Kitchen-Aire wood exhaust covers now include nearly 200 different chimney hood specie and size configurations and more than 135 mantel hood configurations and pillar units.

Timber in the City Competition from Binational Softwood Lumber Council pushes wood to architects as green material for urban mid-rise, mixed-use complexes. New wood technology helps

The Lightbar Plus can be installed in cabinetry and home storage and closets in 10-foot runs with a 100W driver; 6-foot runs with 60W driver; and 3-foot runs with 30W driver.

Wood contract furniture manufacturer OFS Brands is considering a $9.25 expansion of its North Carolina operations that would bring 188 full time jobs to the High Point area over five years, according to the High Point Economic Development Corp.

A tentative settlement was reached last week in the $20 million lawsuit brought by GreenStone Farm Credit Services, owner of Aacer Flooring and Wolf River Lumber, against Gary Ort et al, former proprietor of the Wisconsin-based companies.

HNI Corp. plans to invest $20 million expanding panel processing and manufacturing in its Muscatine, IA operations. The parent of business furnishings businesses as such Hon, Allsteel, and Paolli, will buy land and spend $14.7 million on equipment.

HNI Corp., fomerly HON, reported sales of $550.9 million third quarter, though net income fell $400,000 to $24.5 million. Summer heat interrupted production, impacting earnings. Capital expenditures doubled to $44 million for the first nine months of the year.

Hardwood Review's Fourth Quarter Species Forecasts soft maple prices to stay high -up almost a third in just under two years - while white oak prices will soften marginally as Asia reduces its buys in the face of Europe's economic troubles.

Home remodeling activity will continue growing into the first half of 2013, with money spent on home improvements projected to reach double-digit growth, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).