Custom wood-based materials manufacturer Carolina Structural Systems will invest $1.3 million in a new manufacturing plant in Montgomery County, North Carolina. The new plant will employ 71 workers.

Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge entries are being accepted now through May 31, 2017.

Hiring is ongoing at contract furniture maker HNI Corp., which reported $2.2 billion in revenue for 2016 and net income of $86 million.

North American flooring sales rose 10 percent says Mohawk Industries: "Across the enterprise, we are investing to increase our sales growth by expanding our capacity."

Tar Heel state leads with 25 primary company locations.

A federal grand jury has indicted Herman Miller executive Kevin John Grimm as an alleged co-conspirator in two counts of fraud against the furniture maker.

Engineered Products and Systems, Inc. is named partner of the year for 2016.

A winner of the 2017 BIG Innovation Award, Dow's Paraloid Edge Technology can offer a dry-to-sand time in as few as 40 minutes.

U.S. LBM Holdings has acquired Ridout Lumber, the largest privately owned building products and materials dealer in Arkansas.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Weinig Holz-Her USA has named Andy Turner as the company’s new vice president of sales. With more than 16 years of progressively responsible industry experience, Turner has a wealth of knowledge in technical sales and sales management, said Jason Howell, Weinig Holz-Her USA president. Turner is a native of North Carolina and he and his family live near Charlotte.