just too expensive, especially to affect the move after that. real estate.”

“We want to bring in more machinery but also look at Belliveau thinks it is important to look out for the en- the processes and see if we can change without involving vironment, beyond what lean practices do for the bottom machinery. That is where lean comes in.” line. “We are managing our offcuts through an inventory

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The IQ PRO with ATC from Laguna Tools has enhanced its IQ CNC model with the introduction of a more powerful handheld control that allows for tool path previewing and a three-position automatic tool changer. The motor is rated 3HP 220 V/ 20 A single phase, the spindle is 3HP industrial single-phase continuous duty liquidcooled, and the automatic tool changer uses ISO-20 tool holders.

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Glue pot edgebander

The model 72GP glue pot edgebander from Safety Speed is designed for shop operators looking for more flexibility and capacity. The glue pot machine with adjustable glue extrusion

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Shredder recycles CNC wood scrap

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Horizontal hold down dovetail clamps

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CNC drilling and milling centre

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repeat drilling work programs can be loaded and reused.

Highlights include: CNC processing in 3.4 square meters; 17-spindle drilling head; horizontal processing of the workpiece to ensure a constant zero point; and, simple programming without the need to take the workpiece thickness into consideration. A grooving saw unit comes standard for the processing of back panels or construction connections. www.felder-group.com

Panel-sizing saw blades

Model HW Q-CUT “G6” panel sizing saw blades from Leuco are suitable for finish cuts in veneered, foiled or melamine-laminated panels, in single sheets or in stacks up to 80 mm cutting height. Units feature vibration and noise damping ornaments. The blades provide a 10-degree hook angle up to ØD=370, and from ØD=380, a 15-degree hook angle.

The tooth configuration is G6 to cut HW HL Board 04 plus material. www.leuco.com

Hot roll foil and paper laminator

The Black Bros.

TB-60 hot roll laminator is said to be a costefficient paper and foil laminating process, whether operations run 24 hours a month or 24 hours a day.

The complete hot roll laminator system fits in a compact space and comes fully assembled and ready to start making product, the company says. An integrated oil heater provides thermal fluid to heat the two 13.8 in. O.D. chrome plated combining rolls. Adjustable hydraulic cylinders are said to ensure uniform pressure to provide quality lamination. Built in unwind stands position the paper or melamine to wrap the rolls, pre-heating the overlay, prior to lamination. Loading the overlay is facilitated using a side-mounted jib crane. www.blackbros.com

Heavy-duty linear track system

With ADA-compliant linear motion and design, the 116RC track system model from Accuride is said to be an innovative breakthrough for the sliding door market,

accommodating large screens, panels, movable walls and barn doors. Units support loads up to 793 lb. and are available in an aluminum track in a choice of 94.5 and 142 in. lengths.

Tracks can be cut or butted together to adjust length, while recirculating ball carriages come with either stainless steel (for greater load) or polymer (for quiet movement) ball bearings. Track may be side, flat, or vertically mounted. www.accuride.com

lutions and precision. The company’s temperature-controlled facility is said to ensure quality control and good working conditions. It has invested in high-tech equipment to ensure quality and precision: Weiler E50 hybrid lathe, dynamic balancing benches, temperature-controlled workshop, vibration analysis equipment, surface grinder (Kent), Precision instrument, CNC 3-axis (Huron), CNC cylindrical grinder

(Supertec) and a Hexagon CMM machine. www.mec-precision.com

Expert CNC woodworking spindle repair service

Certified technicians at MEC Precision repair high speed routers on multiple brands of CNC machines for customers across Canada. The company is the exclusive Canadian service centre for Hiteco spindles and service multiple brands of CNC spindles. Complete in-house machining is offered to allow for custom so-

See Us at WMS Booth #2305

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Woodworking Machinery and Supply Conference and Expo 2019

WMS MISSISSAUGA

For more than four decades, WMS, the Woodworking Machinery and Supply Conference and Expo, has connected Canada’s professional wood industry buyers with the world’s most prominent machinery manufacturers and suppliers. WMS 2017 attracted attendees from nine Canadian provinces and two territories.

WMS 2019 from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2019, at the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont., will provide the marketplace for wood industry professionals in the following segments: hardware, wood components, raw materials, green products, closet, garage and home organization products, panel processing machinery, CNC machinery, solid wood processing machinery, cutting tools, sanding & finishing equipment & materials, computer software, portable power tools and wood waste management/dust collection.

Education opportunities are available from keynote speakers and conference sessions. These sessions will cover diverse topics from lean manufacturing and material design trends to producing NAAWS compliant shop drawings, gluing techniques and specialty finishes.

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Expo Hall Hours:

Thursday, Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Woodworking Education Opportunities:

Thursday, Oct 31: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Free Keynote speaker is Mike Holmes Jr., host on HGTV 10 a.m. to Noon: Conference Sessions Noon to 1 p.m.: Luncheon Keynote Luke Elias, president, Muskoka Cabinet Co. Back by popular demand in 2019 from 5:00 to 6 p.m. is the WMS Networking Reception

Friday, November 1

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Free Keynote is Will Sampson, editor, FDMC magazine 10 a.m. to Noon: Conference Sessions Noon - 1 p.m.: Luncheon Keynote Daniel Drapeau, c.e.o. of Miralis Cabinets

PRODUCTS EDGEBANDING MACHINE HAS HIGH REPEATABILITY

The Tempora series edgebanders from Felder are designed to process edges as quickly, easily and efficiently as possible. The units are said to meet the highest demands with a solid, heavy-duty machine base-frame as well as precise dust extraction. The m-motion and x-motion Plus control is said to ensure high repeatability-setting accuracy and allows operators to generate individual machining programs and to minimize setup time for fast processing and material change. Units are CE + GS dust certified and accept an edge feed for panel material with up to 45 mm thickness. The series provides: a pre-milling unit, a gluepot with a short warm-up time, end trimming, linear end trimming, multi-functional trimming, radius scraping, buffing and glue scraping unit.

Booth 2421, 2521, 2535 www.felder-group.com

American Made Wide Belt Sanders

(800) 772-2327 • 36” or 42” Maximum Working Width Available • Available in Single Phase and Three Phase Power • Motor Options Include 10, 15, 20, or 30 Horsepower

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The Bacci BMT 4-axis CNC machining centre available from Taurus Craco is designed for mitre, mortise, and tenon of stile and rail components for use in cabinet door construction. The centre is configured for flexible, high volume production requirements. Features include: two direct drive spindles, one for the mortise and one for the mitre/tenon; two-zone worktable for pendulum processing capability; opposing left and right reference fences for mitered corners; and, side and top clamps for maximum clamping ability. There is an 800 mm X-axis stroke and automatic lubrication system. In addition, previous CNC programs can be recalled manually or via bar code.

Booth 2605 www.tauruscraco.com

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PRODUCTS EDGEBANDERS WITH FUSION HOT AIR SYSTEM

Fravol Master series — M200 edgebanders are now available from CNC Automation with a fusion hot air system. Edges without visible joints between the edge and the panel are now possible with the fusion system that is said to provide a seamless and permanent connection of edge and panel at an affordable price. Switch over between glue pot production and the fusion system can be done within minutes, the company says. The system can be used with conventional coextruded edges with a functional layer, such as PVC, ABS, PP, PMMA, wood veneer or melamine.

Booth 2129 www.cncautomation.com

VERTICAL SAW CUTS VARIED PANEL MATERIALS

The Striebig Standard vertical saw from Colonial Saw saws a wide variety of panel materials. Absolute parallelism between the upper guide rail, the central support

and roller support will ensure precise cutting over many years, the company says. The vertical saw comes with a choice of three back support grids: all aluminum with plastic laths; aluminum grid with small wooden small work piece support; and, full wooden support wall (TRK I) for extra dust control and increased support for thin, fragile materials and small parts. Units have a 14 ft, 1 in. x 5 ft, 6 in. cut capacity (5 ft, 1 in. max. horizontal rip height). The stable, all welded steel frame is suitable for free-standing or wall-mount installation. Heavy-duty panel support rollers with integral foot pedal braking system to ease material handling. Dust collection is via 1000 cfm, 140 mm connections and a choice of side. Floor space required is 18 ft long (21 ft, 3 in. option) x 5 ft, 1 in. depth x 8 ft, 7 in. height (machine only).

Booth 2900 www.csaw.com

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MDF SHAKER DOOR TOOLING

Exhibiting at FS Tool, FS Cruing, a diamond tool manufacturer, has introduced MDF Shaker door tooling that is said to ensure a perfect finish with no sanding required.

With the PCD diamond 5-tool set, machine operators now have increased ease of production, with a predefined set of tools and CNC program to run them (specific to Biesse CNC routers), the company says.

Booth 2321 www.fscruing.com

THIN LIFT-UP FLAP FITS MOVEMENT SYSTEM

The Kinvaro T-Slim from Grass provides a functional movement system for wall cabinets. The lift-up flap fitting allows designers to reduce the wall thickness to 16 mm. The system permits users to fit narrow partitions or create complete transparency, the company says. Units can be milled or screwed on, can be handle-free or with soft close configurations with inset or overlaying fronts. The system is compatible with wood, MDF and aluminum frames.

Booth 1027 www.grasscanada.com

RESHARPENABLE SYSTEM ADD LIFE TO TOOLS

The ProfilCut Q Plus tool system from Leitz offers resharpenable, diameter- and profile-constant cutting edges. Designed

for machines with high parts output, the system offers more efficiency and productivity while saving resources, the company says. Due to the six tool lives per knife, machining costs are reduced by up to 20 percent, it adds.

Benefits include: constant profile and diameter after sharpening; shorter machining times with maximum performance; and, minimization of set-up times. The ProfilCut Q Plus is for cutting speeds (vc) up to 90 m/s and the ProfilCut Q Plus Premium is for cutting speeds (vc) up to 120 m/s. Unit diameters can be up to 650 mm, are suitable for all conventional moulding machines and for soft and hard wood, wood derived materials and plastics.

Booth 1625 www.leitz.org

features a touch screen interface and a feed speed of 7 m/min. The machine guarantees edge finishing in all stages and directions, as it comes equipped with working units including premilling, end trim, top/bottom trim, corner rounding, radius scraping, glue scraping, and buffing.

Booth 2101, 2105 www.akhurst.com

SOFT-CLOSE HINGES PROVIDE QUIET OPERATION

The LIN-X1000 lateral door opening system from Sugatsune is said to be easy to install and available in white or black finish. The product features a unique, space saving system designed to move doors up to 200 lb with minimal effort. The system maximizes the flow of space and is a great alternative to traditional pocket door systems, the company says.

Booth 1090 www.sugatsune.ca

The Silentia+ series of hinges from Salice is said to allow a perfect and constant closing of the door in any condition, use and application. Integrated softclose technology is accomplished with two silicone oil dampers. The two integrated dampers guarantee an exceptional regularity of the decelerating strength providing a perfect closing to any kind of door and condition, the company says. The series is also equipped with an innovative switch to delay the decelerating action. The activation of this switch allows even small and large doors the ability to obtain the desired decelerating speed.

Booth 1149 www.salicecanada.com

LATERAL OPENING DOOR SYSTEM

INTEGRATED PUSH-OPEN AND SOFT-CLOSE SLIDE

COMPACT EDGEBANDER GUARANTEES FINISHING

The Altendorf F5 from Akhurst is a compact edgebander with what is said to be unparalleled edge quality. It INTRODUCING

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The King Slide Simlead from Marathon Hardware is said to be the world’s only fully integrated push-open and soft-close drawer

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PRODUCTS slide. Available in both a slim wall metal drawer system and a concealed undermount slide for wooden drawers, the product has an all-mechanical design and does not require any electrical addons. The technology complements the trend towards wide tall drawers with hidden or integrated handles, the company says. A concealed switch on the

bottom of the drawer runner completely disables the push mechanism from causing the drawer to open. An optional vibration safety device locks the drawers in place in the event of the cabinet experiencing a significant vibration such as an earthquake.

Booth 1059 https://marathonhardware.com

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AUTOMATIC UNIVERSAL CUTTERHEAD GRINDER

From the construction of the enclosure, heavy duty bearing rails for the sliding doors to the servo drive components, the CG-520A machine from Newman is built to provide quality grinding of cutterheads. The completely enclosed grinding area provides for a safer and cleaner grinding room. The work area is completely enclosed by sliding doors and hood.

The closed hood provides a tight seal with the coolant recovery tray. Coolant and grinding debris are carried away by the flooded coolant system and returned to the coolant reservoir.

A high contrast LCD display keeps the operator informed of the current status by displaying cycles completed and total grind.

Booth 2305 http://newmanwhitney.com

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Sames Kremlin has announced the FPro manual airspray spray gun pressure range. The gun is said to be perfectly balanced and provides a superior finish for all painters. Thanks to innovative patent pending technologies inside the gun, the painter has complete control with the paint application, the company says. The paint speed controller and spin effect deliver proper atomization with a transfer efficiency up to 78 percent in HVLP. Booth 1179 www.sames-kremlin.com

Bullets WOOD The value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities rose 3.0 percent to $8.3 billion in July, largely due to increases in multi-family and commercial permits. The value of permits for multi-family dwellings rose in seven provinces, increasing 4.2 percent to $2.8 billion in July. —Statistics Canada The trend in housing starts was 218,998 units in August 2019, up 4.9 percent from 208,931 units in July 2019. —Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Google’s ad revenue amounted to $116.3 billion US last year, surpassing total advertising expenditure in all countries except for the U.S. In 2018, Google received 32 percent of net global digital ad revenue and 38 percent of U.S. digital ad revenue. —Statista The latest quality survey of Italian woodworking technology association members, conducted in the second quarter 2019, reveals that 12 percent of the interviewees expect a positive production trend (versus 7 percent in the previous quarter.), 47 percent have a neutral expectation (versus 60 percent three months earlier), and 41 percent believe the trend will go down (they were 33 percent in the previous quarter). —Acimall Real gross domestic product (GDP) of businesses in Canada, essentially unchanged in each of the two previous quarters, rose 1.0 percent in the second quarter.

This was the highest growth rate in two years. Real GDP of businesses accelerated for both goods-producing and service-producing businesses. —Statistics Canada Payroll processor ADP reports that U.S. businesses added 195,000 jobs in August, a sign companies are still hiring at a solid pace despite the Trump administration’s trade dispute with China. —Moody’s Analytics Total U.S. construction activity for July, $1,288.8 billion US, was 0.1 percent above June. —U.S. Census Bureau Total log exports from New Zealand rose 0.54 percent year-over-year to 2.0 million cubic meters, while average prices decreased 20.1 percent to $94 US per cubic meter. —Stats NZ The Machinery and Equipment Price Index (MEPI) in Canada increased 0.4 percent in the second quarter, following a 1.0 percent rise in the first quarter. The import component was up 0.4 percent, while the domestic component increased 0.1 percent. —Statistics Canada

The July 2019 home sales-to-new-listings ratio is about 62 per cent in Calgary, Alta., up from 56 per cent during same span last year. —Zoocasa Following three consecutive months of little change, employment in Canada increased by 81,000 in August, largely in part-time work. The unemployment rate remained at 5.7 percent. Compared with August 2018, employment increased by 471,000, the result of gains in both full- (306,000) and part-time work (165,000). Over the same period, hours worked were up 1.2 percent. —Statistics Canada In a report for 2018, the Universal Postal Union looks at the postal services of 170 countries and ranks them based on four main components — reliability, reach, relevance and resilience. At the top in 2018 was Switzerland with an index score of 100 and the biggest improver in the top ten was the U.S., which increased its index score by 3.71 to 77.9. Canada ranks 14th at 69.5 index score, down 4.61 percent. —Statista In July 2019, the value of Brazilian exports of woodbased products (except pulp and paper) increased 4.4 percent compared to July 2018, from $213.9 million US to $223.3 million US. Wooden furniture exports fell from $48.3 million US in July 2018 to $45.5 million US in July 2019, an almost 6 percent drop. —ITTO The forecast for total U.S. digital ad spending will reach $129.34 billion US in 2019, up 19.1 percent from last year. Retail was the top category, accounting for $28.33 billion US, followed by automotive at $15.91 billion US. —eMarketer U.S. imports of wooden furniture slowed by 13 percent in June and have now fallen behind 2018 totals for the first time this year. At $9.17 billion US through June, total imports are down 2 percent year to date.

Imports from China account for most of the slowdown, falling 18 percent both for June and for the year to date. Imports from Vietnam, while falling 11 percent in June, are up 28 percent year to date. —ITTO Average U.S. hourly earnings increased by 3.2 percent year-over-year in August. This is the 13th straight month that wages have increased at or above 3 percent. Average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers also had the largest monthly increase since reports began in 1964.

—U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics www.woodindustry.ca

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With 130,000 new jobs in August in the U.S., more than 5.8 million new jobs have been created since January 2017. —U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Starts for multifamily homes in the U.S., a category that includes apartment buildings and condominiums, decreased 16.2 percent in July, while permits increased 21.8 percent. —U.S. Census Bureau

Over the past 3 years there has been a steady decline in housing starts in Japan. Between 2017 and 2018, first half year starts dipped 2 percent and there was a 3 percent decline between 2018 and 2019. —Fordaq

Businesses in the U.S. averaged more than nine DNS cyberattacks in 2018, an increase of 34 percent year-over-year. Costs went up significantly, too — the average cost of a DNS attack came in at $1.27 million US worldwide. When 70 percent of businesses there were attacked, they lost per incident upward of $100,000 US. Almost half (48 percent) lost at least $500,000 US, and close to 10 percent lost over $5 million US. —InformationWeek/Dark Reading

Only two percent of publishers provide readers with more than 16 articles per month for free before triggering a paywall. Nearly six in 10 publishers put their metered paywalls at five articles or less per month.

—Shorenstein Center

In 2017, a Canadian elementary school teacher could expect to earn an average starting salary of $39,220 US, a rate of pay that’s higher than many other developed countries worldwide. According to OECD data, in 15 years, Canadian elementary school teachers can expect to earn over $65,000 US per year on average.

Teachers in Luxembourg earn the most, with new staff members taking home just over $70,000 US and their more experienced colleagues making $102,500 US. Teachers in Germany placed second on the list, while those in the U.S. placed fourth. —Statista In 2018, New York City actually consumed the most cannabis of any city — 77.44 metric tons. While illegal for recreational use in the Big Apple, it is permitted for medical use and possession of small amounts of it has been decriminalized. Karachi, Pakistan, came second for consumption last year (cannabis is illegal there) with 41.95 metric tons, while New Delhi in India rounded off the top-three with 38.26 metric tons.

Toronto, Ont., came in 10th with 22.75 metric tons consumed. —ABCD 2018 Cannabis Price Index Due to a massive boost of exports from Germany, total European softwood logs and softwood lumber deliveries to China expanded by 256 percent and 33 percent respectively in the first half of 2019. —TIN Swedish sawmills exported just over 6.5 million cubic meters of softwood lumber the first half of 2019, 2 percent less than in the respective period of 2018. —Fordaq The North American kitchen and bath industry continued to expand in the second quarter of 2019, with an index score of 65.7 according to the National Kitchen and Bath Association and John Burns Real Estate Consulting’s latest Kitchen and Bath Market Index. —KCMA

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The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased from $55.5 billion US in June to $54.0 billion US in July, as exports increased, and imports decreased. —U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis According to a 2018 survey, 82 percent of global packaged consumer goods brand respondents said they expected to increase their digital media spend as a percentage of their total advertising budget in the next 12 months. The brand companies expected, on average, a 49 percent increase in digital media budgets. By comparison, only 30 percent of respondents planned to invest more in traditional media channels in the near term. —Nielsen Indonesia expects to boost furniture and wooden craft exports from $2.5 billion US in 2018 to $2.9 billion US this year. —Association of Indonesian Furniture and Crafts Industry A recent report reveals that consumption of office furniture in China and Asia Pacific amounts to around $18 billion US annually, with China representing the largest marketplace, followed by Japan and Australia.

Export values of office furniture from the area exceeds $5 billion US. China is by far the largest exporter and North America the largest destination. —CSIL For the first time in two years, Canada’s quarter-toquarter GDP change beat the U.S., 3.7 to 2.0 percent.

For seven straight quarters, from Q3 2017 to Q1 2019 inclusive, the U.S. had the advantage over Canada.

—ConstructConnect According to the latest Global Countertops study, demand for countertops is anticipated to reach 540 million square meters in 2023 with 6.4 million square meters in Canada. During the period from 2018 to 2023, the global market is anticipated to rise 2.6 percent annually, while the annual rise in Canada is forecast at 1.4 percent. —Freedonia Group

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Oct. 12 – 16 Intermob Istanbul, Turkey http://intermobistanbul.com/en/

Akhurst Machinery www.akhurst.com ............................17

Nuvo www.nuvoconcept.com....................11

Black Bros. Co., Inc. www.blackbros.com ....................... 22

Precision Drive Systems www.spindlerepair.com ................. 28

Oct. 15 – 18 SICAM Pordenone, Italy www.exposicam.it/en/

CNC Factory www.cncfactory.com ...................... 14

Safety Speed Manufacturing www.safetyspeed.com .....................31

Oct. 19 – 23 High Point Market High Point, N.C. www.highpointmarket.org

Epilog Laser www.epiloglaser.com/ wood-industry ..................................16

Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 WMS: Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference and Expo Toronto, Ont. www.wmscanada.ca Nov. 7 – 9 Quebec Furniture Manufacturers Association 2019 Conference Bromont, Que. www.afmq.com/en/ events/2019-conference/ Nov. 20 – 22 GreenBuild Expo Atlanta, Ga. www.greenbuildexpo.com Dec. 4 – 6 The Buildings Show Toronto, Ont. www.thebuildingsshow.com Jan. 10 – 13, 2020 Domotex Hannover, Germany www.domotex.de Jan. 13 – 19 IMM Cologne, Germany www.imm-cologne.com Apr. 23 – 25 SIBO Drummondville, Que. www.woodworkingnetwork.com

Elias Woodwork www.eliaswoodwork.com .............. 26

Felder Group Canada www.felder-group.ca .........................8 Grass Canada www.grasscanada.com .....................5 ICA North America www.icanorthamerica.com .......... 29 Komo Machine Inc. www.komo.com ............................... 39 Leitz Tooling Systems Canada www.leitz.org ................................... 25 Leuco www.leuco.com ............................... 27 Newman Machine Co. Inc. www.newmanwhitney.com ........... 29 N.R. Murphy www.nrmurphy.com ....................... 31

Salice www.salicecanada.com ..................40 Sames Kremlin www.sames-kremlin.com ...............33 SCM www.scmgroup.com/en _US/scmwood/company/ equipment-finance ......................... 18 Sugatsune Canada www.sugatsune.ca .......................... 15 Vortex www.vortextool.com ........................19 Weima https://weima.com/us/ .................... 13 Weinig https://www.weinig.com/en/..............2 Wood-Maxx www.wood-maxx.ca ........................24 WMS: Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference and Expo www.wmscanada.ca .........................9

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One Komo Drive, Lakewood NJ 08701 U.S.A. 1-800-255-5670 • 1-732-719-6222 • www.komo.com

OPENING, LIFTING, SLIDING, STORING… ALL FROM SALICE

For every type of movement… the answer is Salice. A comprehensive range of products that combines excellence in research-based design and technical expertise to provide solutions for every cabinetry application.

-Hinges & mounting plates -Lift systems -Sliding systems -Runners & drawers Visit us at Booth #1149 October 31 - November 2, 2019

www.salicecanada.com