Tonight, two welterweight boxers step onto a rope-ringed canvas covering 36 plywood panels and foam for a $300 million purse. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s bout is the 20th on the boxing ring, made by Everlast.

Lowe's adds 3D printers and scanners so customers can produce hard to find replacement cabinetry hardware and other home improvement items.

What trends do interzum 2015 exhibitors see? 1) Naturalness, coupled with real woods or a solid-wood finish; 2) personality and authenticity, including textures; and a move from high-gloss to matte. The wood materials and hardware show runs May 5-9 in Cologne, Germany.

Associative contour parametric engineering for complex “one off” engineering is now available within woodCAD|CAM, says Roger Shaw & Associates, wood industry software applications specialist and developer.

The design community, manufacturers, and construction processes must consider the life of the building if we are truly going to incorporate sustainability in our industry. More emphasis is placed on material recycling than on perform whether it performs over the long haul.

A question I get about white woods is, “What white woods do you have?” They really are asking, “What species do you have that has a wide enough sap ring to produce white boards?” It starts a discussion about where white woods come from.