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The term “match”, and its derivatives, “matched” or “matching,” is frequently used in discussing decorative wood veneered panel products. It is a seemingly simple term, but it can be quite confusing at times because it has multiple applications, including describing the relationship between: one component and the adjacent component in a panel face, all the […]

  Wm. H. Fry Construction Company won an unprecedented daily double in this year’s PureBond Quality Awards (PQA) competition. The highly-green minded and diversified custom homebuilder based in Cupertino, CA, took first-place honors in both the Residential Bathroom and Residential Other categories of the fourth annual awards program sponsored by Columbia Forest Products. Adding to […]

Metro Hardwoods offers a lot more than its name implies. Well rooted in the distribution of hardwood lumber since its flagship location opened in Maple Grove, MN, 25 years ago, Metro Hardwoods has grown in leaps and bounds through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Today the company owns and operates four distribution […]

SawStop LLC, alleging that the new Bosch REAXX jobsite table saw infringes its patented safety inventions, has filed a pair of lawsuits against Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany and its subsidiary Bosch Tool Corp. of Mt. Prospect, IL. SawStop’s complaints were filed with the U.S International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Court in […]