OFM, a leading office and school furniture manufacturer, distributor, and wholesaler, together with Swingline, the makers of the iconic Red Swingline Stapler, have launched the Hands Off My Stapler Contest.

Verellen Furniture's High Point, NC factory is growing, exploiting the appeal of environmentally friendly manufactured upholstered furniture. A key decision: insourcing instead of outsourcing manufacture, says president Tom Verellen.

Sedgwick Claims Management Services says W. Jay Potter, former Masco CFO, will join the company as chief financial officer, treasurer, and a member of the executive committee, effective September 10, 2012

U.S. Home Systems, Inc. says its merger with Home Depot's cabinet refinishing unit, THD At-Home Services, Inc., has found no alternate offers, and has been okayed by the Federal Trade Commission. Four shareholder groups are fighting it.

U.S. Home Systems, Inc. says its merger with THD At-Home Services, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Home Depot, Inc., has completed its "go shop" phase seeking alternate offers.

Masisa S.A. has purchased a pair of particleboard plants, financed by a $100 million capital increase.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV), a leading national homebuilder, reported results for its third quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2012

The U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is poised to become the country's leading producer of forest-based nanomaterials with the opening of a $1.7 million nanocellulose pilot plant.

Noble Environmental Technologies Announces Location for ECOR Eco-Composite Production Facility in Downtown San Diego, California