Franklin Connections Blog

• How Green Are My Casegoods?

  Dec-19-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Wood products sustainability initiatives have become more active as the economy recovers. Three of the biggest wood products organizations – Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) and the Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association (BIFMA) – operate programs that set standards and targets for greener products and production. BIFMA level, KCMA Environmental Stewardship program (ESP) and the AHFA Sustainable by Design program.(...) <read more>

• For Architectural Woodworkers, Panel Matters

  Dec-02-2013 | Comments: 3 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  When Architectural Woodwork Institute members gather, the discussion always turns to panel and veneer, defining aspects of commercial architectural millwork. At last month’s 61st AWI Convention in Orlando was no exception, where AWI board president Michael Bell recounted the state of the architectural wooding business.(...) <read more>

• 3D Visualization of Interior Spaces

  Oct-09-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Imaging how a room will look with a particular cabinetry, paneling or laminate flooring is one of the toughest challenges for interior design clients. The mental preview assembled from swatches and tags of elements, such as veneered panels, mouldings and ceiling panels,(...) <read more>

• Internet of Things to Come

  Sep-18-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  As wood manufacturing machinery has become more sophisticated, it’s also become more connected – allowing manufacturing processes such as coating and gluing to be monitored from anywhere in the factory. Some machines event connect wirelessly through Blue Tooth to production servers and(...) <read more>

• Clean-line Cabinet Laminates

  Aug-26-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  The clean lines of European cabinet design seem to be catching on in the U.S. The design style featuring laminate doors with either square or rounded edges, in a rainbow of trendy colors or patterns(...) <read more>

• Countertops Step Away from Laminates

  Jun-27-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Sales of solid surface granite and quartz counter tops rose more than 200 percent last year, says kitchen remodeling franchise, Kitchen Solvers. The LaCrosse, WI-based Kitchen Solvers has 48 franchisees who do high-end cabinet (...) <read more>