There is a concept felt by people who own a shop, be it wood, metal, auto, in your garage, a small commercial space, or a giant factory: shop envy. No matter how much you love your space, you always come across someone with more tools and space.

The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) elected officers and directors for 2016-2017.

Cabinet maker and furniture designer Brian Grabski, owner and operator of Designed & Made near Minneapolis, likes to show his clients how the cabinet will appear in their kitchen using full-dimensional renderings. Here's one for a pitch to produce an island. The underlying art can drive the production once it's accepted.

2020’s upcoming webinar “Mastering Multi-Family Cabinet Manufacturing” will educate viewers on how real-time visibility, global change management and flexible production scheduling can lead to success in project-based cabinet production.

The National Wood Flooring Association’s (NWFA) Wood Flooring Expo has continued its growth trend for the fifth year in a row. The 2016 Expo, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina, grew by 10 percent, with attendance exceeding last year’s historic level reached in St. Louis.

Commercial and ready-to-assemble furniture maker Bush Industries, has increased investments in new products, launching over 900 new SKUs and product bundles in 2015, with another 170 already in the pipeline for 2016. The company was acquired by present management in November 2014.

Once again, Milwaukee Tool showcased a huge variety of state-of-the-art equipment at its annual product symposium, held this year June 7-8. Woodworking Network editors Robert Dalheim and Ethan Abramson were there to test out some of the company's upcoming equipment.

Borg Manufacturing orders a new particleboard plant in Oberon, New South Wales, as well as a retrofitting concept for an existing plant.

Klöckner Pentaplast has introduced Pentadecor films made of Resysta, a rice husk and polymer composite film. It is anticipated the material could be put to use on exterior composite panel surfaces. Solid 'wood' versions have been used on facades, outdoor furniture, and decking.

The Freedonia Group forecasts US demand for decking will increase 1.8 percent per year through 2020 to 3.6 billion lineal feet, at a value of $7.1 billion.