Nationwide housing production gained 2.6 percent from an upwardly revised pace in March to hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units in April, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) says wood product sales were 9 percent. higher than a year ago. 'For the first time in many years, the housing news has been positive and this was reflected in our results'-Curt Stevens, CEO

Louisiana-Pacific (LP) (NYSE: LPX) reported results for the first quarter of 2012. Total sales for the first quarter of $362 million were higher by 9 percent versus a year ago

Universal Forest Products (Nasdaq: UFPI) acquired MSR Forest Products, an Alabama supplier of lumber products for manufactured home builders. It plans to

Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) has purchased certain assets of Haleyville, Ala.-based MSR Forest Products, LLC, a supplier of roof trusses and cut-to-size lumber to the region’s manufactured housing producers.

The Rainforest Alliance, an international sustainability nonprofit, is proud to announce the companies that will receive Sustainable Standard-Setter awards on May 16 at a gala event in New York City.

Long-time CFO Dan Wallach to Executive Vice President/Strategic Initiatives and Paul Lentz has been promoted from Controller to CFO

The 23rd Xylexpo, held at FieraMilano-Rho from 8 to 12 May on a total surface of 32,178 net square meters, was a truthful mirror of the current situation: the figures published by the Acimall Studies Office just before the exhibition indicated that, in the first quarter of this year, orders to the Italian industry decreased by 4.6 percent compared to the same period of 2011, whereby a minus 24.8 percent variation on the domestic market was partially balanced by orders from abroad (plus 4.25 percent).

The 2012 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), held April 24 - 26, 2012, drew thousands of professionals to Chicago's McCormick Place, the site of the largest event in the industry.