Cabinetry and closet hardware and LED lighting supplier Rev-A-Shelf will break ground on a 315,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Blankenbaker Station II Business Park, about 15 miles east of downtown Louisville.

Well-trafficked Cabinets & Closets Expo a hit for attendees and exhibitors. The year's first woodworking tradeshow bustled with events for cabinet makers, custom woodshops and closets businesses.

International Forest Products (Interfor) has completed its acquisition of Rayonier's Wood Products Business in the southern United States.

RSI Home Products Inc. regains sole ownership after completing a buyback of 50 percent equity interest from Onex Corp. and its affiliates for $323 million. Onex has a 58% stake in Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors.

Economist Alan Beaulieu has been named the closing speaker at Stiles Machinery’s 2013 Executive Briefing Conference for the woodworking industry.

Annie Nozawa of Houzz.com presented findings from its latest consumer research study during a special presentation at the Cabinets & Closets Expo.

A majority of hardwood and decorative plywood from China will face a countervailing duty of 22.63 or 27.16%, according to a preliminary affirmative determination by the DOC. The announcement has been met with mixed reaction.

"We are turning the corner," director Stephen Wellborn says of housing industry market improvements.

Kewaunee Scientific (Nasdaq: KEQU) sales rose 27 percent to $27. 5 million in the third quarter, up 27 percent.