The Wood Doctor also fields a question about yellow poplar that is very white.

Haworth Inc. today reported 2022 global sales of $2.5 billion, a 27.5% increase from 2021 that is mostly organic. This is the best global sales performance in company history.

The 2022 edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, “North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights” (NAFS) has been published.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taiwan International Woodworking Machinery Show (WOOD TAIWAN) is back in action after a five-year hiatus.  The show will take place from April 20 to 23, 2023, at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1, showcasing an extensive range of products from the wood industry's upstream, midstream, and downstream sector like wood processing equipment, components, hand tools, DIY woodworking, laser engraving, furniture hardware, software services, and wooden furniture. 

While the two main confidence indexes for multifamily housing increased slightly in the fourth quarter, they both remained in negative territory, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

BARTOW, Fla. -- Sunbelt Forest Products unveiled a new logo and redesigned website this week, reflecting the company's enhanced offerings in the wake of two years of unprecedented company expansion. In 2021, Sunbelt Forest Products acquired Spartanburg Forest Products to become the leading supplier of pressure treated lumber and wood fencing to Lowe's and independent lumber yards throughout the Eastern United States. With the Spartanburg acquisition, Sunbelt Forest Products has grown to 12 locations with a service area stretching from Florida to Maine.

American Woodmark will soon start construction to double the size of its plant in Richmond County, North Carolina. The cabinetmaker held a ceremonial ground breaking on Feb. 21. The expansion is expected to create 500 new jobs including 131 in North Carolina, and add more than 500,000- sq.-ft. of manufacturing and assembly capacity.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued modified air permit for Enviva Biomass’ Ahoskie wood pellet plant that will allow it to substantially increase the production of pellets from 481,800 oven dried tons to 630,000 oven dried tons per year.

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