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         <title><![CDATA[Architectural Woodworker Ready, Willing & Able]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Keeping standards high and costs low have helped Phoenix, AZ-based Able Architectural Woodworks stay busy and profitable.
Published August 2008 by CWB
For Able Architectural Woodworks&rsquo; owner Steve Littleton, finding work, even in a down economy, is not problematic.
&ldquo;I make more money accidentally than most people do purposely,&rdquo; says Littleton. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s one ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Innovation and product diversification fuels Corona Millworks continuing growth]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Component manufacturer continues to flourish in Southern California&rsquo;s softening market.

Published August 2008 by Wood Digest
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Corona Millworks

Year established 1995
Location Chino, Calif.
Products Solid wood raised panel and rigid thermofoil kitchen cabinet doors, drawer boxes and cabinet components
Market area Southern California
Facility size 45,000 sq. ft. &mdash; Solid wood doors
12,500 sq. ft. &mdash; RTF ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Living a Dream]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Published Tuesday, June 17, 2008 on Modern Woodworking

Stephan Schwartz, president and founder of Dynamic Cabinet Designs in Chatsworth, Calif., has some advice for anyone interested in starting up a cabinetmaking shop. &quot;Don&rsquo;t be afraid. Get a place, power, an exhaust system and then a CNC machine along with software &#8211; ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planit Invites You to Attend a Breakfast Honoring Our Customers]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Tuscaloosa, AL:

Planit Solutions will be hosting a Customer Appreciation Breakfast Friday, August 22nd at 6:30am before the IWF Fair for all Planit customers.

The event will include guest speakers who will share their experiences with software, machinery and the manufacturing business in general. We will also have our development team present ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/pressreleases/IWFBreakfast#Story38</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Passion for Green]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Published: May 12, 2008 on ISW Online
By Brad Walseth

Richmond, CA, cabinetmaker Bill Walker believes that custom woodworking shops can lead the way into a new green future.
It seems like you can&rsquo;t turn on a television or radio these days without hearing about new green initiatives cropping up in all facets ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/silverwalker#Story37</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Students use Alphacam to Build Award-Winning Pieces]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Students from high school and post secondary woodworking programs relied on Alphacam software to create projects for the AWFS&reg; Fresh Wood Student Competition, held last July Las Vegas in conjunction with the AWFS&reg; Fair. Lance Palmer of Harper Creek High School in Michigan found Alphacam helpful in cutting shapes for ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/FreshWood#Story36</link>
         <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Entering new territory]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As appeared in Modern Woodworking in February 2008
By Jeff Crissey

Growing West Coast cabinet company relies on strategic mix of machinery to improve flexibility and enter new markets

2008 will undoubtedly be a milestone for Lanz Cabinets. In January, the 52-year-old cabinet company, based in Eugene, Ore., completed its move into a ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/lanz#Story35</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[MCTI Cabinetmaking/Millwork Program Wins Woodworking Machinery Industry Association Educator of the Year Award]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Richard Hannigan, WMIA board member and Holz-Her U.S. Inc. vice president/sales, announced the Michigan Career and Technical Institute as recipient of the 2007 Educator of the Year Award. This award, given by the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA), honors and acknowledges the efforts of the education community and provides recognition ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A rule of thumb]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As appeared in Modern Woodworking in February 2008
By Brooke Baldwin Wisdom

Commercial cabinetry manufacturer assesses returns on investments for equipment and facility expansions

Paul Hogan, owner of Contemporary Cabinetry East in Cincinnati, Ohio, has his own strategy when it comes to purchasing new equipment. &ldquo;My rule of thumb concerning a return on ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/contemporary#Story22</link>
         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Carving a niche in commercial work]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As appeared in CabinetMaker February 2008 
By Peter Hildebrandt

Using contractor Web sites to find jobs and using nesting to deliver them quickly

Like many who opt to pursue commercial work, Phil DeMarco, owner of D&amp;L Cabinets Inc., learned he prefers commercial work because he doesn't have to play &quot;designer.&quot;

Ninety percent of ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/dandl#Story21</link>
         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planit Solutions Selects AT&amp;T to Upgrade Its Network Services]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As appeared in Yahoo! News here and the AT&amp;T Newsroom here.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&amp;T Inc. (NYSE: T - News) announced today a new two-year networking agreement with Planit Solutions, a Tuscaloosa-based software-solutions provider specializing in the home improvement, metalworking, woodworking and cabinet-making industries.
Under the terms of the ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planit Holdings Limited Divests Retail Division to Focus on Global Manufacturing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ashford, UK &#8211; February 5, 2008: The leading CAD/CAM software provider Planit has agreed to the sale of its Fusion retail business to 20-20 Technologies Inc. The decision for the divestment is in line with Planit&rsquo;s strategy to focus on its core activities and to become the global market leader ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/pressreleases/fusion#Story19</link>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Closets are 'Snowflakes']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[By Kim Kaiser for Wood Digest July 2007 issue

Closet Works eliminates mistakes with the help of software integration

Like many companies, Closet Works started from meager beginnings. In 1987 without an installation van, Mike Carson, owner of the Elmhurst, Ill.-based company, carried the panels and shelves for his first job from ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Managing a long-term project]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As appeared in FDM January 2008.
Written by Karl Forth.

Using technology and design software have helped this Connecticut company deal with a one-of-a-kind Frank Lloyd Wright design.

In a just-in-time world, Kitchen &amp; Bath by CAM has been working on one job for three years. But it's a special job: making all ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/cam#Story17</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ahead of the Curve]]></title>
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Planit&rsquo;s closet-specific software helps keep custom closet manufacturer on the cutting edge
Bluffton, S.C.-based Closet Specialist LLC is accustomed to being ahead of the curve. After all, the family-owned company has been manufacturing and installing custom closets for 23 years, long before the huge boom in the closet industry. Since its ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/casestudies/ClosetSpecialistLLC#Story16</link>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tacking Towards Modernization]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Historic Yacht Builder Streamlines its Joinery
Shop with CNC Design and Manufacturing

By Kenn Busch for Surface and Panel
&nbsp;
Peter Horne is part of a team who consider themselves makers of very luxurious toys for a very exclusive client base, whose budgets range run from millions to tens of millions of dollars, euros ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/articles/hodgdon#Story15</link>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planit and ETemplate Systems develop seamless link ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Planit Solutions and ETemplate Systems today announce a seamless integration between their respective products. This integration allows users of both systems to perform detailed as-built jobsite measurements using ETemplate Photo, and bring this data directly into Cabnetware and Cabinet Vision as an accurate layout for the design process.

This new integration, ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/pressreleases/etemplate#Story14</link>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planit ranked by CIMData as fastest growing CAM vendor worldwide with most industrial users]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[
Latest CIMdata NC market report confirms Planit as world&rsquo;s #1 vendor of industrial CAM; top 5 revenue-earning CAM vendors&nbsp;
Rapidly growing sales across all areas of its woodworking and metal software business catapulted Planit Holdings into the top five vendors of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software in 2006, according to the ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/pressreleases/CIMDataReport#Story13</link>
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cabinet Vision Software Helps Educational Furniture Manufacturer to Top Class Performance]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CAD/CAM software from Cabinet Vision has enabled Witley Jones Furniture to streamline its complete design to manufacturing process, while also significantly enhancing the company&rsquo;s marketing and commercial operations.

&ldquo;Much of our business involves customising relatively high value furniture products, such as desks, chairs, dormitory equipment and storage units to specific installations,&rdquo; ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/casestudies/WitleyJonesFurniture#Story9</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Alphacam Scores Sales Success at Irish Wood and uPVC Machinery Show]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Leading CAD/CAM specialist Alphacam has secured a series of major orders at the recent&nbsp; Wood and uPVC Machinery Exhibition in Dublin, making the event one of the most successful in the company&rsquo;s 2007 exhibition calendar.

Valued at tens of thousands of pounds, the contracts reflect the capabilities of the company&rsquo;s Alphacam ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.planitmanufacturing.com/news/updates/IrishShow#Story8</link>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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