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Canadian News

Hexagon acquires Planit Canada software company

COBHAM, United Kingdom — Hexagon’s Production Software Division has acquired Planit Canada, the world’s second-largest reseller of Cabinet Vision, strengthening its direct presence in the Canadian woodworking software market.Details of the transaction were not immediately available.

Event Coverage

Laguna Tools hosts open house on July 16

Laguna Tools is opening its doors on July 16, 2026, for a hands-on Open House at its Huntington Beach, California, facility where shop owners and makers can meet directly with product specialists, see equipment running live, and get specific answers to their shop’s production questions.

Canadian News

Study: BC secondary wood firms less productive than sawmill and panel sectors

British Columbia's secondary wood manufacturing firms showed low efficiency for most of the business types, and performance consistently lagged sawmill and panel sectors, with a “significant downward divergence” observed since the financial crisis, according to a study by Lili Sun, Rico Chan and Bryan Bogdanski of Natural Resources Canada’s Pacific Forestry Centre. 

Canadian News

AI and Cybersecurity top agenda at WMCO quarterly event

HANOVER, Ontario — “AI, Cybersecurity & Economic Trends Shaping Wood Manufacturing in 2026,” is the title of the Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario’s information-packed quarterly networking event slated for Wednesday, June 17 at Taurus Craco Machinery.The afternoon event will focus on the technologies, economic shifts, and operational strategies beginning to have an increasingly bigger impact on Canadian wood product manufacturers.