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

Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) will build a $10M industrial wood pellet plant next to its Thunder Bay sawmill, to supply 45,000 metric tons of pellets annually to Ontario Power Generation.

Black Bros. Co., a membrane press manufacturer, named Ed Strahota as its director of marketing.

Lisa C. Young joins BIFMA International as Chief marketing officer, a newly created role at the contract furniture industry trade association.

Universal Launches ProWood Professional Grade Lumber for the Serious DIY-er; Jason Cameron, host of Desperate Landscape and Man Caves, is product spokesman

Amazonas Florestal signed a joint venture agreement for Brazilian wood products trading, with a $1 million revolving credit facility based on factoring receivables for the Miami-based business.

Nova LifeStyle Inc., a manufacturer and global distributor of urban contemporary furniture, reported that sales for its third quarter grew 72% to $19.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2011.