Perrino Builders is currently booming in the residential market.

The 2011Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) Design Awards had a decidedly international flair. Winning projects came from around the globe, including China, Romania, Italy, Austria, Norway, Mexico and the U.K. as well as the U.S. and Canada.

Foxconn can confirm that, sadly, a third employee has died from injuries from the May 20 explosion at one of the polishing workshops at our company’s Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. facility in Chengdu.

The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA), which represents North American importer and distributors of woodworking equipment and accessories, announced the appointment of Riccardo Azzoni, past WMIA president, to serve as its executive vice president.

HIGH POINT, NC -- Valspar Wood Products , introduced its PEEK 2011: Style Guide designed to help custom woodworkers and woodworking enthusiasts get in tune with trends in wood finishings, plus ideas and instruction to achieve the most contemporary finishes.

ARTMORE, AL -- Swift Lumber suffered extensive damage caused by a blaze Sunday afternoon. It was the second fire the facility experienced in the past five months.

Some wood component buyers have turned back to domestic suppliers because their requirements are smaller and higher ocean shipping costs have made domestic sources competitive again, say the editors of Hardwood Review.

Groupon's ventures into wood business promotions and a sawdust blaze at Hardwood Specialties topped the news this week, along with Indonesia's logging ban, Emerald Ash Borer Week (ugh), and Bernie Botten's blog about the Kitchen Cabinet Makers Assn. coating standards. Here are the top stories, blogs and video.

CHENGDU, CHINA -- A build up of combustible dust has been implicated in the firey blast that killed three workers and injured 15 others last week at the FoxConn Technology factory where the iPad2 and other Apple products are manufactured.

HARTSELLE, AL -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON) has begun rebuilding its molded wood plug operations, which were lost to a fire last November.