OTTAWA -– Housing starts in Canada cooled off precipitously in April, declining by 19.8% compared to the red-hot upward trajectory reported in March by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
Ashley Furniture will open a 127,000-square-foot upholstery manufacturing facility in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, creating approximately 200 jobs in the area.
BURNABY, British Columbia – Interfor Corp. continues to expand its U.S. lumber production capacity, this time through the acquisition of four sawmills from Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC.
CALGARY, Alberta – The Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada and the Woodwork Institute have revised the North American Architectural Woodwork Standards.