The Forest Service selected its contractor for the largest stewardship contract in the agency’s history. The contract will result in 300,000 acres of restoration-based thinning over 10 years, improving forest health, reducing the risk from wildfire to communities, creating jobs, and improving local economies.

Wood pellet manufacturer Natures Earth to be acquired by GreenWorld Development, an alternative energy company.

GreenWorld Development signed a binding framework agreement to acquire wood pellet manufacturer Natures Earth.

FANUC Factory Automation America (FANUC FA America) and Jerry Scherer, Engineer with FANUC FA America, have recently been awarded a patent (US 8,135,491 B2) for the development of their CNC Adaptive Control System for on-demand integrated adaptive control of machining operations.

Taking advantage of the unique properties of a new material, Perennial Wood™, Pfeiffer Lab has developed The Plank Collection of outdoor furniture for Council, a premium furniture brand based in San Francisco. The collection includes a stacking chair and a lounge and will be on display at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), May 19–22, 2012, in booth #1708.

Fermob, the French outdoor furniture company, has expanded its reach to the United States with installations in New York's Times Square, The Harvard Yard and Google headquarters.

Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac, a WGBH Boston public television production, has been nominated for the second Daytime Emmy® Award in its two-season history, this year in the Outstanding Lifestyles Program category. Woodcraft is the show’s major sponsor.

Home remodeling and economic recovery spur double digit net earnings increases and improved sales for first quarter 2012. Warm weather drives net earnings up 27.9% at Home Depot, 14.3 percent at Lowe's.

Perennial Wood, real wood modified to endure nature’s harshest elements, was named Honorable Mention for the MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year from Material ConneXion.

The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $17.8 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, a 5.9 percent increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2011