Stiles Education was reaccredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

Home furnishings and decor sales website Joss & Main says Las Vegas is the number one city for mobile sales of home goods over the past six months.

Valspar announced that Rodda Paint Co. will distribute the complete line of its wood coatings to the Pacific Northwest.

Wood products and furniture manufacturing indicators grew more positive in the last three months, say purchase managers, though lumber and panel prices are rising. Employment is up, but worker shortages appear.

Alex Shuford III will succeed Erick Schenk as Century Furniture president when Schenk retires on April 1. Century Furniture also becomes a separate entity from CV Industries this spring.

Wood preservative companies Gardner-Fields Inc. of Tacoma, WA, and IBC Manufacturing Co. of Memphis, TN, have agreed to pay fines totaling more than $300,000 for violating federal pesticide laws, according to separate settlements announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The March 2013 issue of Red Book is now posted online featuring best practices for woodworkers.

The U.S. Senate again looks to reform the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule with the reintroduction of the Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act.

Wood industry trade disputes are on the rise, with Chinese hardwood plywood imports subjected to countervailing duties up to 27 percent. Expansions at MasterBrand Cabinets and Wellborne Cabinets were also highly viewed.