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Uniboard, a North American leader of manufactured engineered wood products has entered into an exclusive supply agreement with California Closets September 1, 2010, for the manufacture and distribution of thermofused melamine panels for California Closets’ Lago collection for the Southeast United States Market Territory, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

The Hardwood Forestry Fund (HFF) recently announced that Columbia Forest Products is a 2010 recipient of the Gifford Pinchot Award. Columbia Forest Products accepted the award at its booth (1670) during IWF 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. 

Flakeboard Company announces the hiring of Darrell Keeling as manufacturing manager for its composite panels manufacturing business.

B.C. and Russia are considered to be the two biggest winners as China’s ongoing demand for lumber imports continues to expand. A five-year outlook report estimates that China will need to double its lumber imports by 2015 to meet domestic demand. 

Clarion Industries recently announced that work will be completed by mid-October 2010 on several major manufacturing initiatives that will help prepare the company for future growth. The capital expenditures target energy efficiencies, innovation and quality technologies, and increased manufacturing production capacity.

Biesse America and Intermac America, the leading manufacturers of high-tech machinery and systems for wood, glass and stone, will be holding a fall One2One event at its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., October 27 through 29, 2010.

Uniboard, a North American leader of manufactured engineered wood products, is pleased to announce the launch of its new Bistro finish, an exact match with Olon’s Natural Woodgrain Finish. 

DuPont has just unveiled the new DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio in Shanghai, China, custom designed by world-renowned British designer Michael Young. Located at Huashan Square in Shanghai, this new site follows studios in Milan, Italy, and U.S. locations in New York and Philadelphia.