While Masco second quarter sales increased 4 percent to $2 billion, cabinetry sales fell 3 percent. Masco is the maker of cabinet brands KraftMaid, Merillat, and Quality Cabinets.

American Outpost, a manufacturer of handcrafted conference tables and office furnishings, will expand into a new facility in Macon, Georgia. The company says it grew over 700 percent last year.

Pike Lumber Co. has announced plans to expand its operations in Indiana and double its production. The lumber producer is investing $3.4 million to expand and equip its Milan, Indiana-based manufacturing facility. Plans also call to add up to 15 new jobs by 2020.

Canfor Corp. has officially opened two new pellet plants in British Columbia to produce biofuel from the company's sawmills. A $58 million joint venture with Pacific Bioenergy Corp., the Chetwynd and Fort St. John pellet plants have a combined annual capacity of 175,000 tonnes.

Stanley Furniture Company sales fell 20 percent second quarter, to $12.1 million. A subsidy from Chinese anti-dumping duties ended that had contributed $1 million in revenue in the year prior quarter. A troubled Vietnam factory startup is also hampering results.

The scores have been tallied in determining the overall top states for doing business. But according to recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that's not where you'll find the majority of woodworkers, nor the best paying jobs in the field.

European bandsaw producer Metamob has launched a new venture in North America with a distribution agreement with Union Grove Saw & Knife.

he growing business of Dealer Cabinetry, an RTA cabinetry distribution company headed by Jimmy Yang, is expanding into two vacant factory buildings in Bremen, Georgia.

Real estate developer PortLiving and world-renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban have unveiled plans for the Terrace House, an upcoming hybrid timber structure said to be the tallest in the world.

The new WORX 20V Impact Driver: with 950 in.-lbs. of torque, this powerful and efficient building and assembly tool is capable of rapidly driving large fasteners into hard and thick stock.