Baldwin Hardware follows some furniture makers to produce its hardware in Mexico, Masonite will spend $14 million to automate a door plant, lead rules for juvenile furniture are eased, and Rick Hill advises on entering the cabinetry field.

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Baldwin Hardware to shift production to Mexico

 Baldwin Hardware, a fixture of southeast Pennsylvania for more than 50 years, will cease operations and move the vast majority of the plant's manufacturing to Mexico.Read the full story

Masonite invests $14 million in door plant
Masonite to invest $14 million in automating a wood door plant in South Carolina. With financial support from local governments, it will retool a plant it acquired from Lifetime Doors.
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Lead rules for juvenile furniture eased by Congress
Juvenile furniture lead standards were eased under legislation passed Monday by the House and approved unanimously by the Senate Tuesday.

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