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  • 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>


Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine Editorial Director for Wood & Wood Products Magazine

Bill is responsible for editing Custom Woodworking Business and coordinating all content for Wood Products , CLOSETS , Woodworkingnetwork.com and Closetsdaily.com, along with related newsletters. Bill’s expertise includes using innovative print manufacturing techniques to grow audience engagement, using textured offset, digital printing, purls, QR codes; and lead-generating webcasts, custom websites, and custom digital and print content. Read Bill Esler's woodworking blogs here: http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/wood-blogs/bill-esler

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