Reclaimed wood from snow fences and architectural millwork firm JWS Manufacturing Inc.

As of Oct. 29, the operations of States Industries Inc. have been acquired by States Industries LLC, ending the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Renwood States Lending LLC provided financing throughout the Chapter 11 process and is the senior lender to the new States Industries LLC.

The wood products firm announces term debt refinancing and declaration of dividend.

A coalition of U.S. flooring firms is seeking tariff action by the U.S. Department of Commerce, alleging imported Chinese multilayered flooring is unfairly subsidized.

ACIMALL reports the third quarter 2010 showed a slowdown of recovery, after two quarters characterized by rather sustained growth, proving that the woodworking machinery market is stabilizing to levels that are still far from pre-crisis volumes.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a number of revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims. One of the most significant is a new section on the use of environmental certifications and seals of approval in advertising.

The wood company is selling material from reclaimed snow fences.

"All politics is local," as the legendary U.S. Congressman Tip O'Neill once said, and as far as the woodworking industry is concerned, the biggest impacts may result from local races. Nationally there are some potential benefits for the woodworking industry, but threats, too, if Congress gets hamstrung.

The current president has stepped down from the firm.

Corn Board Manufacturing Inc. (CBMI), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) have entered into a license agreement under which CBMI will utilize a corn-based structural composite technology initially developed by Illinois’ inventors, Dr. Nancy Sottos, Dr. Scott White and Dr. Thomas Mackin. CBMI’s primary product is labeled CornBoard.