Pine wood bunk beds made in Viet Nam by Dorel Asia are being recalled in North America after 23 reports of cracking side boards.

The wood furniture firm and its dealers have given more than $26,000 to relief efforts.

Woodworkers and other contractors saw unemployment rate fall to 17.8%.

The wood-focused event featured experts discussing regulations, increased knowledge and other ways to combat the problem.

Groupon, a Chicago-based social marketing firm providing steeply discounted local online coupons to consumers, has set its sites on wood products firms, among them flooring, window and furniture firms, including the Ashley Group.

The wood cabinets will be installed in the long-range business jet.

Furniture manufacturer Kimball International, Inc. said net sales rose 11 percent to $314.5 million while net income fell 48 percent to $3.3 million for the third quarter

The wood tools will give the prize to a consumer if driver wins IRWIN Tools Night Race.

Mass production gives way to mass customization as wood products manufacturers clamor for flexible machinery to cost-effectively produce lot sizes of one at the Woodworking Industry Conference.

Construction spending bounced back from an 11-year low in March, increasing by 1.4 percent to a total seasonally adjusted annual rate of $769 billion, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new Census Bureau data.