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Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a communications company based in Chicago that focuses on the industrial woodworking industry. Rich is the former long-term editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has visited more than 250 woodworking industries in North America, Europe and Asia, and has written numerous articles on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars, including cabinet and closet conferences and expos, and Canada's largest woodworking exhibition, woodworking machinery and supply conferences and expos.

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