The Commerce Department has reported a 6.6 percent increase in new housing starts to an annual rate of 1.17 million units. The increase is good news after March’s 9.4 percent drop.

Rangate shows a CNC router milling out the pockets for the Omni Joint joinery system on window sash components, and shows a corner piece get assembled in real time.

A study found small patches of tropical forest regrown spontaneously in former pastures are drastically reducing atmospheric carbon, without the costs of replanting trees. Ten countries could account for 95 percent of the carbon storage potential, led by Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico, with major impact in just 20 years.

West Ohio Tool continues to refurbish its existing machine tools, including new machine and software from Walter for processing PCD cutting tools.

Poor furnishings, a cause of exam rooms that fail physicians, leads Steelcase to launch new product line: Node with ShareSurface

The Home Depot first quarter sales hit $22.8 billion, up 9 percent, with net earnings clocking in at $1.8 billion - up 19 percent, higher than expected. Millwork, lumber, building materials, hardware and appliances buoyed results; professional sales saw double digit increases.

La direction du Cégep de Victoriaville est très heureuse d’annoncer la nomination de M. Martin Demers au poste de directeur de l’École nationale du meuble et de l’ébénisterie

Closet Wizards, based in Houston, revamped its web site to emphasize the company's design and installation services.

Jeff Bruzzesi, president and Mike Mendelssohn, marketing director for Closets Factory, Virginia Beach, VA: a closets company, builds an entire house for the annual local Homearama, will both take part in the Closets Symposium panel at IWF 2016.

Manufacturers joined Biesse Group in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Biesse Group Encore Event.