With cabinet and furniture sales improving the price of cherry is expected to firm over the next two months. Walnut exports to the Far East surge.

The Spring 2013 High Point furniture show wrapped up yesterday. More than

Woodworkers and remodelers nationwide are experiencing increased activity and many have a backlog of projects well into the fall.

Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record of 3.2 million tons in 2012, with US exporters more than doubling their shipments.

Wood industry supplier Joan Kemp, head of CP Adhesives, was honored this morning at WIC 2013, for her years of service to the wood industry, in a presentation by John Henderson, on behalf of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association.

Demand for wood products will continue to grow at a slow yet steady pace for the remainder of this year, predicts APA, the Engineered Wood Association.

Woodworking companies will be able to retain earnings on a tax free basis, making dollars available for business investment, under a bi-partisan bill introduced today. The Woodworking machinery Manufacturers Association helped craft and push the bill.

In order to assist Interzum 2013’s large number of global attendees, Koelnmesse has established a “Follow the Red Line” guide.

John Park of Scm Group North America assumed the presidency of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA) vowing to take advantage of the improving economy to strengthen the association and grow the International Woodworking Fair (IWF)