Franklin Connections Blog

  • What's NeXT in Kitchen Cabinet Design Will Require New Skills

    Dec-02-2014 | Comments: 4 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine

    Kitchen cabinets, countertops, and even closet designs are moving ever more rapidly to express fashion trends. To produce the colors, glosses, and textures, new technology, hardware and new materials will be required. (...) <read more>

  • AJ Adhesives Assists Kaskaskia Regional Port District with Their Boardroom Look

    Oct-28-2014 | Comments: 4 | Posted In: | Posted By: AJ Adhesives

    St. Louis, Missouri - AJ Adhesives, Inc. worked with our friends at Kaskaskia Regional Port District to create an amazing centerpiece for their boardroom.(...) <read more>

  • Stand-ins for Wood at IWF 2014

    Sep-23-2014 | Comments: 3 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine

    The critical role of adhesives in the evolution of secondary wood manufacturing was everywhere, as evidence at the 2014 International Woodworking Fair, held in August in Atlanta. As wood, the fundamental industry consumable, becomes more expensive(...) <read more>

  • McClure Tables: The Bond Beyond Glue

    Jul-22-2014 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Abbe Raabe

    We just make the adhesives. But we are gratified by the products our customers create using them. Take McClure Tables, a Grand Rapids-based maker of handcrafted shuffleboard tables. Owners Todd and Judy McClure produce a couple of hundred tables (and (...) <read more>

  • Smart Technology Smooths Defects

    Jul-08-2014 | Comments: 2 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine

    Consumers are of two minds on furniture and cabinetry design: the popular glossy surfaces with seamless edges, as well as the textured with even rough surfaces. The glossy appeal follows the iPhone look, sleek perfection, simplicity and spare. It caters to the “technology rules” mindset.(...) <read more>

  • Skateboarding Our Way Beyond Wood Components: Five Creative Industrial Applications for Wood Glue

    Jun-24-2014 | Comments: 4 | Posted In: | Posted By: Jaye Schroeder

    Millwork, cabinetry and wood furniture might account for the bulk of our wood glue business. But you’d be surprised at some of the other manufacturers that use our glue to create their products. Here’s a look at five of some of the more interesting products we hold together.(...) <read more>