Wood component manufacturer George Guenzler & Sons acquired Mastercraft Wood Turnings, a manufacturer of wooden cabinet knobs, wooden furniture knobs, wooden dowel rods and specialty products, including face grain plugs.

The World Architecture Festival announces 2014 entrants and the addition of the Wood Excellence Prize, sponsored by the American Hardwood Export Council

WorkOf, a furniture and wood craft marketing collective in Brooklyn, is the latest example of groups springing up around the U.S., often nurtured by public or cooperative woodshops. The groups often share tools and machinery, and market together.