he U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Sauder Woodworking, today announced a voluntary recall of the Gruga Office Chairs.

The sustained housing recovery in the U.S. has had a positive effect for lumber businesses, such as Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and Weyerhaeuser Co. Lumber demand is among the weeks' top wood industry reports.

A housing recovery and a hurricane are driving up the price of lumber, at a normal seasonal drop. Lumber futures are on the rise, impacting projections for 2013. A chart makes the rising price pattern obvious.

Double paper backed wood veneer from Oakwood Veneer was revolutionary, allowing application with contact cement, not worrying about bubbling, cracking.

The double paper backed wood veneer innovation, Bubble-Free Veneer, was revolutionary in allowing woodworkers to apply wood veneer with contact cement, not worrying about bubbling, cracking.

In response to Hurricane Sandy, All Hands Volunteers has announced it is concurrently launching two project sites – Project Staten Island and Project Rockaway.

Stiles Machinery invites their customers to experience the most complete range of equipment offerings for solid wood, panel processing, panel management, sanding and finishing available anywhere.

A fire was reported this morning at Forest Products, Inc., a sawmill and planing mill in Gray, KY. Fire departments from six jurisdictions were fighting the flames. The sawmill had a massive fire in summer 2010.

The office furniture industry continues to show modest improvement, according to a quarterly survey of more than 700 domestic and international office furniture manufacturers and suppliers, conducted by Michael A. Dunlap & Associates LLC.

RailAmerica reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.