The wood surface company is expanding its HanStone Quartz line.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Wood Tech Summit, a new educational component to the Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo, will feature a pair of interactive panels focusing on technology.

ABBOTSTOWN, PA -- DC Distributing, a distributor of laminate edgebanding, has added exotic wood veneer to its stocking program.

Industry groups such as the Composite Panel Assn. are taking exception to proposed changes in the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that implies membership in an association “taints” that group’s ability to provide a non-biased environmental claim.

George Pickow, who with his cabinetmaker and millwright uncle Morris Pickow established a dulcimer-making business in New York City, died Dec. 10.

A study ends the debate over which Christmas tree,natural or artificial, is most ecological

TIFFIN, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Ameriwood Industries Inc., a wood furniture manufacturer in Tiffin, with two alleged serious and two alleged repeat safety violations for failing to train employees in safe work practices and require them to wear proper safety equipment when working on electrical panels. Proposed penalties total $60,000.

CHICAGO -- Arrow Lumber Co. has been permanently barred from doing business with Chicago following a Dec. 6 Chicago Tribune report that its owner Donald Beal had admitted in 2007 to taking part in a scheme to defraud taxpayers.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- The 2nd Custom Cabinet Conference will feature the always-popular "Art of Pricing Profitability" seminar.

HIGH POINT, NC -- Smith Leonard PLLC reported that new residential furniture orders for September 2010 were 3% below new orders in September 2009.