Furniture Plants Regroup, Wooden Wallet Top Wood Reports

By Bill Esler

July 18, 2012 | 5:42 pm CDT

Furniture Plants Regroup, Wooden Wallet Top Wood Reports Some players in the furniture production industry have few hurdles to overcome, but that may spell opportunity for others, such as Canada's O-Palier, which will move its furniture finishing and assembly to New York State.

Linwood Furniture and Brown Street Furniture reported struggles to keep operating. Brown Street Furniture suspended operations while it looks for ways to refinance. Linwood Furniture says it hopes an August 10 auction will finder it a buyer among foreign furniture companies that would like a Made in America operation.

Buzz grows as Woodworking Network lays out plans for the International Woodworking Show Aug. 22-25 in Atlanta. A Market Leaders Panel with WOOD 100 execs and Challengers Recognition events will be held in Booth 2429.

	Furniture Firms Close Factory Posted by Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 1:00:00 PM Bedroom furniture manufacturers Brown Street Furniture and Vermont Tubbs, which share a factory in say they have suspended operations. Read more
	Larson Custom Cabinets Owner Fights Own Fire By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/15/2012 10:15:00 AM Larson Custom Cabinets' Travis Glaus ended up fighting a fire at his own shop last week. Glaus, owner of the 35-employee Cornell, WI cabinetry business, is on the fire department that battled the blaze in this slide show. Read more
	Furniture Producer O-Palier Opens U.S. Plant By Karen Koenig \| Updated: 07/11/2012 12:17:00 PM Residential furniture producer O-Palier has moved its finishing and assembly facility to Malone, NY, from Williamsburg, ON Read more
	Fine Furniture-grade Wood for iPhones, Kindles By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/06/2012 2:33:00 PM Furniture-grade walnut, birdseye maple, ebony maccassar and other fine woods are the antidote to iPhone 4's tendency to damage, says Tucker, GA's Material6. New tablet readers open markets for millions of custom wood cases. Read more
	Linwood Furniture, Bankrupt, To Sell Assets By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/15/2012 11:29:00 AM Linwood Furniture, under Chapter 11 protection from creditors, asked the court to sell its assets, possibly for $3 million to a foreign wood products firm. Work for Kimball and Timberlake Inc. complicate matters. Read more
	Marlite Wood Factory Cited for Amputation Hazards By Rich Christianson \| Updated: 07/16/2012 12:46:00 PM Marlite Inc., a manufacturer of wood veneer and decorative laminate panels, windows and doors, was cited for amputation and 11 other safety hazards by OSHA. Read more
	Eco Treated Lumber Gets $100 Million China Backing By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 6:55:00 PM Eco Building Products (OTCBB: ECOB) received $100 million in backing from a Chinese bank to fund global expansion, the treated lumber products firm announced. Read more
	Table Saw Safety Rule Controversy Coming to a Head By Rich Christianson \| Updated: 07/13/2012 12:04:00 PM Not even table saw safety rule opponents call into question whether or not the SawStop works as advertised. The bigger question: should a government-mandated rule create a lucrative monopoly for the device's patent owner. Read more
	Sierra Pacific: Bounty Hunters in U.S. Attorneys' Office By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/18/2012 6:38:00 AM Millwork and lumber products firm SIerra Pacific says it made a $55 million settlement for the 2007 Moonlight forest fire, not $122 million as the U.S. Attorney's office claims, seeing 'bounty hunter' mentaility. Read more
	U.S. Hardwood Exports Hit 72-Month High By Andy Johnson \| Updated: 07/13/2012 9:02:00 AM Hardwood lumber export data for May 2012 totaled 121.4 million board feet, the highest level in 72 months and the fifth highest monthly total ever. China shipments set a record, and June may be even better. Read more
	Video: Wood Planer Tuneup by Steve Maxwell Posted by Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 1:23:00 PM A wood thickness planer tune-up by woodworking expert Steve Maxwell shows adjustments for a DeWalt 735. Is this video helpful? Let us know. Read more

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	Furniture Firms Close Factory Posted by Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 1:00:00 PM Bedroom furniture manufacturers Brown Street Furniture and Vermont Tubbs, which share a factory in say they have suspended operations. Read more
	Larson Custom Cabinets Owner Fights Own Fire By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/15/2012 10:15:00 AM Larson Custom Cabinets' Travis Glaus ended up fighting a fire at his own shop last week. Glaus, owner of the 35-employee Cornell, WI cabinetry business, is on the fire department that battled the blaze in this slide show. Read more
	Furniture Producer O-Palier Opens U.S. Plant By Karen Koenig \| Updated: 07/11/2012 12:17:00 PM Residential furniture producer O-Palier has moved its finishing and assembly facility to Malone, NY, from Williamsburg, ON Read more
	Fine Furniture-grade Wood for iPhones, Kindles By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/06/2012 2:33:00 PM Furniture-grade walnut, birdseye maple, ebony maccassar and other fine woods are the antidote to iPhone 4's tendency to damage, says Tucker, GA's Material6. New tablet readers open markets for millions of custom wood cases. Read more
	Linwood Furniture, Bankrupt, To Sell Assets By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/15/2012 11:29:00 AM Linwood Furniture, under Chapter 11 protection from creditors, asked the court to sell its assets, possibly for $3 million to a foreign wood products firm. Work for Kimball and Timberlake Inc. complicate matters. Read more
	Marlite Wood Factory Cited for Amputation Hazards By Rich Christianson \| Updated: 07/16/2012 12:46:00 PM Marlite Inc., a manufacturer of wood veneer and decorative laminate panels, windows and doors, was cited for amputation and 11 other safety hazards by OSHA. Read more
	Eco Treated Lumber Gets $100 Million China Backing By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 6:55:00 PM Eco Building Products (OTCBB: ECOB) received $100 million in backing from a Chinese bank to fund global expansion, the treated lumber products firm announced. Read more
	Table Saw Safety Rule Controversy Coming to a Head By Rich Christianson \| Updated: 07/13/2012 12:04:00 PM Not even table saw safety rule opponents call into question whether or not the SawStop works as advertised. The bigger question: should a government-mandated rule create a lucrative monopoly for the device's patent owner. Read more
	Sierra Pacific: Bounty Hunters in U.S. Attorneys' Office By Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/18/2012 6:38:00 AM Millwork and lumber products firm SIerra Pacific says it made a $55 million settlement for the 2007 Moonlight forest fire, not $122 million as the U.S. Attorney's office claims, seeing 'bounty hunter' mentaility. Read more
	U.S. Hardwood Exports Hit 72-Month High By Andy Johnson \| Updated: 07/13/2012 9:02:00 AM Hardwood lumber export data for May 2012 totaled 121.4 million board feet, the highest level in 72 months and the fifth highest monthly total ever. China shipments set a record, and June may be even better. Read more
	Video: Wood Planer Tuneup by Steve Maxwell Posted by Bill Esler \| Updated: 07/12/2012 1:23:00 PM A wood thickness planer tune-up by woodworking expert Steve Maxwell shows adjustments for a DeWalt 735. Is this video helpful? Let us know. Read more

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