Makita, a leading global manufacturer of power tools, outdoor power equipment and accessories, has named Sean Okada as its new president and CEO.

Thermwood Corporation has promoted Joe Taylor to vice president of production. Taylor replaced Don Ubelhor who retired on August 31, 2023.

Blue Inc USA has expanded its profile wrapping division by acquiring two new TAKA machines to increase production efforts, meet growing demands, and provide more wrapping capabilities to their clients.

MasterBrand, Inc., the largest residential cabinet manufacturer in North America, is participating in Habitat for Humanity’s 2023 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project and will serve as the project’s exclusive cabinet provider.

Ethan Allen’s manufacturing plant in Orleans, Vermont, resumes operations and continues to make progress following July flooding.

Construction ona “Hero Home” is complete and soon a wounded warrior and family will move into the new, accessible home tailored just to him and packed full of Wellborn Cabinet’s Active Living products.

Higher mortgage rates averaging above 7% put a damper on single-family production in August.

Hood Industries filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notifications on Sept. 7 that affected 105 workers at its Metcalfe, Georgia mill. Hood Industries’ company president, Jay Galloway, said the closure was the result of the "current volatile economy and its impact on the lumber market along with raw material and labor challenges." The workers will permanently laid off with a “first date of separation” being Nov. 10, 2023.

Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, a prominent investment firm, has increased its ownership stake in La-Z-Boy Incorporated by 13.2%