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The Penn State survey found that more than half of the state’s 239 kitchen cabinet firms are lo cated in the rapidly developing southeast “Some of the state’s small firms concentrate on serving local needs through custom-made products,” says Blankenhom. “But the ma jority of medium-sized and large firms serve the national market. They purchase about two-thirds of their raw materials within Penn sylvania and distribute the finish ed products across the country.” HOLD IT! There's plenty of room for all the things you value and want to protect state The survey to determine the size and distribution of the kitchen cabinet industry is part of Penn State’s efforts to help Pennsylva nia wood products manufacturers gain an edge over competitors from other states. Since 1988, the university has been involved in the Hardwood Initiative, a state-sponsored eco nomic development program that supports education, research and technical assistance for the forest products industry. A major goal of the initiative is to bring more val ue-added manufacturing to Penn- Rhodes Outstanding Senior ALFRED, N.Y. Terrance L. Rhodes Jr. of Lindley has won a top award as the outstanding senior horticulture student at Alfred State College of Technology. The landscape development major was selected to receive the $950 Norman A. Diedrich Award earmarked for the senior “who shows the most skill and promise in the area of bedding plant pro duction,” the donor stipulates. The award is from a $lO,OOO endowment established by Flor ence and Norman A. Diedrich of Fairport, who were in the green house business for more than 60 years. BARTVILLE WELDING SHOP 1 M'i \ohK' l\d (liimi.hi.i l’\ I (,n li.iti\ilk') Lancaster Farming,, Saturday, August 15, 1992-El9 sylvania. Penn State helps the wood pro ducts industry by sponsoring short courses in kiln drying, finishing and machinery. Faculty members also visit individual companies to recommend new manufacturing techniques or marketing strate gies. Kitchen cabinet making is just one facet of the wood products in dustry, says Blankenhom. Manu facturers also create furniture, floors, doors, caskets, paper and numerous small products such as cutting boards and tool handles. They set up the fund after wit nessing the extraordinary work accomplished by Alfred State hor ticulture students at the 1987 International Bedding Plant, Inc., conference, a college source noted. Rhodes is the son of Nancy Martin of Harpers Ferry, WV, and is a 1990 graduate of Coming- Painted Post High School. He received an associate’s degree at Alfred State’s commencement, and has accepted a position with Cortright’s Village Florist, Coming. The Lindley resident was rec ognized as an award winner at the college’s 1992 Honors Convocation.
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