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WoodLINKS® USA is pleased to announce that the International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Fair (IWF) contributed $10,000 in support of our educational organization. The International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Fair (IWF) is the trade show where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and related...

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Wood shops in schools around the U.S. are hitting a wall. Even as the U.S. rethinks how we’ve approached education and industrial policy, high schools and community colleges are dismantling carpentry and wood shop classrooms -a product of budget cutting and flagging student interest. Reports...

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The United States may be on the verge of bringing back manufacturing jobs from China. Harold Sirkin, along with Michael Zinser and Douglas Hohner (all experts from the Boston Consulting Group – a...

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Urban Tree to Bicycle from Spots Unknown on Vimeo. In a world where every consumer is out to find the cheapest product on the market and is unwilling to shell out a few extra dollars to buy a higher quality product, custom-made goods are sure...

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The wood industry lead the way in the Institute for Supply Management’s latest survey covering economic activity in 18 manufacturing U.S. industries. ISM says manufacturing gained ground overall in November, as the economy proceeds through a gradual recovery. Based on surveys of purchasing managers and...

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Recently, WoodLINKS USA, AWI & the WCA teamed up for a local teacher in-service. Madison College hosted the annual fall teacher training, plant tour event. For more information, please visit WoodLINKS, AWI & WCA Team Up.

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WoodLINKS USA enthusiastically announces the availability of the WoodLINKS USA Exceptional Student Scholarship for students actively pursuing a post-secondary woodworking technology area of study. This one-year $500 tuition scholarship is available to high school seniors planning to attend an accredited technical school, college or university...

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Consulting firm urges companies to invest in worker training at educational institutions. A new survey from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute found a shortage of as many as 600,000 skilled workers at U.S. manufacturing companies. The survey, “Boiling Point? The skills gap in U.S. manufacturing,”...

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MADISON, WI – Madison College reports that Blum is the latest woodworking industry supplier to join its Partnership for Educational Progress (PEP) Program. Blum recently donated a hinge insertion machine to the Cabinetmaking & Millwork program at Madison College, an affiliate of WoodLINKS USA. This...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When it comes to baseball, Dave Kretschmann always keeps his eye on the bat. A casual fan whose loyalties are split between the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers, Kretschmann watches games much differently than he did three years ago. When...

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With over one million downloads already from the App StoreSM, AutoCAD® WS is now coming to the Android Market. The AutoCAD WS free* mobile app for Android has all the features our iOS users have experienced for iPhone and iPad, including a wide range of...

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U.S. cabinetry and CNC turning students will face-off against peers from around the world at WorldSkills 2011, to be held in London, England in October. SkillsUSA, the organization that represents the United States in the WorldSkills Competition, will send 17 high school and college students...

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Ligna Hannover 2011, the world’s largest woodworking machinery exhibition, registered a 13% gain in attendance, with more than 90,000 wood industry professionals passing through the turnstiles, according to the Deutsche Messe, the fair’s organizer. Attendance from abroad increased 26% for Ligna 2011, held May 30-June...

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Steve Ehle, a long-time woodworking trade publication editor and supporter of WoodLINKS USA, was recently named interim national director for WoodLINKS USA. WoodLINKS is dedicated to helping educate high school and college students to woodworking career opportunities. The decision to add Ehle was made by...

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Companies throughout the hardwood supply chain will continue to feel the effects of slow housing starts, limited commercial construction, and sluggish remodeling activity. The economic recovery will eventually pick up steam to the benefit of North American hardwood lumber producers and secondary wood products manufacturers…but...

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ORLANDO–Housing will see gradual improvements in activity this year as the nation’s economy and job market continue to move to higher ground, establishing momentum that will produce more considerable gains in 2012, according to economists who appeared at the NAHB International Builders’ Show in Orlando...

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CITY OF COMMERCE – Ten distinguished woodworking and furniture industry executives have been selected as judges for the AWFS 2011 Fresh Wood student woodworking competition. Panelists include: * Margaret Casey, director of programming for the World Market Center in Las Vegas and vice president of...

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WASHINGTON — Nationwide housing starts declined 4.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 units in the final month of 2010, according to newly released figures by the U.S. Commerce Department. While this was the slowest pace of starts activity since October 2009,...

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