Utility firm Public Service of New Hampshire told local media that the conveyors that deliver wood chips at its Schiller Station in Portsmouth caught fire. The generator, installed in 1952, was converted in 2006 to generate 50 megawatts of electricity from clean wood chips.

From cars, to cabinets, to closets, today's consumer wants everything individualized. Using automation in CNC and software to do that was among the big ideas explored at Wood Tech Summit in Charlotte last week.

ASSAGO, ITALY -- Eumabois, the federation of approximately 800 European woodworking machinery manufacturers, has issued the seventh and final installment of its “Choose the original - Choose success” campaign launched in 2010.

NUEMARKT, GERMANY -- Pfleiderer AG, an international producer of wood composite panels and related products, said it knows it lost money despite growing revenues by 8% in 2010, but has not completed a final calculation to pinpoint how much.

PONOTOC, MS -- Washington Furniture Sales has acquired a 370,000-square-foot plant that formerly housed upholstery manufacturing operations for Lane/Action.

The wood organizational product helps conserve space.

OKOLONA, MS -- United Furniture Industries (UFI), exclusive manufacturer of Simmons upholstered furniture, was cited for repeat and serious safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Tree trimmings, wood chips and reclaimed urban lumber will fuel a generator being developed by the University of British Columbia. Governmental agencies in Canada granted $11.2 million in added funding for the project, which is the first North American project constructed with cross laminated timber.

Wood-fired biomass clean energy project nets University of British Columbia $11.2 million in new government support

Busines furnishings manufacturer HNI Corporation announces presentation at Raymond James Investors Conference