I do know that the Nancy Fister I first met 15 years ago was an invaluable asset to the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) and to industry.

Sauder Woodworking was fined $19,918 after inspectors found three “serious” violations.

Lift-Bit is a shape-shifting sofa with embedded motion-tracking sensors that can be reconfigured remotely via an app.

Amazon.com says it will hire 1,000 people for a new furniture and large item fulfillment center in Jefferson, Georgia, as it ventures into bulkier goods.

MJB Wood Group becomes the largest U.S. MDF millwork manufacturer with the acquisition of two Pacific MDF Products operations, doing business as Pac Trim.

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA)says it completed its previously announced acquisition of The Valspar Corporation’s (NYSE: VAL) North American Industrial Wood Coatings business.

ADA, Mich. - Wood dust and woodwaste management supplier O2 Filtration is changing its name to Hocker North America. An official ceremony will take place during the AWFS woodworking show, which will be held July 19-22 in Las Vegas, Nevada. An exhibitor at the biennial woodworking fair, Hocker North America will demonstrate Hocker Polytechnik products and systems at Booth #8622. In addition to dust collection systems, the company also offers briquetting presses, shredders, biomass boilers, sanding and paint booths, and energy management systems.

The Canadian government will give C$867 million (US$642.2 million) in financial support to Canadian lumber producers and exporters to help them withstand the impact of new U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood exports.

Residential furniture orders rose 12% in March compared to the year prior, and 17% higher than February orders, according to the latest Furniture Insights survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors from Smith Leonard. New orders were up for 77% of the surveyed participants.

The Reshoring Initiative has recognized the automation trend and that returning jobs will be, on average, higher skilled and fewer than when the work was lost to offshore.