March 25 marks the start of the Pennsylvania Pest Management Association's (PaPMA) annual Termite Awareness Week to promote education and public vigilance against termites.

Eco Building Products Inc., announced that Jacuzzi, one of the world's leading spa manufacturers, has agreed to move forward with Eco Building Products, Inc. as their manufacturing partner for the production of the protected lumber for export into Mexico.

Cheryl Myers and her business partner, Lisa Roddis, own the AmeriSpec franchise location based in Milford, Del. and were honored at that company's national conference in Austin, Texas in February, in recognition of their operation's revenue growth in 2013.

The plant tour of Eastern Millwork Inc. (EMI), one of the northeast’s most high-end, high-tech architectural woodworking plants, is sold out.

A fire shut down Town & Country Cabinets. The Gorham, ME firm is exclusive manufacturer of hand-made Shaker furniture for cataloger Sturbridge Yankee. Machinery including a CNC router may have been destroyed.

Ruszel Woodworks is seeking an experienced technician to set-up and operate its CNC router for working with solid wood, engineered wood panels, and plastics.

Wood and plastic toilet seat maker Sanderson Plumbing Products may close April 30 if a buyer is not found for its Columbus, MS plant. Founded in 1893, and bailed out by the state in 2012, it issued a WARN notice of 250 layoffs.

Beneke Magnolia Acquires Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc., Retains 400 Jobs in Columbus, Miss.

Herman Miller furniture orders rose 21% as some customers advanced contracts to avoid a Feb. 3 price increase. Sales rose 7.7% to $455.9 million. A $1.1 million restructuring charge was recorded for Geiger.