Architectural woodworkers, cabinet and closet installers, and other professionals must now have a Certified Renovator on staff to be in full compliance with the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, which addresses the presence and removal of lead-based paint in pre-1978 target housing and child-occupied facilities. Enforcement of the CR requirement began Oct. 1.

The woodworking machine enables a single operator to lift sheets and panels.

Woodworking and other technologies will take focus at communications and learning facility.

The wood product and furniture firm will produce a pink Think chair to promote breast cancer awareness.

The wood floor firm has opened a facility in Skokie, Ill.

NexGen fall edition, a roving woodworking technology event last week in North Carolina, took me to Biesse America and Holzma the first day; Stiles, Delmac and Costa & Grissom Machinery on day two.

NEUMARKT, GERMANY -- Pfleiderer AG announced it will permanently shut down its production plant in Gschwend, Germany.

HOLLYWOOD, FL -- Entries are being accepted for the 40th annual A.R.E. Design Awards.

Taylor Guitar of El Cajon, CA, sells its guitars through more than 800 music retailers in the United States, Canada and more than 60 other countries.

KUCHING, MAYLASIA -- The Korean Trade Commission (KTC) has sent an investigation team to Sarawak to check out allegations that eight Malaysian plywood makers dumped their products in South Korea.