Emerald Ash Borers will spare 30-40% or more of the blue ash, and 20-30% of the white ash. The wood industry's most viewed report has video on reclaimed dead ash. Also popular: birch plywood Teardrop Trailer production.

Lumber supply prices for white oak and walnut remain firm. The hardwood market in a whole is in the middle of a market correction driven by slower exports and higher lumber production.

The J. Paul Getty Trust is seeking an experienced woodworker to design and fabricate storage cabinets, tables, showcases, work benches and other display products.

Chromcraft Revington is up for sale. A July 17 statement by Sport-Haley Holdings said it is actively seeking a buyer for the residential furniture supplier.

Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have designed a multi-functional storage solution that integrates kitchen cabinetry, bedroom and office furniture, exercise equipment and entertainment systems in 840 square feet.

Stanley Furniture closes U.S. furniture manufacturing and sees a burst of final orders. It lost $2.1 million on sales of $24 million. Severance pay will cost up to $500,000. In a sour note, a boiler explosion rocked the Robbinsville, NC plant.

More builders view sales conditions for newly built single-family homes as good rather than poor, reports the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) created a new website portal that features news, trends, commentary, member projects and products in one place.

Vanguard Furniture will invest $550,000 to open its first residential furniture operation in Virginia. The high-end upholstery and casegoods furniture manufacturer will use an existing facility in Carroll County for its production, creating more than 200 jobs.

Three workers at Stanley Furniture's Young America plant were injured Monday afternoon when a wood-fired boiler exploded.