“My original career was going to be in maritime business law. However, it was not the creative endeavor I thought it would be,” he said.

  You could say organization is a key component to Tom Happ’s business success. The president of Closet Works, Happ has helped grow the Chicagoland manufacturer into one of the region’s largest providers of closets and custom organization solutions.

Prior to entering the woodworking indus

“My father also got us involved at an early age in a number of industry associations, including Home Builders and the Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Associat

The 16th Executive Briefing Conference will be November 8-10, 2020, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

Catas has opened its new furniture laboratory, a modern building rising from the ashes of the fire of December 20, 2016, at Catas headquarters in San Giovanni al Natisone, Italy.

EXPO HOURS   Thursday, Oct. 31 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 10 a.m.

North American lumber giant Georgia-Pacific will shut down production at two wood product plants in South Carolina.

Changes in workplace procedures, market area growth, acquisitions and expansions are just a few of the ways these WOOD 100 firms grew sales and improved their long-term business prospects. What follows are some of the methods put in place by the 2019 WOOD 100 class, which includes cabinet manufacturers, residential and office furniture producers, architectural woodworkers, wood component manufacturers, closet companies and more.

An unnamed high school shop teacher was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after his hand was severely injured in a wood planer.