Masco Cabinetry issued a voluntary product recall for freestanding islands, vanities and cabinets sold under its KraftMaid and Merillat Masterpiece brands.

Masco's Mills Pride cabinetry plant will reopen in stages, after a $5 million sales by investors, including Everett Hannah, owner of Gilco International Lumber. GIlco is wooing a Chinese furniture maker.

Armstrong's sale of its kitchen cabinet business topped wood industry reports this week. Hardwood plywood manufacturers filed a formal dumping complaint against China, and Fender withdrew a public offering.

Cabinets giant Masco sold out a $400 million debt offering this week. Separately, the firm is the being targeted by a New York law firm seeking investors to join a 'rights action' over what it deems to be excessive executive compensation.