Window and door giant Jeld-Wen's new equity investor, a series of stories following LACEY raids at Gibson Guitar, table saw safety rules, a walnut lumber transport ban, the return of wood manufacturing to the U.S., and a squirrel that burned down a custom woodwork shop - stories like these demonstrate a range of interests in wood industry news.
Stories on cabinetry, furniture manufacture, custom woodworking, millwork and panel production diominated the news this year. Also among the most read stories were items about biofuels, including torrefied wood-coal and pine turned into gasoline and jet fuel, an area covered frequently at Woodworking Network in 2011.
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CPSC Votes to Develop Table Saw Safety Rule By Rich Christianson | Updated: 10/18/2011 2:34:00 PMWASHINGTON - Consumer Product Safety Commission table saw safety rules advanced, but Power Tool Institute asked woodworkers to block it, fearing costly mandates. Read more |
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FSC says Wood Seized at Gibson Guitar not Certified By Rich Christianson | Updated: 09/02/2011 11:24:00 AMNASHVILLE - The Forest Stewardship Council said wood the Justice Dept. seized in an August 24 raid of Gibson Guitar's factory was not FSC certified. Accusedof Lacey Act violations, Gibson tests torrefied maple. |
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Analyst: Jeld-Wen Could Face Bankruptcy By Michaelle Bradford | Updated: 09/07/2011 10:15:00 AM |
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Squirrel Blamed for Fire at Custom Cabinet Shop By Rich Christianson | Updated: 10/23/2011 2:41:00 PMSTRATFORD, CT - Perhaps the wood industry wanted to know if they could help out with. But we suspect curiousity about how a squirrel's role in an electrical fire that damaged a cabinetry shop drew so many. Read more |
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American Woodmark Closing Two Plants By Bill Esler | Updated: 12/15/2011 6:00:00 AM |
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Walnut Lumber Shipping Ban Over 1000 Canker Disease HARRISBURG, PA Pennsylvania quarantined the movement of walnut lumber into and within the state after detecting Thousand Cankers Disease for the first time, in a tree in Plumbstead Township, in Bucks County. Read more |
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Chinese Cabinetry Firm Opens First U.S. Plant By Rich Christianson | Updated: 10/01/2011 9:49:00 PM |
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Wood Pellet Maker Says He Owns Facebook By Bill Esler | Updated: 08/20/2011 12:00:00 AM |
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Lumber Scam Case Runs On for Cabinetry Maker By Bill Esler | Updated: 12/01/2011 3:00:00 AM |
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UGA Super Yeast Turns Pine to Car Fuel By Bill Esler | Updated: 11/19/2011 10:07:00 AM |
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Fortune Brands Home & Security Business Begins Trading By Bill Esler Updated: 10/04/2011 8:38:00 AMDEERFIELD, IL - A $3.2 billion giant in cabinetry, door and window manufacturing launched today, as Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (NYSE: FBHS), Deerfield, IL began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Read more |
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MasterBrand To Lay Off 150 Employees By Rich Christianson | Updated: 10/02/2011 8:10:00 PMJASPER, IN -- MasterBrand Cabinets will lay off approximately 150 workers as it shifts the production of its Aristokraft cabinets from Kinston, NC, to Ferdinand, IN. |
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Wood Manufacturing to U.S.: Boston Consulting Group By Bill Esler | Updated: 10/07/2011 8:39:00 AM |
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IKEA's Swedwood Panel Supplier Opens First U.S. Plant By Bill Esler | Updated: 10/12/2011 2:11:00 PM |
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Masco Cabinetry Auctions Giant Utah Plant By Bill Esler | Updated: 09/14/2011 5:50:00 PM |
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Home builders, subcontractors investigated |
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Furniture importers must pay $1.3M for copying casegoods |
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