The International Wood Products Association is thrilled to announce one of the keynote speakers for the 2014 World of Wood Convention, happening from March 7-9th, 2014 in St Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Scott Clemons, chief investment strategist for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co will be the keynote speaker on Thursday, March 6th, 2014.

Eco Building Products, Inc., (OTCQB: ECOB), a manufacturer of treated wood products, announced today the supply of Eco Red Shield protected lumber for modular homes in the Hurricane Sandy rebuild.

Norbord Inc. reported EBITDA of $45 million in the third quarter of 2013, compared to $66 million in the same quarter last year and $102 million in the second quarter of 2013.

Viridis Energy Inc. announced that is has been invited to present at the upcoming Sixth Annual LD MICRO Conference on Wednesday December 4, 2013, at 7:30a.m. (PCT) at the Luxe Sunset Bel Air, Los Angeles, California.

Many veteran woodworkers and craftsmen cling to waterstones as their preferred medium for tool sharpening.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc. was recognized this week for the greatest increase in forest certification of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) national members at the PEFC General Assembly.

We first saw billboards saying “Chicago is going to get dumped” several months ago.I thought this was a reference to the city’s two major league baseball teams. They had combined to lose 195 games, eclipsing a record set in 1948. Certainly the billboard was not referring to a furniture store. Who would name a retail outlet The Dump?To see a dump when I was young, we had to travel to my aunt and uncle’s cabin in the far north woods of Wisconsin. A trip to the dump, necessary since there was no garbage collection, was a highlight for me at 14 or 15 years old.

The GRASS Canada team is proud to announce Nadja Mann as the new President of GRASS Canada Inc.

On November 7 and 8, Biesse America hosted over 100 manufacturers from across the United States at its One2One event held in Charlotte, NC facility.

A fast-setting adhesive tape that could be used in place of hammer and nails to speed assembly of prefabricated houses has been developed by researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research