Biesse's Viet Opera R robotic sanding machine sands panels in any direction and on different planes, as well as on the inside of profiles and shaped edges. Panels can be machined following the grain of the wood.

Pinske Edge, a solid surface fabrication and tooling supplier for residential and commercial markets, is now 100 percent employee-owned company through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust.

Wellborn Forest Products named John Lomacz vice president of sales and marketing. Lomacz will manage departmental teams, sales operations and account services.

Whether wafer-thin paper laminates, veneers or sheets of high-gloss coating, the Diamaster EdgeExpert features tear free edges and core material on throughfeed machines and CNC machining centers. The edges are made smooth enough for a zero-joint edgeband by laser, plasma, or hot air.

Lockdowel has reported that cabinets built using its patent pending EClips fastener system passed all 14 ANSI/BIFMA standard test protocols in testing recently completed by Integrity Testing Laboratories. Cabinet assemblies were loaded with weights ranging from 700 lbs. to as high as 1550 lbs.

An industrial designer from Mooresville, North Carolina has spent 10 years and 20,000 working hours constructing the Harmon Splinter - the coolest wooden car in the world.

Monarch Custom Plywood has tripled its press cycle production with the addition of a double custom hardwood plywood panel press to its Vaughan, Ontario manufacturing facility.

In honor of Star Wars Day (“May the Fourth be with you”), woodworker, bowl-maker, and Star Wars fan Frank Howarth constructed a wooden Death Star – and filmed the process in timelapse.

A new bill from Congress would establish performance driven research for advancing tall wood building construction in the U.S.

With the introduction of the MagPi wood forming machine, SD Machinery says it has created an entirely new category of manufacturing equipment. MagPi, updated since the version shown at IWF 2014, now steam bends solid wood, as well as veneer panel and moulding, drying the material so it is ready to use in minutes.