A Swiss firm will build temporary wood huts for Middle East refugees after an IKEA version failed to meet fire resistance standards. The Swiss city, housing 250 refugees in hall nine of the Messe Oerlikon trade show campus, plans to accept another 780 refugees in January.

Rutland Plywood Corporation's pension fund may have been embezzled. Earlier this month, a federal grand jury in Rutland, Vt. returned a three-count indictment against Neiman Groce, accusing him of raising $88,000 from the 401K, though Groce pleaded not guilty at a hearing last week, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont reported.

University Furnishings LP and its partner, Freedom Furniture Group Inc., will pay $15 million for misclassifying imported university dorm furniture to avoid paying antidumping duties on the Chinese-made wood bedroom furniture. A competitor blew the whistle.

American Furniture Manufacturing will invest $560,000 in a new facility in Amory, Mississippi, and hire 140 people to work there, the company announced Tuesday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Woodworking Network announces the winners of the 2016 Best in Wood (formerly the Custom Woodworking Design Portfolio) Awards, which are given annually to honor custom woodworkers for their outstanding craftsmanship.

Biofuel producer Enviva Partners LP has acquired a fully-contracted Southampton County, Virginia plant for $131 million. Acquired from Enviva's sponsor’s joint venture with affiliates of John Hancock Life Insurance Co., the Southampton plant has an annual pellet production capacity of 510,000 metric tons.

The decrease in demand for logs and lumber in Asia could also mean lower prices for U.S. secondary wood products manufacturers.

Georgia-Pacific LLC announced that it plans to sell its engineered lumber business to Boise Cascade for $215 million, including working capital.

There were fewer woodworking companies that closed their doors during the past year than in any year in recent memory, if the FDMC 300 is any guide. With FDMC 300 research well underway, only five companies have been identified as closed or likely out of business. Work is continuing on the list of leading manufacturers of cabinets, furniture, millwork and store fixtures, and it is possible that one or two other companies may be identified as being closed.

A woodworking inventor from Utah says he has developed a specialized clamping system for clamping vertical wood parts.