JELD-WEN announced that Neil Stuart has resigned as the company's Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer effective Sept. 28, 2012. The company expects to name a successor shortly.

Day 2 at IWF 2012 started at 7:45 AM in Hall B, weaving my way through hundreds of machines in the eerily quiet hall. I worked my way to the Felder Group booth.

Good news dominates wood industry reports, with insourcing by a Chinese furniture plant the most viewed story. A 250,000 sq.ft. plant buy, Home Depot's shutdown in China, table saw safety also topped the week's news.

Georgia-Pacific said it will hire 100 people and ramp up capacity at its underutilized oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Clarendon, SC.

While the housing market continues its slow recovery, Georgia-Pacific is looking ahead and creating more than 100 new manufacturing jobs in the Palmetto State.

Schuler Cabinetry says it is now in all Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores across the U.S.; 900 more stores get cabinet display vignettes and selection centers.

School furniture manufacturer Fleetwood Group Inc. has won a five-year, $3.5 million contract to produce cabinetry systems for the Charleston County School District in South Carolina.

Nationwide housing production rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 750,000 units in August, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. This increase was fueled entirely by gains in the single-family sector, where the pace of new construction rose in every region for a combined 5.5 percent gain to 535,000 units.

Three Missouri students claimed the 2012 WoodLINKS USA – IWF RTA Contest First Prize Award presented at the International Woodworking Fair at Atlanta in late August. Woodcraft is one of the contest sponsors.