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"The Kerfkore Foamkore product was the perfect material for the art piece I wanted to create. I needed something that had a physically and visually substantial structure, while being lightweight at the same time and this material had it all. The people at Kerfkore were extremely helpful and excited to help me achieve my vision, working with me to choose the product that would best suit my needs and to have the sheets cut to my particular specifications. Not only was the material's structure perfect, it did not require heavy duty jointing or extra reinforcements; I found that the joints in my sculptures adhered very well with a strong wood glue alone! Once my sculptures were complete, I was able to move them, place them and interact with them in the various environments I chose without any problem - instead of worrying about my sculptures breaking, I needed only to worry whether they would fit in my vehicle. I am really happy to have found and worked with this company ... they were a huge part of my success in this project."

-Amy Snell, Student at Metro State College in Denver, CO

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“[Kerfkore] is easier than cutting/kerfing ourselves. Great product and easy to use.”

-Kevin Groenke, University of Minnesota, College of Design

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“In using Kerfkore products, I find it has saved me in time and labor over traditional methods. It gives me a consistent result every time. It also has expanded our ability to be creative for the customer.”

-Roger Smith, Third Day Creations

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“I used Timberflex to design a hostess stand, tables, and booths in the Casitoga restaurant. This stuff is genius, you can’t beat it. It is really amazing and the designs you can create with this stuff are unbelievable. We keep it in inventory at US Millwork and use it every time we have a radius project. It really works wonders.”

-Rick Selvage, US Millwork, Inc.

Project: The Interior Designs of the Casitoga Restaurant

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R.B. Woodcraft’s task was to fabricate a custom museum environment in a large studio glass show. Our success in creating the display components was facilitated by the use of a number of Kerfkore products including Kerfkore, Timberflex, Flexboard, and Foamkore. The variety of lengths, thickness, and bending tolerances helped us meet all the design and engineering challenges that this project presented. “

-Gary Zarnowski, Project Manager, RB Woodcraft

Project: Corning Musuem of Glass “Visions” exhibit

Fabricator: RB Woodcraft

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“While we have made curved pieces with bending board and veneers previously this was our first attempt at building something with this kind of shape. I found the kerfkore to be easier to work with than I expected. I don't know if I could have or would have wanted to build this the old way. We did additional supports inside which I understand is overkill with kerfkore. I would feel comfortable doing more shapes with kerfkore in the future.”
-Bryan Eads

The Bookcase Place of Richmond, Inc.
5910 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230-2220
(804) 285-8858
www.thebookcaseplaceofrichmond.com

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“We saved about four days worth of labor on a recent project by using TimberFlex (Over a 70% reduction). Not only did we produce a cleaner product, but we were able to move on to the next project ahead of schedule…”

“We used to kerf our own boards, something that takes time and requires very little skill. Interior Products allowed us to remove this step and focus our skills where they are really needed…”

“The Interior Product’s line is great because it turns a tight radius and is quick and easy to use…”

“Less material…less thinking time…less labor = less overall cost…”

“Before, we would take small slats ( ½” wide ripped out of a 1 x), faces touching, backs out, build a form around it, then fill the gaps with Bondo, sand and smooth out…Now, we simply cut ribs to specified shape and apply the TimberFlex. It dosen’t get much easier…”

“Labor is always one of our biggest concerns…we don’t mind paying a little more up front, if the result is an overall reduction of labor in the end. The use of TimberFlex eliminates the trial and error that we previously experienced with old methods…

-Michael Phillips, Mid-American Precast Inc.

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“Prior to using pre-kerfed substrates provided by Interior Products Inc., we painstakingly saw-kerfed plywood panels manually for use in radius millwork applications. Interior Products’ flexible substrates have cut our skilled labor costs dramatically. The variety of materials supplied by Interior Products (Kerfkore, Timberflex, Flexboard and Ultralite) lends itself to numerous applications and options: panels, doors, curtain walls, mouldings and traditional curved millwork. We can use Interior Products in applications where the weight of plywood panels would be impractical…”

“Using Kerfkore we can create inlays in flat panels, then bend the panel. Applying inlays to already curved surfaces is tedious, if not impossible. Designers and architects have been delighted with the creative flexibility we can offer them…”

“During the construction of millwork at Nationwide Arena, Columbus’ (Ohio) new NHL hockey arena, the designers came to us with a fabrication problem. The original design for a concession area included a steel channel in an elliptical shape suspended from the arena’s ceiling. When the structural engineers reviewed the plans, they objected to the fixtures – the weight was too great to be properly supported. The design team asked us to find a solution. We used Timberflex to create a curved ceiling fixture painted to mimic the steel channel. Even the steel fabricators were fooled, and the fixture was incredibly light. Interior Products gives us options that we never had before…”

- Dean Hafey, Dean’s Custom Fixtures (Columbus, OH)

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“The Kerfkore product line allows our team to focus on what they are really good at doing, rather than dedicating an excessive amount of wasted time on unskilled administrative tasks such as sanding, filling flat areas with Bondo and unnecessary framework. This allows us to offer a better price to our customers…”

“Provides stronger, better and more reliable results compared to our old approach where we used layers of 3/8” bendable plywood…”

“I knew that their product line would make a positive difference as soon as the manufacturer representative walked through our door…”

“Currently, there is not a single section on our production floor that doesn’t contain one of the IPI products…”

- Walton Scott, Quality Cabinet & Fixture Company (San Diego, CA)

Tradeshows and Conventions

AWFS 2011 Convention

July 19-23, 2011

Vegas Convention Center

Las Vegas, Nevada

We hope everyone had a great time at this year’s AWFS show in Las Vegas. If you had a chance to stop by our booth, thank you for letting us chat with you about our products! We had a great turnout this year!

A lot of current users of our products stopped by and they were very complimentary. The people who were unfamiliar with our products showed heavy interest in our bendable, as well as our lightweight products.

NBMDA Annual Convention

November 16-18, 2010

Colorado Springs, CO

President, Tom Phillips, and Vice President, James Sorrells both attended the convention in Colorado this year. It was good to see some of our distributors there and everything seems to be looking up overall.

Kerfkore Company encourages our distributors who are not members of NBMDA to become a member. The common link among NBMDA members is a commitment to increasing the effectiveness of the distribution process within the channel by providing quality products and top-notch, value-added customer service through partnership with their trading partners.

AWI Annual Convention

October 27-29, 2010

Denver, CO

Tom Phillips, President of Kerfkore Company, and James Sorrells, Vice President and Western Sales Manager, both attended the AWI Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado the last week of October. The convention had good attendance and overall most attendees were feeling better about business conditions. The Kerfkore booth had good interest and hopefully this interest will develop into orders for our distributors!

IWF 2010

August 25-28, 2010

Georgia World Congress Center

Atlanta, GA

Thanks for everyone who visited the Kerfkore booth at the IWF show this year! Even though the number of attendees wasn’t as high as previous years, we still feel like we got a lot of good quality leads.

NBMDA Annual Convention 2009

November 4-5, 2009

Nashville, TN

The North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) is one of the most influential associations of building material and specialty product distributors, manufacturers and service suppliers.

AWI Annual Convention

October 7-10, 2009

Washington, DC

It was nice to see so many of our customers at this year's AWI Convention in Washington, DC. During tough economic times, keeping an open mind to new information and possibilities for weathering the storm can be the best investment you could make. Attendance was high and the convention was an overall success. We look forward to attending next year.

AWFS 2009 Convention

July 15-18, 2009

Vegas Convention Center

Las Vegas, Nevada

The economic landscape may be changing, but for woodworking professionals, one fact is sure, AWFS^®Vegas is the industry’s innovation marketplace—designed and engineered to provide the solutions, information and next-generation technology needed to stay strong through changing times.

In July 2009, participants from across the country and around the world will once again gather in Las Vegas to preview leading-edge woodworking products, machinery and supplies and to take advantage of the finest educational conference in the industry. A full-scale international event that’s as exciting as it is cost-effective, AWFS^®Vegas is the woodworking industry’s essential resource in a changing economy. Use it to strengthen your competitive position, uncover new opportunities and build your business.

Articles

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