Q: Last week, I had a call from a customer with a concern about a load of 8/4 basswood that had white streaks wherever a sticker was located while the wood was being dried. They called this reverse sticker shadow. Can you help us with this problem?

Q: We are having some problems with veneer adhesion to our MDF substrate. After we have completed the panel and finished it, we notice delamination (a raised bump) in a few areas in the center. What should we be looking for?

Are you getting paid for the design work you do on custom projects?

The Window and Door Manufacturers Assn. (WDMA) announced today that Leitz Tooling Systems is the newest member of the association.

NBMDA, a trade association representing wholesale distributors of specialty building materials, kitchen and bath products and woodworking materials, welcomes five new distributor members and one new manufacturer member.

Lenoir Warehouse Group, which operates a furniture packing and shipping operation for Heritage Furniture, bid $50,000 for the Lenoir, NC, building previously owned by a subsidiary of Furniture Brands International.

An initiative is underway at Oregon State University to build a $60 million complex to supports its forestry education programs and advanced wood products research.

The launch of the new Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) 2015-2019 Standards and Rules marks an important advancement to support better decision making along the supply chain and promote sustainable forest management.

Plum Creek's logging practices are under fire by the Center for Sustainable Economy for what it claims is a "pattern of willful non-compliance with the law and clearcuts that have left extensive resource damage on the ground."