Finding employees, training them, and getting them to stay is a recurrent theme at the 2016 Wood Industry Conference, the annual gathering of the supplier groups WMMA and WMIA, The newest trial: capturing millennial workers.

Koetter Woodworking, Decore-ative Specialties, and the Woodwork Career Alliance received WMIA Wooden Globe Awards at the 2016 Wood Industry Conference in Cancun, Mexico.

AWA Conferences & Events has announced that the International Fiber/Wood-based Panels Conference will return in 2016. This year’s edition of the event will be held in Reston, Virginia, September 15 - 16.

Okanagan Pellet Co. plant will cease operations at its West Kelowna, British Columbia, facility Despite substantial upgrades already underway, owner Viridis cited structural concerns, new storage and wood dust management requirements and other costs in the decision.

Jim Lewis describes four aspects of lean manufacturing.

Woodworking Boot Camp session is coming up. The five-day intensive is intended to give salesmen, managers, machine technicians, and other wood industry professionals a better understanding of the woodworking industry’s entire manufacturing process from design through finishing.

Furniture industry notable Mike Moore, formerly a director of Pottery Barn and president of furniture firm BDDW, called for an "Intelligent Boycott" of the High Point Furniture Market, due to open Saturday, April 16th.

A fire at Bachand Woodworking Corporation destroyed the entire facility, says a report from the City of Suffolk, Virginia. Arriving at 6:05 a.m. today, the fire department found the plant engulfed in flames. The fire was declared under control by 6:58, the building a total loss.

HERFORD, Germany - Internationally known kitchen designer and manufacturer Poggenpohl has introduced a new, flexible storage unit for the kitchen and other areas of the home including bar, office, wardrobe and more.With this innovative concept, +STAGE, Poggenpohl offers functionality and the ability to adapt and personalize various areas of the home with a distinctive style.