Deal returns facility Powell Valley sold in 2007 to original ownership and expands the company’s manufacturing capacity.

The Canadian-based company, in which Walmart has made an investment, will spend $90 million to purchase, retrofit and equip a former steel plant.

Canadian cross-laminated timber pioneer Structurlam will invest $90 million into its first U.S. production facility in Arkansas. And it's all thanks to Walmart.

After a man accidentally sawed off his own thumb in April - and reportedly couldn't find it after it flew across the woodshop - doctors decided to detach one of his toes to replace it.

Furniture giant Ashley Furniture has broke ground on a massive expansion of its flagship Ecru manufacturing and distribution facility.

The Rugby full-service distribution facility stocks a variety of architectural interior building products including decorative surfaces, hardware, lumber, veneers, moulding, sheet goods, Wilsonart laminates and Wilsonart adhesives.

MEXICO CITY - “Makathon Makers for Good @ MEM 2020”, a competition at which 20 industrial designers of Mexican nationality will be selected, was announced by MEM Industrial Manager Christoph Hesse; Adriana Gutiérrez. marketing manager for Tecnotabla at Proteak; Asia Robótica CEO Esteban Ramírez; Lisette López, senior marketing manager at Dassault Systèmes de México; Hettich Marketing Manager Lizbeth Romero de Terreros; Mariano Leyva Pérez Gay, director of the Biblioteca de México; Fablab Impact CEO Óscar Velázquez; and industrial designer Emiliano Godoy.

Predictions generally see flat to gradual growth in 2020, with stronger growth to follow.

News, trends and statistics on the North American wood components and instrial products industries. View the infographics.

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