HIGH POINT, N.C. - Residential furniture orders rose 8% in October compared to the year prior,  according to the latest Furniture Insights survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors from Smith Leonard. New orders were up for approximately 76% of the surveyed participants.

Weinig Holz-Her USA joins the growing list of exhibitors at Wood Pro Expo Charlotte, where its Powermobile will draw up February 15 and 16 to show off its solid wood machining technology and tools.

Roseburg Forest Products has announced that Phil Odom has been named business manager for the company's plywood and lumber business, a newly created role that consolidates the reporting structure of plywood and lumber sales organization.

Cabinet sales rose 1.8% in November compared to the previous year's figures, continuing the upturn recorded last month. According to participating members in the KCMA monthly Trend of Business Survey, semi-custom cabinet sales recorded the highest rise in November 2017, growing 3.7%, while custom sales rose 2.2%, and stock sales showed a minimal gain of 0.1%.

A new research project that aims to position Canada as a global leader in ecologically responsible interior wood finishing was announced.

HOLLAND, Mich. – Intelligent manufacturing solutions provider JR Automation has acquired the automation systems group of Doerfer Corp. The group includes Advanced Automation, Wright Industries, FSA Systemes D’Assemblage, FSA Romania, PSB Technologies and equity interests in Beijing BYJC-Fabricom Assembly Line Co., Ltd. Terms of the December acquisition were not disclosed.

Escue Wood Treated Products, a manufacturer of pressure-treated wood, will invest $3.3 million in a new manufacturing facility in Tennessee - creating 100 jobs.

Mullet Door makes cabinet doors in a shop in Abbeville, South Carolina.

Preliminary plans for WMS 2019 include 2 days of education sessions, morning keynotes, hands-on demonstrations, a plant tour and the largest exhibition of woodworking machinery, supplies and software in Canada.

Self-described "Lean Maniac," Paul Akers will keynote the Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association's Western Regional Meeting at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport February 5-6.