PPG and the PPG Foundation has commited to invest $2 million through 2025 to support workforce development initiatives that provide training and opportunities for future skilled workers in manufacturing and coatings application.

The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc., has issued the final call to purchase tickets to the Hall of Fame Induction Celebration to be held Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Sheraton Greensboro Four Seasons. 

C.R. Onsrud, a family-owned American Machinery manufacturing company, was voted the #1 Coolest Thing Made in North Carolina for its Q-Series industrial CNC Router.

Con-Vey, a provider of industrial automation and custom material handling equipment, has appointed Jon Stults as its new sales manager.

Webber Coleman Woodworks in Watkinsville, Georgia, has purchased Cappy’s Custom Cabinets in Bogart, Georgia.

A recent ruling from a NAFTA dispute panel found some aspects of the way the U.S. Department of Commerce calculates duties on Canadian softwood lumber is inconsistent with U.S. law.

Jim Thornberry started the successful poplar products and lumber company in 1993 with his son Jimmy.

North Carolina furniture chain Mitchell Golrd + Bob Williams converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 liquidation Friday after a ruling by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware.  Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein said the conversarion to Chapter 7 was in the best interest of the debtors, their estates, creditors and all other interested parties.

Hooker Furniture, a division of Hooker Furnishings, and Susan G. Komen have extended their partnership for an additional year.

Sharing knowledge was one of the keystones between the more than 250 members of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association attending the 2023 Fall Conference held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The conference's record attendance was replete with large cabinet makers, components suppliers, and more. Among the crowd were those from Japan and Germany, new members, and first-time attendees.