The SEN Design Group added Bellmont Cabinetry, CWP Cabinetry, Echelon and Advanta brands by acpi Corp., and Wellborn Cabinet as vendor partners.

Scandinavian furniture giant IKEA is testing a program to get customers to bring in their old furniture, both IKEA and other brands, and rewarding them with vouchers for new purchases. IKEA stores in France and Belgium accept the vouchers, and the old furniture is then recycled or re-sold.

Adams Architectural recently completed historically accurate windows for an historic home renovation. The homeowner wanted to keep the same look as the original windows, but wanted the efficiency of insulated glass. To preserve the same look as the original, Adams had to fabricate a thicker window sash to maintain the same depth of the muntin bar. More than 40 windows were replaced by the Dubuque, Iowa, company.

The Kennebec Co., a kitchen cabinetry company in Bath, Maine, has been acquired by its president, James Stewart, from it's co-founder, Dave Leonard. Stewart plans to modernize operations.

Haworth filed legal action against SitOnIt Seating claiming that one of its office chair designs is a ripoff of a patented Haworth chair.

A 200-employee plywood and veneer panel mill begins production in April as Swanson Group invest $55 million in a Springfield, Oregon plant. A former plant located there was destroyed by fire in 2014.

The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a revised Technical Report 12 (TR 12): General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection Values.

Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. announced strong sales growth for its 2015 fiscal year. The company plans to start a new online custom furniture visualizer and open a new manufacturing plant in Texas.

Sierra Pacific Windows is launching a new architectural wall system product line in spring of 2016, following on the heels of its December 30, 2015, asset acquisition from Dallas, Oregon-based Westview Products, Inc.

At KBIS 2016, Rev-A-Shelf announced its three-year national partnership with Homes for Our Troops, which builds specially adapted, mortgage-free homes for severely injured, post 9/11 veterans. The hardware and components manufacturer will provide the non-profit organization with kitchen cabinet and closet storage and organization accessories for veterans' homes.