MISSISSAUGA, Ontario -- Ugo Okwuagwu has joined Blum Canada Limited as head of sales and marketing with responsibility for the company’s sales and marketing functions in Canada.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The finalists for the 2023 Visionary New Product Award by AWFS Fair have been announced. Nineteeen products in eight categories were named finalists. Winners will be announced at the 2023 AWFS Fair at the AWFS booth in the south lobby of the West Hall at 9:15 am, Thursday, July 27. The finalists are: Components 

PLEASANT MILLS, Penn, -- Alderfer Lumber launched a new website that allows people to use filters to find the specific slab dimensions they require, and allow them to filter by wood species, length, width, thickness, and more.   According to the company, every slab is unique and inventoried independently with photos of both the front and back. The inventory changes every day so people can always find new inventory for a variety of projects

Attendees to this year’s Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers (AWFS) Fair have a chance to win a luxurious 8-day trip for two to Italy by filling out an entry form at the IMS USA booth (#2322) during the show.

Single-family production fell back after four straight monthly gains as elevated construction costs and rising mortgage rates led to a reduction in home building activity and affordability conditions worsened for home buyers.

Furniture & Related Products continued a recent upward trend in a new report on manufacturing.

Landscape Forms, a Kalamazoo-based furniture maker, has acquired Summit Furniture, a manufacturer of handcrafted, sustainable, outdoor teak furnishings for the residential, hospitality and marine markets.

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued final determination that hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam using hardwood plywood inputs sourced from China is, in fact, a product of China and subject to antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders.

“How will you measure your success or failure if no baseline level is established?” asks ACSP President Christina Relyea.

Solid wood manufacturer Gat Creek announced that its products are now compliant with the new tip-over rule, ASTM F2057-23, adopted to protect children from clothing storage units tipover onto them.