NEWS BRIEFS

Catalogs available
in print or CD form

Peter Meier Inc., a hardware supplier based in Kernersville, N.C., has three new product catalogs available: Kitchen & Bath, Closet & Storage, and Office & Furniture. Each catalog contains full product information including photos, technical drawings, features and benefits. Catalogs are available in print or on CD upon request. They can also be viewed online at www.petermeier.com.

Contact: Peter Meier Inc., 1255 S. Park Dr., Kernersville, NC 27284. Tel: 800-222-6941.

employs 30 people, operates six delivery trucks, and services more than 400 customers throughout New England.

Contact: Highland Hardwoods, PO Box 426, Brentwood, NH 03848. Tel: 800-442-1812. www.highlandhard woods.com

Lumber group
applies for accreditation

The Composite Lumber Manufacturers Association applied in February to be a standards developer guided by and ac-

credited by the American National Standards Institute, an internationally recognized consensus standards organization. This application is currently being reviewed by ANSI and available for public comment. By becoming a standards developer, CLMA will have the flexibility to develop test method and product performance standards for the industry.

CLMA has a Codes and Standards Committee which participated in the State of California Wildland Urban Interface regulation hearings; represented the membership with the ICC-ES regarding accep-

tance criteria (AC-174) for composite lumber products; participated in the ASTM Committee drafting of fire performance standards for composite lumber and many other industry issues.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CLMA is the North American trade association that represents the composite lumber industry’s manufacturing companies and their material suppliers.

Contact: CLMA, 1156 — 15th St. N.W., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-207-0906. www. compositelumber.org

 

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Stiles schedules decision
makers’ conference

Stiles Machinery Inc. has scheduled its sixth annual Executive Briefing Conference for March 14-16, 2007, in Dallas.

The conference is a forum for woodworking decision makers to review and discuss topics relevant to current and future business challenges and opportunities, and to help answer the question, “What’s next?” Presenters will propose thought-provoking ideas, solutions and strategies that apply to businesses of all sizes.

Contact: Steve Waltman at Stiles Machinery Inc. Tel: 616-698-7500. E-mail: swaltman@stilesmachinery.com.

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Pam Fastening offers
frame assembly brochure

Pam Fastening Technology offers a free four-page brochure on its line of frame assembly systems, designed to educate retailers and customers on its Brevetti and Inmes frame assembly equipment.

Inmes equipment includes the IM- 30 MP single miter saw with rotating table, IM-300 PL double miter saw, IM-5P joining machine, and IM 3P SE pneumatic joining machine. Brevetti equipment includes the Prisma CE double miter saw, MAXI double miter saw, C- 16 double miter saw with an electro-pneumatic system, S30ME joiner, and C100 coil feel system. Information on equipment accessories is also included.

Contact: Pam Fastening Technology, 2120 Gateway Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208. Tel: 704-394-3141. www. pamfast.com

Phone: 860-767-8227

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Highland Hardwoods
celebrates 20th anniversary

Highland Hardwoods of Brentwood, N.H., is celebrating its 20th year in business. The company was founded in August 1986 by Rick and Wendy Lang as a small hardwood wholesale business that operated out of the Lang’s home. Highlands Hardwoods currently owns a 7- 1/2-acre parcel in Brentwood that serves as a lumber facility, office space and four warehouses. Highland Hardwoods

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Standard Profile s & Custom Grinding Since 1926

• Fast accurate service

• Carbide Tipped knives a specialty

• Over 170 Standard Profiles in stock

• Send us your profiles via fax, mail or e-mail (DXF) to cggschmidt@aol.com

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Charles G.G. Schmidt & Co., Inc. 301 West Grand Avenue, Montvale, NJ 07645 1 201-391-3500 Fax: 1 201-391-3565 www.cggschmidt.com SEE OUR LATEST CATALOG FOR A COMPLETE LIS T OF OUR WOODWORKING TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES