The Department of Commerce has ruled that hardwood plywood assembled and exported from Vietnam used Chinese core materials. After examining multiple types of HWPW, the agency ruled that the HWPW are subject to substantial antidumping and countervailing duties that range as high as 200 percent.

According to the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association’s (KCMA) monthly Trend of Business Survey, participating cabinet manufacturers reported an increase in overall cabinet sales of 21.3% for June 2022 compared to the same month in 2021.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Elias will discuss his company’s deep dive into front-of-trend technologies at the Executive Briefing Conference, Sept. 15-17.

Innovation Cabinetry has launched its Endura line of outdoor cabinetry “designed to inspire everyone to live outdoors.“

Burton Mill Solutions is the new name of Wood Fiber Group and combines the biggest names in sawmill cutting tools and filing room automation technology, including Simonds International, Burton Saw & Supply, BGR Saws, Cut Technologies, U.S. Blades, Armstrong, and Wright Machines. 

Furniture for people with disabilities has become more available in recent years, boosted by the power of Ikea and its ThisAbles set of 3D-printable “furniture hacks” in 2019, and, more recently, by the Pottery Barn retail giant, which reimagined more than 150 of its best-selling home furnishings to better suit people with disabilities. 

Chicago is world-renowned for its architecture. From its modern steel and glass architecture to the neighborhood bungalow, the city has led the way in architectural design. One style of which the city has not been at the forefront of is the mass-timber movement. But, that might be changing.

Despite reporting three quarters of a billion dollars in second quarter earnings, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is permanently curtailing approximately 170 million board feet of combined production at its Fraser Lake and Williams Lake sawmills and approximately 85 million square feet of plywood production at its Quesnel Plywood mill.  The curtailments will be realized through the elimination of one shift at each facility.

Ashley Furniture Industries, the largest manufacturer of furniture ranked #1 in the FDMC 300 ranking, opened a new distribution facility in Spanaway, Wash.

Finishing specialist RPM International will officially introduce its Industrial Coatings Group at the International Woodworking Fair, set for Aug. 22-26 in Atlanta.