Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association

Check out what's been happening lately in the cabinet industry: US IMPORTS OF HARDWOOD PLYWOOD FALL The volume of U.S. imports of hardwood plywood declined by 5% in December and fell a total of 10% in 2018. December was the strongest month for Chinese imports, which increased by 62% from November. Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia all showed gains of more than 50% in 2018, replacing market share previously held by China. Click here to read more. FORMALDEHYDE MAKES EPA RISK PRIORITY LIST On March 20 EPA published a list of 40 chemicals that will go through a prioritization process.  Formaldehyde was included on the list of 20 chemicals in the "high-priority" category.  Each of these 20 chemicals will undergo a three-year risk evaluation process. Click here to read more. Photo courtesy of US Environmental Protection Agency FLOODING IN MID-WEST CAUSES WORKER EXODUS Workers are permanently moving away from flood-ravaged towns in the Mid-We...

The wood products industry has been heavily impacted by imports of goods from China for several years, and a group of kitchen cabinet manufacturers are finally doing something about it.   On March 6, 2019 the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (AKCA)  initiated one of the largest trade cases ever filed against China at the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC). Filed by Wiley Rein, LLP, the AKCA is standing up for more than 250,000 American workers across the industry in the United States. As a result of China's manipulation and unfair trade practices in kitchen cabinet and bath vanity production, Chinese imports of kitchen cabinets into the United States are up by more than 75 percent since 2015 and threaten our $9.5 billion American industry. "China has manipulated global production and captured a large and growing portion of the market, manufacturing dumped and subsidized products, and has taken jobs away from hardworking Americans," sa...

Check out what’s been happening in the cabinet industry the last few weeks from the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association: Formaldehyde Rule in Full Effect As of March 22, 2019, the TSCA Title VI Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products Rule is officially in effect. KCMA has reported on this issue and our work surrounding the regulation for more than a year. "This is good news for composite wood panel manufacturers and companies that use the panels to make components and finished goods, as it means one, more seamless regulatory system nationwide," says Composite Panel Association President Jackson Morrill. Click here to read more. T echnology is Key to Bringing Millennials into Manufacturing Technology is proving to be a driving force behind change in the manufacturing industry and it could be the answer to the question of how to get younger generations interested in manufacturing. According to Manufacturing.net, a recent study ...