KB Home revenue rose 16 percent to $414.5 million, as the number of homes delivered increased and selling prices rose - a sign of the general housing market recovery..

TimberSIL, a lumber products that fills voids in the wood cell structure glass particles as a preservative and strengthener, was selected as a wood entry in the Regenerative Network green roster.

California’s timber industry groups say they scored a big win with the passage by the California Assembly of AB 1492

Researchers at the Agriicultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Gorgan say they have fabricated a higher quality of oriented strand board (OSB) out of low-grade paulownia wood by incorporating nanoclay and nanosilica in the recipe.

Furniture orders climbed 3% in June over June 2011 but only 47% of respondents in Smith Leonard's monthly survey reported increased orders. In comparison, 69% of respondents said they experienced new order increases in May.

North American composite panel shipments in August totalled 504 MMSF, up 9.4% from 460 MMSF (3/4” basis) for the same period a year ago, according to the Composite Panel Association's (CPA) monthly Industry Snapshot.

Hampton Affiliates said it will rebuild the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake, BC, destroyed in a deadly explosion and fire, contingent on government guarantees for sufficient timber supply and negotiating "an acceptable agreement" with the United Steel Workers union.

Laminate Technologies (Lam Tech), a manufacturer of laminate components, has expanded its membrane press and furniture division with a newly completed 30,000-square-foot addition.

Three students of Rolla Technical Institute of Rolla, MO, took first place in the WoodLINKS USA ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture contest at the International Woodworking Fair last month in Atlanta.

Wood and foam prototype seating, DRIFT, has been developed by furniture maker KI and with students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning.