Häfele America recently broke ground on its expanded headquarters and will add 18,000 square feet to its current 26,000-square-foot facility. The expansion is expected to be completed by Fall 2017.

Acquisition enables Piab to enter the large area vacuum gripper market at full speed. A strategic step towards building the global leader in industrial automation components

Spoonflower, a venture capital funded design sourcing website, will extend its services into production of customized, digitally-print occasional chairs in September 2016, at a new website, selling at a new website, Roostery.com

ATLANTA, Georgia —The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) announced the winners of their 2016 Wood Diamond Awards Contest, August 25 during the 2016 IWF.

Ashley Furniture announced it will close its manufacturing plants in Colton, California, and shift the production of the upholstered furniture and bedding to its other plants in the United States. The company notified the 840 employees last week that the plants would close Oct. 25.

ATLANTA – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is trying to broaden its reach with woodworking companies, and spoke to Woodworking Network editors during the recent IWF exhibition about its efforts. The skills certification organization has registered about 1,150 passport holders, according to WCA’s Scott Nelson. Passport holders have a record of the skills they possess and have been tested for. Seventy-four machine types are currently included in the program. The machine-based certification is objective.

Thompson Mahogany Company would like to announce the hiring of Charlie Craig as Executive Vice President.

Employees at Golden State Lumber in Newark, Calif. have designated Teamsters Local 853 as their bargaining representative, the union says, voting in a three-to-one margin to organize.

The National Academy for Wood Education has a home. A location has been chosen in Colorado Springs. This was just announced at IWF.

La-Z-Boy's revenue remained essentially unchanged from this quarter last year. Casegoods revenue rose 7 percent, and the new American Drew AD Modern casegoods line is expected to take off.