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As the 60th anniversary of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association’s ANSI/KCMA A161.1 Quality Certification Seal program nears, the association has doubled its efforts to inform architects and designers about the importance of certification in cabinetry.

More than a half a million beds sold at retailers like Walmart and Wayfair are under recall because they can break during use, which has resulted in dozens of injuries.The recall impacts several different models and sizes of upholstered low profile standard and platform beds from Home Design, Inc. The furniture wholesaler, which is based in Silver Lake in Kosciusko County, says it has received 128 reports of these beds “breaking, sagging or collapsing” when used, including 36 unspecified injuries to date.

Tri-Excellence, Inc., which is the corporate name for the three-decade old Banning Lumber & Millwork, Largo, Florida, a fully stocked lumberyard offering building products including millwork, doors, windows, moldings, stair parts and exterior siding, has been acquired. Details of the transaction were not released.

Woodart Vietnam takes interest in woodcarving and anime to combine these amazing wood sculptures.

84 Lumber, the nation’s largest privately held building materials supplier, has opened a new component plant in Winter Haven, Florida, which will become the company’s primary component plant in Florida. The plant will officially open its doors for operation by the end of January 2024.   

Single-family production surpassed the million mark for the second straight month in December.

Closet Expo attendees can expect to see new finishes plus learn more about Sauder’s new manufacturing processes and designs.

 A cabinet and millwork manufacturer specializing in using local, second-growth material is one of six companies to receive funding that will help them upgrade equipment and hire new workers.

The United States Census Bureau and US Government of Housing and Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for December 2023.