AUSTIN, TX -- Star Furniture opened a new, freestanding 75,000-square-foot showroom in North Austin earlier this month.

STATESVILLE, NC -- Smith Phillips Building Supply recently added Ralph Church as an account manager at their Statesville location.

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ -- Top Knobs, a manufacturer of kitchen cabinet hardware, said it has incorporated the three "R's" -- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle -- to its company-wide green strategy.

GAITHERSBURG, MD & CLEVELAND, OH -- Fusion UV Systems Inc. and DVUV Holdings LLC, announced an alliance to jointly market UV-curable powder coating systems for heat sensitive substrates, including MDF.

BROOKS COUNTY, GA -- A Sept. 22 explosion and fire of a dryer at Langboard's oriented strand board (OSB) mill temporarily halted operations.

AURORA, CO -- Bret Ker, national account manager for wood flooring manufacturer Bona, passed away recently in Denver, CO.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. housing starts increased 10.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 598,000 units in August, accordint to U.S. Commerce Department statistics.

Canadian patent awarded for wood flour and polyolefin molded articles

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Richelieu Hardware Ltd., a cabinetry hardware, moulding and veneer manufacturer, said it has acquired Kinast Distributors of Hanover Park, IL.