Lincolnton Furniture received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Workforce Development, Outstanding Employer, from North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue.

Cabinetry hardware manufacturer Blum's Apprenticeship 2000 program received the North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence in Workplace Development for Innovative Partnership

Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) will build a $10M industrial wood pellet plant next to its Thunder Bay sawmill, to supply 45,000 metric tons of pellets annually to Ontario Power Generation.

Vecoplan, LLC’s booth at Waste Expo has earned a Platinum MarCom Award. Apple Rock Advertising & Promotion, Inc created the booth design for Vecoplan and entered it, under the Ads/Tradeshow Exhibit category, in the MarCom competition. Apple Rock built the custom display using extrusion and fabric, and included semi-private conference areas in addition to a ceiling-mounted projector for video viewing.

KI and Pallas Textiles recently hosted a special “Give a Dog a Backbone” event for Miami’s design (and doggie) community.

Amazonas Florestal, Ltd., a diversified forest management company, generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management, today received its first purchase order from Productos Industriales SA for $354,800 of Nanciton lumber.

The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for the fifth consecutive quarter to $81.94/m3.

The most recent analysis of CAM software seats produced by CIMdata, Inc. shows that CNC Software’s Mastercam is once again the world’s most widely-used CAM software for the 18th straight year.

An industry meeting point is the place where all the important global players and visitor groups come together to do successful business with one another. The dual trade fair consisting of the international interior design show imm cologne and kitchen event LivingKitchen is one such gathering point for the sector.