WOLF, the largest supplier of kitchen cabinets in the U.S. and a leading provider of building products along the East Coast, changes its business and management structure. The reorganization represents WOLF’s transition from a traditional distributor to an innovative new supply-chain model.

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has raised prices an average of 2% to 10% on all its liquid, powder and electrocoat (E-coat) products in the Asia/Pacific region.

Vecoplan has ramped up manufacturing capabilities at its High Point, NC, facility and added Eduard Dirksen, senior manufacturing engineer.

Masco Corp. has launched a new website showcasing the company's brands.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 215,600 units in March, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. This is up from 205,300 units in February.

UNIBOARD unleashed the glitzy spirit of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival at local Montreal restaurant Chez Ma Grosse Truie Chérie. The private cocktail event celebrated the launch of Uniboard's RIOTM and Hi-Gloss thermofused melamine surface textures.

Biesse America and Biesse Canada has appointed Scott Mullis as Vice President of Sales for their Plastic and Metal Division.

IKEA is replacing Asian suppliers with Italian manufacturers for its Italy stores, reportedly because they can produce better quality goods less expensively.

Hooker Furniture posted net sales of $222.5 million and a net income of $5.1 million, for the fiscal year ending Jan. 29, 2012. Impacting the fourth quarter was a switch in vendors, from China to Vietnam and Indonesia.