IMA-Schelling technicians got ready for the challenges of the new year by receiving training during the company’s annual three-day Service Department Meeting.

L-Art du Menuisier, a 200-year-old series on carpentry written by André Roubo, mentions a small device made of broom straw for polishing wood. It's just been revived.

Shrinkage in wood can vary to some degree from tree to tree and even from different locations in the tree. Here are some ways to avoid problems in the machining process.

Using an Hour-by-Hour Chart will help keep production “buckets” from overflowing and not meeting customer demand.

High-end residential furniture, lighting and accessories manufacturer Theodore Alexander Inc. has been acquired by Creative Home Furniture Co. Ltd., an Asian firm based in ShenZhen, Guangdong, China. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Here’s a quick checklist of things not to do in the new year.

Forest products giant Weyerhaeuser has donated $50,000 to the Clemson University Wood Utilization and Design Institute to help support the advancement of the South Carolina wood industry.

New cabinetry components along with edgebanding and finishing technology help Conestoga Wood Specialties keep an edge over the competition.

As the year ends, we warmly reflect on 2016 and look ahead at the many opportunities of next year.

In late December, one of the labs of Catas, the Italian research and testing laboratory for the wood and furniture industry in San Giovanni al Natisone, was destroyed in a fire.