The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), in partnership with the International Wood Products Association (IWPA) and the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), announces a Joint Industry Workshop, January 18-19, 2017, to help navigate new compliance rules for the federal formaldehyde emissions standard.

Eight woodworking firms were named winners of the fifth PureBond Quality Awards, sponsored by Columbia Forest Products. From three project categories — Residential Kitchen, Residential Other, and Commercial — the winners were selected based on their use of PureBond hardwood plywood in a quality finished project.

Prior to year 2000, the closet industry consisted of the franchises and the other guys. Trying to pull this industry together was like herding cats, until a chance encounter at the Hafele booth at IWF-1998 when Mike Carson saw Closet written on Jeff Klein’s name badge, and visa-verse. Read the rest of the story

HOUSTON - Lumber firm exec Jonathan Jones of Jones Companies received the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Diversified and Industrial Products category in the Gulf Coast Area. 

Kitchen & Bath Business has named MasterBrand Cabinets among the top five most preferred kitchen cabinet brands in the 2016 Reader’s Choice Awards.

Kitchen & Bath Business named top five preferred makers of cabinets, vanities, kitchen countertops, and hardware, among other remodeling sources. More than 11,000 votes were cast, yield some new names in the fourth annual edition of the program.

Vermont Wood Studios owner, Peggy Farabaugh, says she has partnered with business owners in Mexico and Canada, to help save the wintering forest habitats of the Monarch butterfly. An awareness tour led by the trio of companies begins August 25.

The China Yiwu International Forest Products Fair will be held in Zhejiang and be themed around green practices.

Koetter Woodworking has manufactured wood products ranging from architectural and custom millwork to mouldings, doors, stair parts, and other wood components.