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Flooring is Not Beneath Oaks Landing Skillset |
If you search “hard enough” on YouTube, you’ll find a video for a rock band called Hardly Soft. Their big hit single? “Pills.” And if you look carefully in the video you might just find Chris Tinney playing guitar. ... Read more. |
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Small businesses continue to impact the Canadian economy and our industry in influential ways. In this issue, we cover the anticipated mass exodus of Canadians planning to leave their SMEs in the next decade and how the employee-ownership model may be coming to the country. We also honour the past and future with a breakdown of RAMPA Tech, Huppé Meubles new owners and and analyze CKCA’s panel on the future of the industry. Our features highlight two successful small business owners, one a cabinet maker who moved into flooring and the other, a custom woodworking shop for homes and offices in B.C. |
– Ellie King, Editor |
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New Employee Ownership Options On The Way |
Small business owners are planning to retire in waves. Although COVID-19 is hindering some of these retirements, it’s helped accelerate the exit for other others. The Canadian Employee Ownership Coalition has been ... Read more. |
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A Little Shop with Big Dreams |
Growing up in the Lower Mainland of B.C., Cloverdale to be exact, Scott Maguire had watched his dad and helped him around the house doing anything from renovations to woodworking. His father was a superintendent ... Read more. |
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Wood Shines in Hospitality Design |
On a recent shopping trip to Yorkdale in Toronto, I dined at the Michelin-starred Konjiki Ramen & Saryo Café. First opened in early 2022, the Tokyo noodle house is known for, what else, its ramen, but what struck me most was the ... Read more. |
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GANTRYX Stacker / Destacker |
The Doucet GANTRYX is built with a 3-axis vacuum grip manipulator arm that automates the handling of wood panels at the infeed and outfeed of the moulder or sander. This makes for efficient stacking and unstacking. ... Read more. |
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Latest Events |
April 18 - 20, Montreal wood convention, Montreal, QC |
April 18 - 23, Salon del Mobile, Milano, Italy |
April 25 - 27, Wood Industry Conference (WIC), San Diego, CA |
May 9 - 12, Interzum, Cologne, Germany |
May 15 - 19, Ligna, Hannover, Germany |
June 8 - 10, AWMAC National Convention, Toronto, ON |
July 25 - 28, AWFS Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV |
September 28 - 30, CKCA National forum, Moncton, NB |
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Contributors wanted! We’re always looking for contributing writers and stories for our newsletter. If you have something you’d like to share with readers and want more details, please email Mike at miken@mediaedge.ca. |
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