The Skilled Labor Fund announced its formation at a press conference held at Design and Construction Week, along with a request for funds to support its goal.

ClosetMaid officially launched ExpressShelf - a new pre-finished shelf and rod system - at the 2017 NAHB International Builders Show.

Who will build it? How to attract and keep new employees will be the subject of a daylong event February 21, 2017 at Fox Valley Technical College’s Riverside Campus at 150 N. Campbell Road in Oshkosh.

The L.E. Smith Company, the nation's largest single location fabricator of laminate countertops introduced a web-based Quartz quoting tool - Squad - that offers quoting in real time. The company also says it will not charge for offal on its Quartz countertop orders.

At KBIS 2017, Formica Corp. introduced Formica Writable Surfaces, a colorful chalkboard and markerboard surfacing for writing on countertops, cabinetry, and island panels.

Abudawood Trading Co. has reported that its client in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requires furniture and furnishing items for several projects.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted once more to keep antidumping duties on Chinese-made wooden bedroom furniture in place for another five years.

SURREY, BC - The Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association's January 30-31 Regional will feature tours of three area kitchen cabinet and woodworking operations and two days worth of networking and other programming.  To be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, the event will kick off January 30 at 5:30 p.m. with a reception and dinner.  Kevin Smith, Housing Manager, Panasonic Canada, and Rick Hurst, Industrial Sales Manager, Richelieu Hardware will address the dinner group on the topic, Creating Liveable Small Spaces. 

When you see the latest designs from JM Lifestyles, a custom shop in Randolph, New Jersey, the dramatic rustic-style tables, countertops, and sinks will definitely stop most woodworkers in their tracks. Craftspeople will ask typical questions about the wood species and how each piece is made. But most won’t even think of the real question they should be asking: Is it wood or concrete? The answer is a marriage of concrete and high craftsmanship.

Owens Community College and Carlisle Fluid Technologies: Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg, BGK and MS have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology Workshop.