Whirlwind's latest patent effort for flesh sensing table saw safety devices was among the week's top reports. Most viewed was an article and video of Saturn Design Woodworking's dramatic rotating veneered table.

Contract furniture manufacturers Haworth, Herman Miller and Knoll are among the companies awarded contract renewals with U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance. Virco also has a partnership with the agency.

Randy Johnson, the long-time Editor-in-Chief of American Woodworker magazine, has joined the team at ShopBot as Director of Education.

Advanced Cabinet Systems and JG Bowers, Inc., Marion, Indiana, named Phil Bowers president, effective January, 2013, as founder Greg Bowers steps down.

Advanced Cabinet Systems rush to installed a flagship store for Verizon Wireless retailer TCC. Completed in just three weeks, the store opened in time for Black Friday.

Vic Firth announced that the company has reached agreement for the sale of its gourmet wood line of high-end pepper mills and rolling pins with Maine Wood Concepts

ACProducts Inc., parent company of Armstrong Cabinet Products, has appointed Nick Billig as company CEO effective immediately.

HGTV in conjunction with Mall of America, located in Bloomington, MN, will feature a special pop-up showroom for remodeling and interior design.

Lincolnton Furniture received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Workforce Development, Outstanding Employer, from North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue.

Cabinetry hardware manufacturer Blum's Apprenticeship 2000 program received the North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence in Workplace Development for Innovative Partnership