KPS Capital Partners, LP (“KPS”) today announced the formation of a new company, Heritage Home Group, LLC, that has acquired substantially all of the assets of Furniture Brands International, Inc., a world leader in designing, manufacturing, sourcing and retailing home furnishings.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new National Emphasis Program to protect workers from the serious health effects from occupational exposure to isocyanates.

Modern Italian furniture maker Calligaris to showcase many new items from its latest collection while offering 25% off MSRP on all purchases in its Washington DC store until November 11th.

The beauty of finish sanding with a razor is the simplicity and speed. With one razor blade, I can quickly smooth a surface between coats on a job that would eat up several sheets of sandpaper.

Apparently a recent firewood program on Norwegian TV was more controversial than the producers ever imagined. It seems that a large number of viewers texted in during the show that the wood was being stacked all wrong.

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small scale bio-refineries for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar, as a member of the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR), was awarded a grant by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to develop the scientific underpinnings for using beetle-killed wood as a sustainable feedstock for distributed bio-refineries.

The potential of converting trees killed by spruce and pine beetles into liquid biofuel will be examined in a research project being led by Colorado State University.