Allanna Bell, owner of Optimization Dolls (Opmdolls), which specializes in closet design, became a featured designer on a popular HGTV show, Married to Real Estate, after a direct message on Instagram.
Although new residential furniture orders dropped 1% in May compared to 2024, they are up 11% compared to April figures, according to the July issue of Furniture Insights. Orders, however, are down 3% for the year-to-date, compared to last year.
MasterBrand Inc. and American Woodmark Corp. have entered into a definitive agreement whereby MasterBrand will combine with American Woodmark via an all-stock merger valued at $3.6 billion. Upon closing, American Woodmark will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MasterBrand.
Miltec UV President Robert Blandford has been selected as one of the Maryland’s International Leadership Award winners by the World Trade Center Institute.
CompX International Inc. (NYSE MKT: CIX) sold its furniture components operations based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and Taipei, Taiwan, to Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company for $59 million
Kid Brands Inc., an importer of juvenile furniture and other children's products, has secured a maximum $80 million revolving credit faclity to shore up its cash flow.
Composite panel shipments continue to improve over last year, with the latest year-to-date figures through November showing a 5.1% increase over the 2011 time period.
Masco's Mills Pride cabinetry plant will reopen in stages, after a $5 million sales by investors, including Everett Hannah, owner of Gilco International Lumber. GIlco is wooing a Chinese furniture maker.
WorkSafeBC has issued nearly 800 inspection reports and orders since Oct. 1 in its ongoing inspections of sawmills and wood products operations stemming from its crackdown on combustible dust accumulations.