Poor economy forces builder to look for new opportunities on Web .

Specialty Wood Works of Peoria, Inc. will be the site of an auction of automated woodworking equipment, including CNC machining centers, 6-head moulder, wide belt sander, as well as a gang rip saw, vacuum coater, dust collection system.Final sale is Dec. 21.

A fire that destroyed a 210,000 square foot Ethan Allen furniture manufacturing plant, idle since 2003, is captured in a video.

Veneer Solutions, a manufacturer of edgebanding and veneers, says it expects to double sales within five years by reaching 20 percent annual growth for the period, driven by a state-of-the-art factory it leases from the City of Clarksville, TX, and a joint venture with Germany's Furwa GmbH.

UNION CITY, PA -- Firefighters from more than 20 departments battled a blaze on Dec. 3 that destroyed a former Ethan Allen furniture factory.

Custom cabinetry expert Bill Brooks joins Probuild’s United Building Center in Detroit Lakes, MN, as kitchen and bath cabinetry specialist and inside salesman.

STEINHEIM, GERMANY -- Kronospan, one of the world's largest producers of composite panels, announced it will close its particleboard plant in Bischweier/Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

ARLINGTON, VA -- Total construction spending increased by 0.7% in October, driven largely by growing demand for power projects and public construction. The Associated General Contractors of America chief economist expressed dismay over the report.

NEW BALTIMORE, MI -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cedar Creek Carpentry Inc., a carpentry contractor headquartered in New Baltimore, with one alleged willful safety violation for exposing workers to fall hazards while performing carpentry at a worksite in New Lenox, IL.

ELKHART, IN -- VIM Recycling has agreed to remove engineered wood waste from particleboard, plywood and other composite panels from its waste stream.