Office furniture leader Herman Miller sees retail as a key growth driver and has named a new president of retail.

Biesse employees donated their lunch hour to make 450 sandwiches and help feed the homeless.

IMG Comfort, a division of high-end Norwegian seating specialist Ekornes, has opened a new warehouse in California - allowing the company to expand its capacity by five-fold.

McDonald's has selected European tray maker Cambro for its Century Wood Grain trays, which it will implement in all of its Italian locations.

Q. I read in Woodworking Network about sawmills closing in the western U.S. and western Canada, but more opening and expanding in the southern U.S. What is happening?

Q. I had standard 2-inch wide maple flooring put in our house. Now, almost every piece has developed a little cupping with the edges high enough that it feels like a corrugated surface. What is going on?

Q. We have some veneered panels and the veneer is actual narrow pieces of veneer that are glued into a large sheet. The problem we are having is that when we finish these panels after sanding, there is a region, perhaps 1/8 inch wide on each side of the glue line that interferes with finishing, so now the glue line is obvious. Any ideas?

Q. We manufacture moulding and buy FAS grade lumber that sometimes is cupped edge to edge so much that it gives us problems. Can you please clarify the NHLA Rules, especially paragraphs 14 and 61? Our supplier hides behind these rules. I think we might have improperly graded lumber.

Ron Wanek, founder and chairman of Ashley Furniture Industries, will receive a 2020 Horatio Alger Award.