A tornado tore thru a more than century old lumber business on Friday, May 22, destroying one building and damaging large sections of its main warehouse.

JASPER, Ind. — The Jasper Group is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026, marking a century and a half of furniture manufacturing in Jasper. The Jasper Group is an Indiana-based furniture manufacturer and the parent company of JSI and Klem. It traces its roots back to 1876, it employs roughly 1,000 workers across 2.3 million square feet of manufacturing facilities in Dubois and Orange counties, supplying high-quality wood furniture for corporate, public, and hospitality spaces. 

Mantra Inspired Furniture, a design-forward manufacturer of thoughtfully crafted commercial furniture, has acquired Created Hardwood, an Ohio-based manufacturer specializing in custom solid American hardwood furniture.

Woodgrain Inc. has installed a new Cefla prefinish line at its distribution facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Across the US, persistent affordability challenges and rising economic uncertainty are hurting housing conditions, with weakening labor markets and plummeting immigration dampening household growth and mobility.

BIELEFELD, Germany — At this year’s Surface in Motion (SIM) in Bergamo, Italy, Dr. René Pankoke, Managing Partner of Hymmen, will present on June 4, 2026, the production technologies his company develops for the furniture industry.

Joe C. Bergamo and Vin Bergamo of ClosetPro will host a fast-paced, beginner-friendly session showing designers how to accelerate closing rates and eliminate manufacturing errors through digital 3D workflows.

Kassandra Avila, a student at Cégep de Trois-Rivières in Quebec, took home the grand prize in Formica’s FORM Student Innovation Competition.

Old South Wood Preserving plans to invest $1.3 million to expand its operations in Summertown, Tennessee.

In a surprise announcement, RTA furniture manufacturer Bestar, which less than a month ago was thought to be moribund, plans to resume operations under the banner Bestar 2026.