Stiles Machinery Inc. announces that they have added Pro-Tech Machinery as a new distributor in California. Pro-Tech Machinery will exclusively represent the complete line of Stiles products for woodworking accounts in central valley California and western Nevada territories.

The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada is pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to purchase the powder coating business and manufacturing assets of Innotek Powder Coatings of Big Spring, Texas.

Expanding its work significantly, the IKEA Foundation announces €31 Million in funding for USA and UK based nonprofits helping children in developing countries.

Olon Industries' investments in new technology, plus a move to a larger plant, helped spur the component company's double-digit growth in the 2012 WOOD 100.

From 23rd to 27th October, ORGATEC 2012 will present the latest trends and solutions for the office of tomorrow in Cologne. Additionally, the ORGATEC trend forum will focus on the working environment, with new speakers every day and reports on examples of international best practices and global trends.

U.S. Home Systems, Inc. (USHS) announced today that it has established a record date and a meeting date for a special meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to adopt the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 6, 2012, between USHS, THD At-Home Services, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Home Depot, Inc., and Umpire Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is looking to expand its footprint in the US as well as emerging markets in China, Russia and India. The founders sons will also have an active ownership role.

The costs of wood fiber for many pulp mills throughout the world continued to fall in the 2Q/12 and were at their lowest levels in over a year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The greatest declines were seen in Brazil, Australia, Russia, Spain and US Northwest, and Eastern Canada.