The wood furniture firm has named Ian King National Sales Manager for Lodging

OTTAWA, ON -- A seasonal lull in condo and apartment construction was largely responsible for a 13.4% decline in housing starts in Canada.

About 1,000 Haitians have received temporary wood cabin structures from Haitian Relief & Missions. Cabin kits are built in Ohio by JDM Structures, Alpine Structures and Miller Storage Barns, then shipped via sea container to Haiti for assembly by HRM.

OTTAWA, ON -- The "mini-boom" experienced by the Canadian wood products industry in the final months of 2010 should continue in 2010, albeit at a slower pace, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

American Nonprofit Placing Wood Shelters for Haitians; walls and floor constructed of environmentally friendly engineered wood made of LP® SmartSide® siding stronger than regular lumber and treated for resistance to termite infestation, fungi and moisture.

Business furnishings manufacturer Herman Miller reached 14.5 percent spending with minority-owned businesses

Inscape Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of workplace furnishings, and JcL Commercial Interior Products, named Jamie Wenger as Business Development Manager in Colorado for Inscape.

Herman Miller "Better World" Report Highlights Supplier Diversity Gains, Among Multiple Achievements; other milestones covered in the company's 2010 CSR Report

ST. LOUIS -- Furniture Brands International plans to develop an existing facility in Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to provide cut-and-sew kits for its U.S.-based upholstery operations.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- American Seating said it became the first North American fixed-seating manufacturer to produce chairs with curved plywood backs that are not only Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified, but also contain no added urea formaldehyde (NAUF).